Quality & Patient Safety
This week, the Measure Applications Partnership released a set of more than 500 quality measures that it will review for inclusion in federal health care payment and reporting programs.
The AHA and the Kentucky Hospital Association today urged the Kentucky Supreme Court to reverse two lower court rulings restricting the scope of protection for patient safety information under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSA).
A just culture. A culture of transparency. A patient-first culture. Culture transformation at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland encompasses all of these things and more to achieve quality and safety. In a just and transparent culture, all employees are encouraged to voice their…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its fiscal year (FY) 2013 final rule for the hospital inpatient and long-term care prospective payment systems (PPS) on Aug. 1.
On July 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule implementing a 2007 statutory requirement to establish a unique device identification system for medical devices.
Americas hospitals are committed to protecting the health and well-being of all patients, especially newborns. Research demonstrates that early-term, non-medically necessary deliveries result in higher neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions and increased health complications for babies. To…
On June 6, 2012, the Leapfrog Group is releasing the results of their first Hospital Safety Scorecard for more than 2,652 hospitals.
Excess days were identified as an area for improvement due to the disparity between hospitals within the RHC system and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services geometric mean assigned to the MS-DRG. This case study is part of the Illinois Hospital Association's annual quality awards.