For those of you who have been watching this space for a while, it is probably a pretty good likelihood that you know that I (at times) have a tendency to reflect on the...
I’m thinking that there’s probably a fairly limited number of you folks for whom durable medical equipment (DME) is part of your “span of control,” though, as I think...
Conditions like preterm birth, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes impact 45 million women every year across the world. That’s triple the rate of cancer, yet we lack a reliable way to identify patients who are at risk. A team of physicians are working on groundbreaking research into pregnancy...
If you felt aggravated by OSHA’s rush to implement an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect healthcare workers against COVID-19, you are not alone. By late July more than 130 individuals and organizations, representing hospitals and...
The National Alliance of Purchaser Coalitions recently conducted a survey that showed six in 10 employers are considering or already engaged in value-based design approaches, in no small part because of the impact of COVID-19. The new options in comprehensive, advanced analytic platforms that...
The coronavirus pandemic is taking a heavy toll on the wellbeing of physicians, a new survey report says. The coronavirus pandemic is one of the most significant public health crises in more than a century. Physicians have been on the frontline of the struggle, working long hours and enduring...
There is a significant risk of spreading infection of influenza-like illness in primary care offices, a new research article shows. The potential for the spread of respiratory illness in healthcare settings has been a primary concern during the coronavirus pandemic. To address this concern, many...
CMS is adding a maternal morbidity quality measure as well as a reporting requirement on COVID-19 vaccination rates among hospital and long-term care hospital workers as part of a 2,295-page inpatient payment rule ...
The Joint Commission (TJC) is hiring almost twice as many new surveyors than usual this year to deal with a backlog of triennial surveys delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The goal is that all triennial surveys delayed in 2020 will done in 2021, but that may mean moving some...
