Oncology clinics traditionally house some of the most vulnerable patients when it comes to contracting dangerous infections, further compounding the already debilitating effects of cancer treatments like chemotherapy. Because of this, it's doubly important that oncology clinics...
Understanding HIT nationally and on the local front lines
In the past couple of months, there have been numerous publications around health information technology (HIT) and patient safety. In November 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report, Health IT...
The Affordable Care Act required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a National Quality Strategy that would make care safe, effective, and affordable.
The U.S. population is growing in size. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about one-third of the nation's adults are obese, and many of them become patients at U.S. hospitals, in need of surgeries of varying kinds.
In August, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed 41 new measures of pediatric care quality covering a wide range of child care, from prenatal care to blood pressure and physical development screening for youth ages 13 through 18.
In healthcare facilities across the United States, x-rays and CT scans are used widely and often. Because of them, patients rarely undergo risky exploratory surgery, and countless lives are undoubtedly saved because the correct diagnosis was made with the help of the picture...
