Together with the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, The Joint Commission has developed a new certification program...Read More »
The Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act was introduced to the House of Representatives last Wednesday, with the goal of reforming Medicare...Read More »
A new meta-study by a John Hopkins research team questions the validity of using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) patient...Read More »
Antimicrobial overuse is a major problem for hospitals. Overuse of antibiotics can lead to the development of multidrug-resistant organisms,...Read More »
Despite efforts to improve antimicrobial stewardship, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this month that one out of...Read More »
A new study conducted by John Hopkins researchers estimates that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is wrong about the third...Read More »
Since there aren’t any standards for determining the accuracy and timeliness of quality data, how do we know if today's quality measures are...Read More »
Facilities with excessively high readmissions can have their Medicare payments docked between 1% to 3%, with 2,601 hospitals penalized in 2015....Read More »
In February, an international task force ruled that systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) shouldn’t be used when diagnosing sepsis....Read More »
