Infection Control Today - Quality Improvement

Sharing Individual Health Information Could Improve Care and Reduce Costs for All

Information collected from individual patients at doctor's office and hospital visits could be used to improve healthcare and reduce costs on a national scale, according to a discussion paper released by the Institute of Medicine. As health care records move to electronic ...More

April 15, 2013

Posted in News

Study Examines Relationship Between Occurrence of Surgical Complications and Hospital Finances

Findings of an analysis that included nearly 35,000 surgical discharges from a 12-hospital system suggest that the occurrence of postsurgical complications was associated with a higher per-encounter hospital contribution margin for patients covered by Medicare and private ...More

April 15, 2013

Posted in News

Better Coordination Necessary to Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates

Achieving widespread reductions in preventable hospital readmissions among Medicare beneficiaries may take longer than many healthcare professionals originally anticipated, according to researchers at Penn State, the Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of ...More

April 15, 2013

Posted in News

Hospitals Measure Up for Medicare Reimbursement

For-profit hospitals are out-performing other hospitals when treating stroke, heart attack and pneumonia patients in emergency departments and, thus, will be more likely to receive bonuses under Medicare’s new payment rules, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. ...More

April 1, 2013

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New Model Predicts Hospital Readmission Risk

Hospital readmissions are a costly problem for patients and for the United States healthcare system with studies showing nearly 20 percent of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge at an annual cost of $17 billion. Preventing avoidable ...More

March 25, 2013

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Research Describes the Patient Satisfaction Chasm

Quality is a central component of any discussion around healthcare and one of the key dimensions and measurements of quality care is the patient experience. However, many healthcare organizations struggle to become ‘patient focused' and fail to score well on patient ...More

March 1, 2013

Posted in News

2012 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award Recipients Announced

The National Quality Forum (NQF) and The Joint Commission today announced the 2012 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. The awards will be presented on March 8, 2013 during a luncheon at the 2013 NQF Annual Conference and Membership ...More

February 6, 2013

Posted in News

Early-Career Nurses Not Involved in QI Activities but Strive to Engage in Hand Hygiene

Nurses are the largest group of healthcare providers in the U.S., and healthcare leaders agree that engaging registered nurses in quality improvement (QI) efforts is essential to improving patient care. Unfortunately, despite studies demonstrating the value of nurse-led ...More

January 30, 2013

Posted in News, Hand Hygiene, Policies and Practice

Researchers Improve Medical Units to Reduce Nursing Fatigue, Cut Costs

In hospitals, poor floor design, storage closet clutter and crowded corridors can contribute to nurse and medical staff fatigue. These distractions can hurt patient-care quality and result in higher medical costs. Now, a new Cornell University study offers a spatial ...More

January 30, 2013

Posted in News

Joint Commission Expands Performance Measurement Requirements for General Medical/Surgical Hospitals

The Joint Commission announces that it will expand performance measurement requirements for accredited general medical/surgical hospitals from four to six core measure sets. The additional requirements, which are part of The Joint Commission’s ORYX® performance measurement ...More

December 1, 2012

Posted in News

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