Infection Control Today - Quality Improvement

Patient Safety Leaders Propose 'NTSB for Healthcare'

Successful safety efforts from aviation provide critical lessons for addressing the "crisis of waste and harm" in the U.S. healthcare system, according to a special article, “An NTSB for Healthcare – Learning from Innovation: Debate and Innovate or Capitulate,” in the April ...More

April 26, 2012

Posted in News

An Imperfect Measure of Hospital Safety

The failure to include hospital-acquired infections or medication errors as a performance indicator limits the utility of the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s (CIHI) new hospital benchmarking tool, critics say. Moreover, they add, the tool doesn’t provide ...More

April 25, 2012

Posted in News

Need For Greater Patient and Clinician Involvement in Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research

More involvement by patients, clinicians and others in the healthcare community in developing comparative clinical effectiveness research studies will make such studies far more useful in clinical decision-making, according to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research ...More

April 17, 2012

Posted in News, Policies and Practice, PPE & Standard Precautions

ACS, CDC Announce Surgical Patient Safety Collaboration to Prevent SSIs and Other Adverse Outcomes

A joint, strategic partnership to improve surgical patient safety at the national level was announced today by leaders of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At the core of the alliance is a desire to sustain and ...More

April 16, 2012

Posted in News

Study Suggests Ways to Improve Healthcare Provider 'Report Cards'

As healthcare reform expands the use of "report cards" to grade healthcare providers, greater attention to reporting methods may be needed to assure the quality of such efforts, according to a new RAND Corporation study. "Public reports about the quality, efficiency and ...More

March 5, 2012

Posted in News

Orthopedic Surgery Report Provides Transparency on Patient Safety, Quality Initiatives

At NYU Langone Medical Center the focus on quality, patient safety and patient experience are not just broad stroke initiatives, but measureable, quantifiable and concrete. Patients and healthcare professionals can learn about this commitment to world-class care and ...More

February 10, 2012

Posted in News

National Quality Forum Endorses SSI and UTI Measures Developed by ACS

Two outcomes-based measures from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) were recently endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF). The two measures, surgical site infection (SSI) and urinary tract infection (UTI), were ...More

February 7, 2012

Posted in News, Policies and Practice

Regional Surgical Quality Collaborative Significantly Improves Surgical Outcomes and Reduces Cost

A new study published online today in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds hospitals participating in a regional collaborative of the American College of Surgeon's National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP), achieved substantial improvements ...More

January 23, 2012

Posted in News

Cost Control Incentives Don't Affect Patient Outcomes When Quality Variables are Implemented

Among physicians and hospital administrators, the phrase "pay for performance," or “P4P,” is often heard as the government and health insurers increasingly try to tie reimbursement for services to how well doctors and hospitals control their costs. However, until now it’s ...More

October 26, 2011

Posted in News

Pediatric Hospitals Save Lives With Central Line Hygiene and Maintenance

Following some basic rules of central line hygiene and maintenance, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and 87 other pediatric hospitals have, over five years, saved hundreds of patient lives and more than $100 million by preventing nearly 3,000 central line-related bloodstream ...More

September 16, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

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