Quality & Patient Safety
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Performance in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 Hospital-acquired Conditions Reduction Program is heavily influenced by hospital size, according to a new study in the American Journal of Medical Quality.
The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, or HAC program, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS), is broken. In yesterday鈥檚 American Journal of Medical Quality, the AHA and our research partners at KNG Health Consulting, Network for Excellence in Health Innovation and the鈥
This week, the CDC launched a suite of new opioid prescribing guideline resources for providers, including a mobile app and video series. This is a follow-up to their CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, launched last spring, to encourage safer and more effective pain management鈥
The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) was recently awarded a contract from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to work with experts in ambulatory care, patient and family engagement (PFE) and care transitions to create a toolkit specific to the ambulatory care setting鈥
The 黑料正能量 Association and two of its personal membership groups, the American Society for Healthcare Engineering and the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, recommend that all health care facilities review current policies and determine whether further action is needed鈥
In a report released today, an AHA task force unveiled a set of nine strategies for maintaining access to health care services in vulnerable communities. Comprised of 29 hospital and health system leaders and state hospital association CEOs, the task force held meetings, heard from policymakers and鈥
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accepting comments on a proposed update to its 2011 recommendations for the use of chlorhexidine-impregnated dressings to prevent intravascular catheter-related infections. The draft recommendation update is based on a systematic review of the鈥
Quality and safety are 鈥渢op of the agenda鈥 at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Howard Memorial Hospital, a 20-bed critical access hospital in Nashville, Ark., a multidisciplinary team led a focused project to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). Educating鈥
Millions of Americans are preparing to give thanks and celebrate Thanksgiving with their friends and loved ones. America鈥檚 hospitals also are preparing, but for a different reason. Flu season is upon us. We again are organizing the United Against the Flu Campaign 鈥 a collaborative effort by several鈥