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NewsPatient safety compliance doesn't equal lower mortality
As hospitals respond to Medicare's move to base reimbursements on medical outcomes instead of volume, officials should take note of new research showing that better compliance with patient safety Read more...
Punishment for caregiver mistakes often inappropriate, study concludes
What if hospitals, instead of disciplining employees who make inadvertent and sometimes deadly mistakes, opted to console and retrain such employees? Two programs, "Care of the Caregiver" and "Just Read more...
NQF pushes use of electronic data in quality measurement
In an attempt to synchronize how various health plans measure doctor performance--and ultimately broaden the use of electronic means to measure quality--the National Quality Forum on Monday endorsed Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Lucian Leape - Make safety a strategic priority
Lucian Leape would like to see hospitals put patient safety at the top of their 2010 strategic plans. Dr. Leape, co-author of the Institute of Medicine's groundbreaking "To Err Is Human" report, Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: NQF looks for steering committee members
The National Quality Forum is asking for nominations for members of a steering committee that will work on measures requested by the Department of Health and Human Services. The NQF is studying Read more...
NQF urges greater leadership from hospital pharmacist
This year, when the National Quality Forum updated its manual on safe practices, it made an important change to its medication management chapter. The group is now urging that hospital pharmacists Read more...
Leapfrog safe practices survey may have captured 'excessive noise'
A survey of hospital performance conducted by the Leapfrog Group in 2006 may suffer from "excessive noise" according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The Safe Read more...
NQF details cultural-competency practices
The National Quality Forum has endorsed a set of 45 cultural competency practices intended to help providers offer culturally appropriate, patient-centered care. The practices are intended to help Read more...
Federal bill would link Medicare hospital pay to quality
Now here's a bill that would scare me a bit if I were a hospital administrator--even if it was inevitable (and it is) that such a measure would be written. Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Chuck Grassley Read more...
AHA asks CMS to reconsider 2009 quality measures, payment rates
The American Hospital Association isn't too happy about the quality-reporting requirements in the new proposed outpatient prospective system rule for 2009, and it would like to see CMS make some Read more...
| Press ReleasesRegions named “2011 Top Hospital” by national hospital quality and safety groupST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regions Hospital is one of the nation’s top hospitals, according to a national survey that measures hospitals’ performance in crucial areas of patient safety and Read more >> GE Healthcare Brings Top Patient Safety Talent to GE Patient Safety OrganizationDr. Peter Angood, Former Senior Advisor for Patient Safety at the National Quality Forum becomes GE’s PSO Medical DirectorAdvisory Board provides strategic guidance to one of the largest national Read more >> Paying for Value Rather Than Volume: How Health Reform Is Changing Relationships Among Physicians, Health Plans, HospitalsNewsmakers Available for Interviews in S.F., March 23-25, at National Pay for Performance Summit OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bay Area and national healthcare leaders are in San Francisco this Read more >> NQF Releases Reports to Promote Clinical Decision Support and Appropriate Health IT UseWASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the National Quality Forum (NQF) released two new reports -- Driving Quality: A Model to Measure Electronic Health IT Use and Driving Read more >> Boston Software Systems’ Customers Make 20 Percent of The Leapfrog Group’s 2010 Top Hospitals ListBoston WorkStation Helps Leading Hospitals Advance Patient Safety and Quality Through Workflow Automation BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Boston Software Systems™ (www.bostonworkstation.com) today Read more >> |
