by Keri McDermott | Jan 15, 2018 | Archived
CMS announces new payment model to improve quality, coordination and cost-effectiveness for both inpatient and outpatient care Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center)...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 15, 2018 | Archived
CMS updated data on the Hospital Compare website and on data.medicare.gov to provide patients, families and stakeholders with the information they need to compare the performance of hospitals where they seek medical care. Along with data on quality measures, CMS...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 15, 2018 | Archived
The basic elements of an infection prevention program are designed to prevent the spread of infection in healthcare settings. When these elements are present and practiced consistently, the risk of infection among patients and healthcare personnel is reduced....
by Keri McDermott | Jan 8, 2018 | Archived
Changing reimbursement models are expanding hospital care beyond the treatment and recovery of individuals, to include a focus on overall population health. Hospitals are being incented to keep community members healthy. Read more about Chadron Community Hospital...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 8, 2018 | Archived
Patients, Providers Vary in Defining Value in Patient-Centered Care Patient Engagement HIT recently reported that patients and providers are divided in what they view as “value” in healthcare, according to a recent report from the University of Utah Health. A survey...
by Keri McDermott | Jan 5, 2018 | Archived
Check out the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI’s) free Quality Improvement (QI) Essentials Toolkit that includes ten tools and templates needed to launch, manage and measure successful QI projects. Each of the tools and templates can be used...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 19, 2017 | Archived
As we head into the holiday season, we’re reminiscing on the exciting events of 2017 and anticipating what’s to come in the new year. Throughout this year, we’ve enjoyed engaging with our valued stakeholders. We continue to be inspired by the great work,...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 19, 2017 | Archived
Of the 2.6 million people who died in the U.S. in 2014,1 2.1 million, or eight out of ten, were people on Medicare,2 making Medicare the largest insurer of medical care provided at the end of life. Spending on Medicare beneficiaries in their last year of life...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 18, 2017 | Archived
AHRQ’s new Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery helps hospitals reduce Surgical Site Infections (SSIs). Based on the experiences of frontline providers in approximately 200 hospitals that participated in a national implementation project and successfully reduced SSIs, the...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 15, 2017 | Archived
Dream Teams -vs- Scream Teams: The Art & Science of Building Effective Leadership Teams Certified content expert, Kate Hilton, JD, MTS, Founding Director and Senior Consultant at ReThink Health recently shared essential conditions that enable teams to function...
