Quality and Safety
Submissions for speaking opportunities at the health IT conference are open until July 16, 2018.
The percentage of hospitals achieving zero infections has declined dramatically since 2015, indicating many patients are still at risk.
Town Hall Ventures, Amazon and Socially Determined are bringing a new focus to a long-neglected part of the healthcare industry.
One new policy deems drug shortages an urgent public health crisis and seeks to have manufacturing sites deemed critical infrastructure.
The lack of proper PPE can lead to hospital-acquired infections, poor safety scores, low public rankings and government penalties.
Star ratings released in December 2017 will remain on Hospital Compare until the next update.
This is the first time state comparisons can be made on quality health measures.
Kaiser Permanente found that hospitals can bolster patient satisfaction scores and increase revenue by decreasing levels of opioid prescriptions.
CMS head Seema Verma calls national efforts to improve patient safety that saved 8,000 lives and $2.9 billion a tremendous accomplishment.
New research found that community HIEs produce better results when it comes to reducing both costs and the use of unnecessary services, such as imaging and procedures.