Quality and Safety
The settlement with New Jersey resolves two separate privacy breaches regarding members HIV/AIDS status and those with AFib.
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Basic building blocks of a good information security plan can be found at lower costs than many might expect.
The death toll stood at 11 Friday and two hospitals had been badly damaged, forced to evacuate.
Patients pickup harmful MRSA bacteria from touching dogs but stricter adherence to hand washing among solutions to eliminating the risk, study says.
Medical spending, future lost work from permanent disability and quality of life losses all contributed to the substantial costs of such injuries.
Financial penalties for readmissions are mandated by the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, a part of the Affordable Care Act.
Research findings indicate that "meaningful" reduction of variations in care is doable and more effective than traditional cost-cutting.
A chief finding was that patients using NIV at home with a high-touch care model have the lowest overall costs and hospitalization rates.
Each zone's initiative was tailored to the specific features of its communities, but the overall goals were to improve health outcomes and control costs.
MRSA bacteria carry high morbidity and mortality rates, making the disease a significant threat to patient safety.