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Quality and Safety

By Beth Jones Sanborn | 03:02 pm | January 30, 2018
Online resource announced 250 recipients are among top five percent that deliver "high-quality care" across at least 21 common procedures, conditions.
By Susan Morse | 05:15 pm | January 29, 2018
The QualityNet Secure Portal, or QNet streamlines data submission methods to make it easier for eligible hospitals and CAH's to report.
By Susan Morse | 04:15 pm | January 29, 2018
The organizations use voice recognition and artificial intelligence to build interactive reports that include more elements than simply what a clinician adds, such as images, charts and graphs.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:37 am | January 29, 2018
ATM's interoperable functionality has been a benchmark for EHRs and now, they're making progress toward a similar interoperability says Cedars-Sinai chief clinical transformation officer Scott Weingarten.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:49 pm | January 25, 2018
New results showed nursing homes that got an additional star on the one-to-five scale gained more admissions.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:32 pm | January 22, 2018
Readmissions are a big reason why many hospitals, which fall short of certain benchmarks, are financially penalized by federal government.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:55 pm | January 19, 2018
In an industry increasingly beholden to consumerism, Yelp ratings matter, as hospitals seek to retain their respective market shares.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:25 pm | January 18, 2018
Physicians feel down or seriously depressed at nearly twice the rate of the adult population. But there are some tweaks hospital executives might consider to ease the situation.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:15 pm | January 18, 2018
There was little evidence that the program made a dent in readmissions, observation stays, outpatient use or ER visits.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:01 am | January 18, 2018
Vernon Manor and Manchester Manor deployed software on top of its EHR to analyze clinical data fields and recommend interventions.