Quality and Safety

Seven cooperatives will split the funds.

The move, they hope, will contribute to lowering an estimated 1,300 patient deaths nationwide each year attributed mistakes associated with surgeries conducted too infrequently at medical facilities.

The Advisory Board revenue cycle head Ed Hock says punting on ICD-10 until the new code set is ready robs healthcare providers of the benefits of the Oct. 1 changeover.

With the Oncology Care Model, participating practices will have their chemotherapy treatments tracked and measured for the necessity and outcome of the treatment, as well as the coordination of care that leads up to the cancer treatment.

Between 2012 and 2014, 39 people in Virginia Mason Medical Center were sickened by highly-resistant strains of E.coli bacteria, and 11 of those patients died

Rhode Island Hospital admits staff failed to do proper follow-up on a patient, who ended up with severe brain damage as a result.

While awareness over nurse safety has grown, a new survey by The Leapfrog Group found 40 percent of hospitals fail to comply with all 21 endorsed safe practices in the field.

American Medical Association says the readmission penalty is unnecessary since other other pay-for-performance programs already measure complications such as surgical site infections.

Health system saves $11 million from 1,254 unnecessary readmissions and $2 million saved through the prevention of 110 venous thromboembolisms.

The state previously had a malpractice limit of $350,000, but in 2012, the state's Supreme Court ruled the cap on damages for pain and suffering unconstitutional.