Quality and Safety

The organizations are experiencing "unprecedented demand" for inpatient care, leaving many facilities at full capacity.

This week's top stories include TeamHealth winning its lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare for engaging in unfair reimbursement practices, and baby tech company Owlet pulling its connected-sock wearables following an FDA warning letter.

CMS is focused on identifying improvements that would increase organ donations, improve transplants and enhance dialysis care.

The drug decreases hospitalizations and deaths by 3%, which is not enough of a benefit to outweigh the risks, says one member.

The University of Michigan Health's Metro Health program coordinator Dillon Fassett and Dr. Augusto Elias, medical director of Metro Health, stress the value of communication employing technology for early stroke care.

In Missouri, a federal judge granted 10 states a preliminary injunction, and in Louisiana, the court issued a nationwide injunction.

Cathie Brown, vice president for consulting services at Clearwater Compliance says close cooperation between IT and the top of the organization can result in good cyber protocols.

Miquel Angel Garcia, Head of Medical Systems Division EMEA at Olympus, describes pressing goals for hospitals and how Olympus gives support for fulfilling their top priorities.

Care consistency is one of the major reasons why value-based models tend to result in better outcomes for MA members, Humana said.

There are many unknowns, including how effective current vaccines will be against the new variant, says Dr. Anthony Fauci.