Posted by: Stanley Quan on: July 11, 2009
New releases on Hospital Compare On July 9, hospital readmission rates for Medicare patients with heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia were released for the first time on Hospital Compare (www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov). This vital new quality information for health care consumers, clinicians and hospitals expands information offered by CMS and supported by the Hospital Quality Alliance [...]
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: May 1, 2009
Newly introduced legislation endorsed by the American Hospital Association A new bill could transition Medicare reimbursement from paying hospitals for reporting quality measures to paying them based on their performance or level of improvement. The American Hospital Association has endorsed the bill, H.R. 1776.
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: March 23, 2009
Michigan Hospital Group to collect and analyze patient safety data “The Michigan Health & Hospital Association Patient Safety Organization has announced plans to collaborate with the ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization to collect and analyze patient safety data from the association’s 144 member institutions, Healthcare IT News reports.” ECRI will use a Web-based Patient Safety [...]
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: March 14, 2009
Oklahoma Hospital Association launches new Web site “The Oklahoma Hospital Association has launched a Web site that showcases data on patient care quality and safety for 80 of the state’s hospitals, the Oklahoman reports. Visitors to the Web site can search and compare hospital-specific information on 45 measures of evidence-based practices, including efforts to reduce [...]
