Effective Oct. 1, 2008, the CMS stopped reimbursing healthcare providers for 11 “never events” -- considered reasonably preventable errors in healthcare delivery. What are the "never event" policies for the various insurers and state associations? Modern Healthcare is tracking those decisions through its Never Events Tracking System.
A sober discussion on trimming $4 trillion from the national debt got off to an unusual start. Erskine Bowles, who was co-chairman of a commission on... FULL STORY »
They might be known by the term "never events," but a newly released analysis from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, finds that serious surgical... FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks | November 28, 2012
| Basic Web
Seven institutions participating in a Joint Commission and American College of Surgeons quality-improvement project to reduce colorectal... FULL STORY »
By Maureen McKinney | October 15, 2012
| Basic Web
The 406-bed St. Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital is the recipient of the inaugural Partnership in Prevention Award, a joint project... FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans | September 22, 2012
| Print Magazine
Charles Sanford left a Minneapolis shelter for his own apartment in June, a move that has meant relief from the anxiety of being homeless and the joy... FULL STORY »
By Maureen McKinney | September 15, 2012
| Print Magazine
A four-year federally financed program aimed at reducing rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections made big strides in prevention but... FULL STORY »
By Maureen McKinney
| September 10, 2012
| Basic Web
A national project targeting central line-associated bloodstream infections has lowered overall rates of such infections by 40% among participating... FULL STORY »
By Maureen McKinney | September 01, 2012
| Print Magazine
Imagine a hospital where the ICU's myriad devices seamlessly exchange data and where a patient's loss of dignity is viewed as a preventable harm on... FULL STORY »
By Ashok Selvam | September 01, 2012
| Print Magazine
A trio of independent studies released last week bolstered the view that U.S. patient safety is not improving despite the efforts of doctors,... FULL STORY »
California health officials recently announced a drop in hospital central line infections but didn't mention that they had found flaws in the... FULL STORY »
A New Hampshire hospital says it's notifying about 500 employees and affiliated clinicians the state is recommending they be tested for hepatitis C... FULL STORY »
More than 60 Dean Clinic patients and family members tested positive for hepatitis, but the state of Wisconsin found no link to the diabetes nurse... FULL STORY »
HHS announced nearly $49 million in grants to state health departments to help them address the spread of infectious diseases. The funds—the... FULL STORY »
In a statewide ranking, the state Department of Public Health says that California hospitals overall reported a 10% decrease last year of a deadly... FULL STORY »
Edgar Barnes was relieved, almost buoyant, on Friday for the first time in many weeks. He had just emerged from a state-sponsored health clinic here... FULL STORY »
Despite a California law that requires hospitals to report their incidences of healthcare-associated infections, many such infections still go... FULL STORY »
Targeting nurse staffing levels and burnout may help hospitals reduce their rates of certain types of healthcare-associated infections, a study says. FULL STORY »
Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus doubled at academic medical centers between 2003 and 2008, according to a study... FULL STORY »
The use of single-dose or single-use vials for more than one patient has been linked to outbreaks of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections in 10... FULL STORY »
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