Modern Healthcare Staff Lisa Gillespie Former Safety & Quality Reporter See All Staff Page Recent Stories Federal physician malpractice database may not work as intended The National Practitioner Data Bank provides a flawed system to prevent doctors with histories of malpractice from skirting accountability, experts say. Providence to pay $22.7M over alleged spine surgery fraud According to the settlement, one the surgeons was a top-producing neurosurgeons in the entire Providence system at the time, and made between $2.5 and $2.9 million a year. Rural veterans have fewer ED visits, more psychotherapy with VA tablets Researchers believe other health systems could give older adults tablets for healthcare use to their rural patients in order to increase access to mental healthcare and prevent suicides. Quality officers tackle pandemic throughput with discharge improvement Hospitals paused discharge improvement efforts in 2020 because of COVID-19. Now, quality professionals are back to work at making throughput better. Ketamine safety concerns abound as private clinics proliferate Ketamine treatment providers tout the psychoactive drug for a host of conditions like treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, anxiety and others. But the lack of oversight has sparked concerns for patient safety. Doctors aren't removing infected heart implants, resulting in patient deaths, study finds Every year 300,000 Americans receive electronic cardiac implants to stay alive. A new study shows a majority of clinicians aren't spotting device infections and aren't following American Heart Association recommendations. Beyond the money: Nursing shortage hampers patient safety Healthcare-acquired infections and other adverse patient outcomes have increased since the pandemic began, and nurse shortages account for part of this quality issue. Staff shortages impacting patient safety: ECRI's top 10 list ECRI's annual report on top patient safety concerns is out, and staff shortages are the most pressing concern. OSHA to crack down on COVID-19 safety violations The agency is starting a 90-day blitz to reinspect hospitals and nursing homes previously dinged with a COVID-19 employee safety infraction. Rising up: C-suite relies on chief quality officers through pandemic Chief quality officers have shined throughout the pandemic as their skillsets became critical for managing hospital COVID-19 cases. CMS to reweigh MIPS data for some physicians amid pandemic Physician groups can submit extreme hardship applications to have 2021 quality and cost data re-weighted to account for the COVID-19 pandemic. Duke estimates 15% of breast cancer cases overdiagnosed, less than previously thought Duke University researchers estimate that one in seven women with mammography-detected breast cancer have a tumor that will likely never cause harm and are subsequently overtreated. Eyeing antibiotic resistance: new drugs may take changes to reimbursement The pipeline for new antibiotic drugs looks bleak, a problem that health systems may want to become more involved in beyond antibiotic stewardship. Sepsis ED discharges could benefit from risk scores, added guidance, study shows Clinicians at four Intermountain Healthcare hospitals discharged 16% of sepsis patients who visited their emergency departments from 2013 to 2017, a new JAMA study shows. Press Ganey acquiring consumer product experience company Acquiring customer experience firm Forsta will provide Press Ganey with market insights from retail and consumer brands. Load More Sponsored Content
