Editor's note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in Anesthesia Business Consultants eAlerts, a free electronic newsletter. Sign-up to receive this…
Telemedicine programs and services can be problematic to implement. Administrators and C-suite executives need to consider best practices and common mistakes to assist smooth integration of telemedicine into hospital functions and staff routines. Here are five common mistakes to avoid.
Despite evidence showing hospital boards' involvement could boost quality efforts, many boards could be doing more to help their organizations improve quality performance, according to research findings published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Hospital participation in Premier healthcare alliance's second QUEST: High Performing Hospitals collaborative has increased 87 percent, from 157 hospitals to 293 hospitals in approximately three years.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will soon reveal whether three veterans contracted hepatitis due to infection control lapses at the Dayton (Ohio) VA Medical Center's dental clinic, according to a Dayton Daily News report.
CaroMont Health CEO Randall Kelley has issued a statement, reaffirming the system's commitment to quality care, in the wake of reports that Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, N.C., may lose its Medicare status for patient safety violations.
Researchers found that Massachusetts' pay-for-performance program did not improve quality one year after its implementation in 2008, according to research findings published by the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality.
The Measures Application Partnership has submitted to HHS recommendations on the improvement and coordination of care by post-acute care and long-term care providers.
HCA Virginia is planning to build a $10 million emergency department more than two years ahead of the rest of the hospital facility in Sterling, Va., according to a Washington Business Journal report.
Henry Ford Health System in Detroit has settled a complaint with the Department of Justice, resolving allegations that the hospital system failed to provide sign language interpreters to a deaf patient, according to a DOJ news release.
