A study by Public Citizen, a non-profit public-interest organization, found that hospitals routinely exploit loopholes to avoid reporting physicians who have had their admitting privileges revoked or restricted for more than 30 days, as is required by federal law, according…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Thirteen California hospitals, including seven in Los Angeles and Orange counties, have been fined for serious violations that lead to patient deaths in some cases, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
The Massachusetts Public Health Council voted to approve new rules for implementing more aggressive public reporting of hospital errors, according to a report in The Boston Herald.
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority recently released its 2008 Annual Report, which examined participation in patient safety initiatives by healthcare facilities within the state, according to a PPSA news release.
A study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project found that U.S. hospitals spent nearly $30.8 billion, approximately $1 of every $10 of total hospital expenditures, on potentially preventable conditions in 2006, according to…
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A new study published in the Archives of Surgery showed that complication and morality rates were similar at centers designated as bariatric centers of excellence as compared with other hospitals, according to a report in Science Daily.
Private-sector health plans have developed many innovative techniques to reward physicians for doing good work and have improved treatment quality and patient safety, according to a news release from America's Health Insurance Plans.
A new study from the Department of Health & Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that complications from bariatric surgery declined 21 percent from 2002 to 2006, according to an AHRQ news release.
The National Quality Forum, the group that sets medical guidelines used by CMS to evaluate and reimburse medical facilities for services, has rejected a rule that would require a CT scan within 45 minutes of a stroke patient's arrival at…
In an effort to improve patient safety and reduce hospital errors, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina announced that it will no longer pay hospitals for preventable adverse patient events, according to a report in The Business Journal of…