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The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in June 2019 released several new and revised pharmacy compounding standards. Specifically, USP published the final revised version of general chapter <797> (Pharmaceutical Compounding of Sterile Preparations) to accompany the previous released general…
A list of items to consider in preparing to comply with new standards for the handling of hazardous drugs set forth in USP general Chapter 800.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Feb. 5 issued a proposed rule and the second part of the Advanced Notice, which would make policy and technical changes to the Medicare Part C and D programs, including the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit…
In this edition of Hacking Healthcare, we begin by examining a milestone in the integration of
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) into drug treatment development. Next, we
brief you on new developments in Huawei’s ongoing saga to avoid a European ban and what it
may mean for EU-US…
Since implementing best practices related to maternal hemorrhaging, Titus Regional Medical Center’s maternal morbidity rate related to blood loss has been reduced significantly.
In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Nancy Myers, AHA vice president of leadership and system innovation, speaks with health care leaders from Washington state and Ohio to discuss the results of community collaboratives with public health departments, hospitals and health systems, and other…
Government moves for summary judgement in disclosure of negotiated charges lawsuit.
In their recent paper, Beaulieu et al. attempt to estimate the effects of hospital acquisitions on measures of hospital quality at the acquired hospitals. To do so, the authors use four measures of hospital quality and compare the changes in these measures at acquired hospitals relative to changes…
Hospitals and health systems are transforming the way they deliver care in response to patients’ and communities’ changing needs and preferences. At the same time, they face many headwinds such as low government payment rates, increasing prescription drug costs and shifting demographics.
The Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development (SHSMD) of the American Hospital Association (AHA) released Futurescan 2020-2025: Health Care Trends and Implications, a highly respected report developed jointly with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).