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Results of AHA RACTrac Survey, 2nd Quarter 2010 September 9, 2010
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury (the Departments) on January 29, 2010 released an interim final rule implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). The MHPAEA requires insurance plans that offer…
The article discusses how the Beacon community program has leveraged health information technology to enable improvements in health care quality, cost and population health.
After defining patient-centered medical homes, this report discusses particular opportunities and challenges that they bring the report puts them in context of health care reform. It highlights similarities and differences between PMCHs and accountable care organizations.
The medical standard for timely angioplasty was 90 minutes door to balloon. The average for Lehigh Valley Health Network was 150 minutes with variation of monthly averages. Meanwhile the average for beginning thrombolytics therapy was much higher than the standard of 30 minutes. In stages over…
Joint Statement from the AHA, AAMC and FAH before CMS' listening session on the recent trend of Medicare beneficiaries receiving extended observation care as a hospital outpatient.
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed its culture into a continuous improvement culture. While the organization had embraced Lean methodology for years, it found that its project improvements were isolated and not always sustained. A…
Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from the chief of staff in its hand hygiene campaign. The result? An improvement in compliance from 31 percent in late 2007 to 84 percent now for the 665-bed hospital. The campaign started with resident…