Quality & Patient Safety
China has reported 460 human infections with the H7N9 avian flu virus since last October, more than in any year since the novel virus emerged there in 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week. During the prior years, 88% of patients developed pneumonia, 68% were…
U.S. health care leaders are continually working to improve care processes while advancing a medical liability system that better serves patients and providers. Doing so ensures patients are compensated fairly and in a timely manner and physicians feel confident in the tests they order and the care…
The AHA’s American Organization of Nurse Executives and Health Research & Educational Trust will host a March 14 webinar on “Partnering for Progress in Quality and Safety.”
Medicare’s Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program has not accelerated the improvement of patient experience beyond previous trends, according to a study reported this week in Health Affairs. “Instead, we found that the rate of improvements in patient experience has slowed since the program…
AHA to House supporting H.R. 304, the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017
Performance in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Hospital-acquired Conditions Reduction Program is heavily influenced by hospital size, according to a new study in the American Journal of Medical Quality.