The pressure is on for hospitals to organize their binders. Starting January 1, 2017, The Joint Commission is getting rid of its clarification process. That means facilities will be expected to have their documentation readily available during survey if they want to avoid a finding. Even if the...
It’s been almost five months after CMS publicly released its hospital star ratings system amidst widespread controversy and opposition. Now, a new study by WalletHub has provided evidence that hospitals’ ratings are highly linked to their location and socioeconomic factors.
CMS last week released a list of 97 reporting measures for hospitals, clinician practices, nursing homes, dialysis facilities, and other settings. The measures are being considered for use in Medicare’s quality and value-based purchasing programs.
he high rate of burnout and unengaged physicians and nurses is an increasing concern for the healthcare industry. The Mayo Clinic recently released a new paper on preventing burnout, emphasizing the need for individual physicians and hospital leaders to work together on this problem.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 11
Currently healthcare workers are not required by law to get a flu shot. But a number of states require hospitals to report their flu vaccination rates and a federal reporting requirement for flu shot rates at acute care hospitals went into effect January 1, 2013.
A new study found that out of the 310 million surgery patients who receive surgery every year, 50 million suffer postoperative complications and more than 1.5 million die from those complications. Surprisingly, patients in low- and middle-income countries were less likely to experience...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 27, Issue 11
The Joint Commission unveiled the SAFER matrix in May, announcing that it would replace its scoring system of evaluating safety issues and findings. The matrix is a 3 x 3 grid with the X-axis ranking the likelihood of a problem occurring and the Y-axis measuring how widespread the issue is....
A new report from The Joint Commission finds that U.S. hospitals are improving patient safety and quality when treating patients for common conditions.
