Quality & Patient Safety
The AHA鈥檚 American Organization of Nurse Executives and Health Research & Educational Trust will host a March 14 webinar on 鈥淧artnering for Progress in Quality and Safety.鈥
Medicare鈥檚 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. 鈥淚nstead, we found that the rate of improvements in patient experience has slowed since the program鈥
AHA to House supporting H.R. 304, the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017
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Performance in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services鈥 Hospital-acquired Conditions Reduction Program is heavily influenced by hospital size, according to a new study in the American Journal of Medical Quality.
The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, or HAC program, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS), is broken. In yesterday鈥檚 American Journal of Medical Quality, the AHA and our research partners at KNG Health Consulting, Network for Excellence in Health Innovation and the鈥
This week, the CDC launched a suite of new opioid prescribing guideline resources for providers, including a mobile app and video series. This is a follow-up to their CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, launched last spring, to encourage safer and more effective pain management鈥