Hospital Peer Review articles from October 2005

Hospital Peer Review archives from October 2005

Pay-for-performance incentives: Are you missing out on revenue?
October 1, 2005... Pay-for-performance incentives: Are you missing out on revenue? New trend in reimbursement may benefit quality professionals One thing quality professionals can agree on is that in health care today, every dollar counts. That's why...

Patient safety legislation removes reporting barriers.
October 1, 2005... Patient safety legislation removes reporting barriers Law ends fear of reprisal that stops many reports It's a balancing act for most organizations — weighing the need for error disclosure, which may lead to system changes that...

Discharge Planning Advisor: Innovative program helps homeless, frees up beds.
October 1, 2005... Discharge Planning Advisor Innovative program helps homeless, frees up beds Collaboration among competing health systems provides post-discharge care An unusual collaboration among three competing California hospitals is providing...

Discharge Planning Advisor: Sutter Health seeks dialysis solutions.
October 1, 2005... Discharge Planning Advisor Sutter Health seeks dialysis solutions Long stays expensive, risky One of the biggest discharge planning challenges at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento, CA, involves patients who need dialysis after...

Quality leaders work to reduce surgical infections.
October 1, 2005... Quality leaders work to reduce surgical infections Quality managers 'can have a very visible impact' (Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series on surgical infection prevention. Last month, we explored ways to improve core...

Accreditation Field Report: JCAHO impressed with internal transfer.
October 1, 2005... JCAHO impressed with internal transfer Surveyors liked evidence of reduced handoff errors During an April 2005 survey at Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center in Sevierville, TN, JCAHO surveyors used the Survey Activity Guide (SAG) as...

The Quality - Cost Connection: Did we really make a difference?
October 1, 2005... Did we really make a difference? How to measure the effectiveness of PI By Patrice Spath, RHIT Brown-Spath & Associates Forest Grove, OR Measuring the effectiveness of actions intended to improve patient care is an...

Patient Safety Alert supplement.
October 1, 2005... Click here for the October 2005 Patient Safety Alert supplement. SOURCE-Hospital Peer Review

CE/CME objectives/questions.
October 1, 2005... CE objectives To earn continuing education (CE) credit for subscribing to Hospital Peer Review, CE participants should be able to: *Identify a particular clinical, legal, or educational issue related to quality improvement and...