HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement articles from February 2007

HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement archives from February 2007

New IHI campaign will target medical harm in U.S. hospitals: '5 Million Lives' campaign seeks to reach its goal in two years.(Institute for Healthcare Improvement)
February 1, 2007... Looking to build upon the momentum of its successful 100,000 Lives Campaign, the Boston-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has launched the 5 Million Lives Campaign, whose goal is to "protect patients from five million incidents...

Rural facility receives Baldrige for 2006: culture of 'Servant Leadership" at core of success.
February 1, 2007... Quality leaders at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo say the creation of a culture of "Servant Leadership" is one of the main reasons it has become the first rural health care facility to win the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National...

Hospitals collaborate on IV meds standards: goal is to reduce variation in IV therapy.
February 1, 2007... Collaborations among hospitals to improve the delivery of care is a growing trend in U.S. health care, but a group of facilities in San Diego County, CA, has joined forces to address an area they claim has not previously been targeted in this...

Private sector P4P taking hold, expert says: hospitals making progress, but public sector lags.
February 1, 2007... Pay-for-performance structures have strongly taken root in the private sector, but progress in the public sector is "quite mixed," according to Richard Sorian, vice president of public policy, marketing, and external relations for the National...

CMS to publicly report hospital mortality rates: Hospital Compare will report outcomes data.
February 1, 2007... The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun a process that will result in the public reporting of new hospital performance data, including the comparisons of heart attack and heart failure mortality adopted last year by the...

AHA helps hospitals view their performance.
February 1, 2007... All hospitals that report the 21 quality measures developed by the Hospital Quality Alliance have received a link from the American Hospital Association to an online report formatted for viewing the quality data their hospital provides to the...

Multivariable testing cuts door-to-doc times by 24%: approach tests process solutions in short time.(Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, TN)
February 1, 2007... Members of the ED staff at Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, TN, have cut the door-to-doc time from one hour to 45 minutes, and they hope to get it below 30 minutes, following a new initiative using a process called multivariable testing...

A free white paper for you.
February 1, 2007... AHC Media appreciates the faith you have placed in us to provide you with practical, authoritative information. As a token of our gratitude for your support, we would like to provide you with the free white paper, "The Joint Commission: What...