Hospitals have used the 5 rights of medication administration as a foundation to build on as part of their patient safety initiatives: the right patient the right drug the right dose the right route the right time There is no reason we can not take the same approach to endoscope reprocessing. the right patient the […]
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All of healthcare is experiencing a revolution driven by an urge to become more transparent. From pricing, to processes, to patient data (to those patients), everyone wants to know the detailed information. This revolution is creating pain, and at the same time opportunity – this is Schumpeter’s gale (also known as “Creative Destruction”). A great
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Do you shop online using Amazon or another online retail store? Have you found yourself reading over online reviews for products before you buy? If you answered “Yes”, then you probably are aware that these reviews help influence or deter you from buying something. In some form, these online reviews provide credibility and increase the
Charles Cowles, Anesthesiologist and Chief Perioperative Safety Officer (MD Anderson Cancer Center) has leveraged his experience as a firefighter and exposure to other industries to discuss how hospitals can build on their patient safety committees taking a departmental team approach. As more medical errors are reported, Dr Cowles noted the severity of preventable errors with
Keynote speaker–Michael Porter (noted lecturer, and consultant on Value Management) delivered a fresh perspective on orienting US Healthcare Delivery at 2015 AHA Health Forum Leadership Summit (7/23-7/25, San Francisco). Ironic, since Porter has been publishing work on value chain improvement since the 1970s. Porter’s essential message—should US Hospitals choose to accept his challenge—focused on committing
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One of the important breakout sessions during the AHA Leadership Summit was “Redesigning Care–A New Playbook to Improve Quality, Safety and Patient-Centered Care”. The session was led by Kenneth Sands, MD of Beth Israel Deaconess, Peter Pronovost, MD (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Hildy Schell-Chaple of UCSan Francisco Hospital and Patricia Dykes, PhD Of Brigham and Women’s
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It was a great pleasure seeing so many of the Hospital executives we know at the American Hospital Association Leadership Summit in San Francisco last week. For those of you who were not able to make it, we thought it would be helpful to provide some of the highlights and our take of the meeting.
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With the close of the fiscal year quarter, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has again released statistics for the amount of overpayments and underpayments. The latest report shows that the trend continues to point upward, as CMS has once again corrected more improper payments than the previous quarter, this time to the tune
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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a 1,000-bed teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and recent recipient of the #1 ranking in US News & World Reports 2012 Best Hospitals is expanding its use of radio frequency identification for surgical supply & implant tracking. Robert M. Sheridan, the director of interventional radiology spoke about the key decisions
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