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(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- It is the most significant health-care leadership challenge of our time: how to reduce expenses while improving quality. At first, the trade-off seems unavoidable. As expenses decrease, so too must quality, right? Not necessarily. Pioneering organizations that have worked…
(Arizona State University: Phoenix) -- Arizona State University (ASU) researchers have demonstrated a way to dramatically simplify testing patients for infectious diseases and unhealthy protein levels.
New testing instrumentation developed by Antonio Garcia and John Schneider promises to make…
(SOA: Schaumburg, IL) -- Findings from a new study commissioned by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and completed by consultants with Milliman Inc. estimate that measurable medical errors cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008. The report used claims data to provide an actuarially sound…
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently released Quality Compass 2010: Commercial, the nation’s leading database of comparable information on clinical performance and patient experience for 404 commercial health plan products serving 94 million covered…
(ASME: New York) -- The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has announced the 5th Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference and Exhibition, examining the technology that is driving innovation in the biomedical industry. The conference is set for Sept. 20–21, at the Island Hotel in…
(Sparta Systems: Holmdel, NJ) -- TrackWise SelectStart is a purpose-built quality management solution created specifically for small to medium-size companies across different segments of life science industries. These emerging companies have the same rigorous quality and regulatory requirements as…
(MDdatacor inc.: Alpharetta, GA) -- MDdatacor inc., a provider of health care quality management solutions for insurers and health care providers, has announced that its MDinsight clinical quality system will help hospitals and physicians achieve many of the meaningful use requirements outlined in…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Health care organizations from around the globe are invited to share their models of quality improvement at the upcoming 2011 Quality Institute for Healthcare (QIHC) Conference, May 16–18 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.
“First Do No Harm, Then Make…
(Healthcare Process Improvement Network: London) -- The notion of meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR) was clarified on July 13 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), clearing the way for health care providers to tap into the potential $27 billion government…
(Veriteq: Richmond, BC Canada) -- Quality engineers working in the pharmaceutical and similarly regulated industries seeking continuous monitoring systems specifically geared for larger enterprises can deploy viewLinc 3.5, recently launched by Veriteq, a Vaisala company.
Veriteq’s viewLinc 3.5…
(FSCI: Orlando, FL) -- Florida hospitals and surgeons recently launched a new initiative to improve patient safety and the quality of surgical care while reducing costs throughout the state. The Florida Surgical Care Initiative (FSCI), a joint initiative of the Florida Hospital Association (FHA),…
(University at Buffalo: Buffalo, NY) -- Health care managers interested in operational excellence are invited to the University at Buffalo’s (UB) health care improvement conference, “Sustaining Improvement: Using Lean Six Sigma as a Path to Excellence” on Sept. 30 at the Buffalo/Niagara Marriot in…
(John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ) -- When you are ready to implement measures to improve patient safety, this is the book to consult. Author Charles Vincent, one of the world’s pioneers in patient safety, discusses each and every aspect clearly and compellingly in Patient Safety, Second Edition…
(North Shore-LIJ: New Hyde Park, NY) -- The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York announces it has gone an entire year without a central-line infection in its Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) – the only children’s hospital in New York to achieve this milestone and…
(Premier: Charlotte, NC) -- To help reduce costs without negative effects on quality, hospitals and health systems in California are joining a labor-related management collaborative managed by the Premier health care alliance.
Hospitals stand to lose almost $200 billion in reimbursement during…
(HHS: Washington) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius recently commended federal food safety agencies for their accomplishments supporting the charge of President Obama’s Food Safety Working Group, which advises the president on how to…
(Pilgrim Software: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management (ECQM) software solutions, has announced the global availability of its expanded Regulatory Reporting platform. Rounding out the platform, the new MedDRA adapter integrates…
(NICE: London) -- Some 150 clinical areas will eventually have their own set of quality standards, with the first three standards published on June 30 covering the treatment and care of stroke, dementia, and venous-thromboembolism (VTE) prevention. The new quality standards are a series of concise…
(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- Even as health care insurance premiums continue to skyrocket, the service experience has more effect than cost management on overall employer satisfaction with their primary health insurance carrier, according to the J.D. Power and Associates…
(J.D. Power and Associates: Westlake Village, CA) -- Even as health care insurance premiums continue to skyrocket, the service experience has more effect than cost management on overall employer satisfaction with their primary health insurance carrier, according to the J.D. Power and Associates…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- A free webinar offered by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and scheduled for Wednesday, July 28, 1–2 p.m. CDT, focuses on how a California medical center successfully uses data management to improve medication safety. The webinar presenter, Kalev Golubjatnikov, is patient…
(Locus Technologies: San Francisco) -- Locus Technologies (Locus), a provider of web-based environmental compliance and information management software, has introduced an accreditation process for analytical laboratories to deliver analytical data into Locus’ award-winning, cloud-based…
(AHRQ: Rockville, Maryland) -- The Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently unveiled MONAHRQ—My Own Network Powered by AHRQ—a free, Microsoft Windows-based software application that significantly reduces the cost and time a state,…
(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- Despite expensive increases in the cost of U.S. health care, Americans too often get mediocre results—or worse. National studies show that 15 million incidents of medical harm—e.g., drug errors, wrong-side surgeries, or infections—occur in the United States annually.…
(IHI: Cambridge, MA) -- Having a dashboard that easily and clearly displays information about your performance measures can help your hospital know if it is progressing toward its goals.
To help you create a practical framework for developing and evaluating a dashboard of key measures, the…