HCPro.com: Quality Improvement Monitor

August 22, 2008 (Volume 6, Issue 33)

CMS Web site adds specifics on death rates
CMS this week updated its Hospital Compare Web site to include more specific information on cardiac mortality measures. It also added data on the 30-day death rates for pneumonia patients.

Report finds N.H. hospitals not reporting infection rates
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has come under fire after reports surfaced that the state isn’t enforcing law requiring hospitals to publicly report hospital-acquired infections, according to the Union Leader.

Infections may spur next wave of malpractice suits
A jury award of more than $2.5 million to a hospital patient who developed a case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that was so severe he lost his right leg, part of his left foot, and a kidney may be the beginning of a new wave of medical malpractice suits, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Joint Commission cracks down on disruptive clinicians
Dictatorial docs who demean, bully, or otherwise behave badly may want to get in touch with their kinder, gentler side.

Other recently-published articles from Quality Improvement Monitor:

WalkRounds involve senior leaders with frontline staff

Google tracks flu through online searches

Study: C. diff infects 13 out of every 1,000 patients

Joint Commission names Codman award winners

Notice: Last issue of Quality Improvement Monitor

Three keys to readying your anticoagulant program

Joint Commission releases new FAQs for Universal Protocol

CMS to host PQRI conference call on November 20

Family awarded $13.5 million in hospital death

Notice: Second-to-last issue of Quality Improvement Monitor

Timeouts need to include the entire surgical team

Transparency leads to problems for Boston hospital

NQF endorses consumer-focused public reporting guidelines

Report: Patient satisfaction lacking in many hospitals

Timeouts need to include the entire surgical team

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