Articles Tagged With: analysis
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OCR Audit Findings Show Where to Focus HIPAA Compliance
Covered entities should take note of some key findings from audits conducted by the OCR in 2016 and 2017. OCR assessed covered entities’ and business associates’ compliance with selected provisions of HIPAA rules.
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Is Universal Rescreening of Pregnant Women for Hepatitis C Cost-Effective?
In this cost-effectiveness analysis study, the authors assessed the cost effectiveness of offering hepatitis C virus (HCV) antenatal rescreening to U.S. women who previously were screened HCV negative in a prior pregnancy.
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Malpractice Claims Information a Powerful Patient Safety Tool for ED
At the UMass Memorial Medical Center ED in Worcester, analyzing medical malpractice data has become a vital patient safety tool. Leaders study adverse event data, root cause analysis, reportable events, and malpractice claims data.
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Data-Sharing Initiative Targets U.S. Drug Overdose Crisis
Public-private partnership aims to strengthen multigovernmental coordination on prevention efforts.
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Ethics Consult Can Go Undocumented — to the Detriment of Ethics Department
Many problems can occur if ethics consults are documented sparsely or not at all. Lack of documentation hinders the ethics service from knowing how it is performing.
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Staphylococcus aureus Bacteriuria: What Is the Significance?
In a retrospective study from Canada, researchers reported several risk factors for serious Staphylococcus aureus infections, including bacteremia and vertebral osteomyelitis, in patients with S. aureus bacteriuria.
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Clinical Challenge: PrEP Is Not Reaching Most of the People Who Are at Risk
CDC leads efforts to build PrEP awareness and expand availability.
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HIPAA Risk Analysis Should Be Thorough And Helpful for Hospital’s Compliance
A risk analysis is fundamental to any HIPAA compliance program, but conducting one effectively can be a challenge. Too often, the risk analysis is a perfunctory task that lets you check off a requirement, when it should be a valuable tool that drives the rest of your compliance efforts.
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AHA Analysis Says Star Ratings Inaccurate
A new analysis from the American Hospital Association concludes that there are fundamental design flaws in the CMS star ratings.
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New Scoring Methodology Helps Facilities Prioritize Corrective Actions
Project REFRESH, TJC's multiphase process improvement project, includes an approach for identifying and communicating risk levels tied to deficiencies cited during surveys.