Articles Tagged With: rates
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Hospitals Cut Common Infection Cases by Half with Scalable Process for System Goals
When hospitals in Massachusetts were facing a merger, leaders sought to address the quality issue head-on and achieved substantial improvements in some categories, including a reduction in Clostridioides difficile cases.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Step-Wise Interventions for Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile
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Waiting for Outcomes of Legal Challenges Unwise
Two healthcare attorneys advise medical facilities to proceed as though the rule requiring the disclosure of secret negotiated rates will go forward as planned.
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New Report Makes Case to Act Against Skyrocketing STDs
A new review by the National Academy of Public Administration makes a convincing case to act against skyrocketing sexually transmitted disease rates.
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Success with Teen Pregnancy Rate, But There Is More Work Left to Do
Just-published data indicate that births among Hispanic and black teens have dropped by almost half since 2006, which mirrors a substantial national decline. Births to all American teenagers have dropped more than 40% within the past decade.
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Safety culture critical to better surgical results
To achieve better results for surgical patients, hospitals tend to focus on technical issues such as surgeons’ skills and operating room equipment. However, a non-technical factor, the so-called “safety culture,” might be equally important in delivering high-quality patient care, a team of investigators report in a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons in advance of print publication.
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“Warm handoffs” can reduce hospitals’ readmission rates
Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, MA, improved its readmission rates through a quality improvement process that included measurements of “warm handoff” rates.