Hospital Peer Review – May 1, 2017
May 1, 2017
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Engage Physicians More for Better Outcomes, Improved Efficiency
Adequate physician participation is crucial for many quality improvement initiatives, so quality professionals always look to include them more. Though challenging sometimes, the effort pays off in better quality, outcomes, and patient safety.
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PEPPER Updated for Some Short Stays
The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report has been updated to better reflect issues of most concern to quality professionals.
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Multiple Strategies Reduce C-Sections Below Target Rate
A series of interventions has reduced the cesarean delivery rate at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center from 40% to 29.1% over a seven-year period, and clinicians there say the program could be tailored for use at any hospital.
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Certification Opportunities Increase with Merger
Opportunities for credentialing in patient safety should increase with the merger of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement with the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), says NPSF President and CEO Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH, CPPS.
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Readmissions Linked to Hospital Quality Issues
A hospital’s readmission rates may be tied to a range of quality issues, in addition to the health status of the patient population, according to a recent study.
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Patient Experience Varies at Pediatric Hospitals
The inpatient family experience at pediatric hospitals across the country varies significantly, according to a recent survey by the Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement at Boston Children’s Hospital.
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NJ Reports Savings, Safety Gains with QI
New Jersey’s hospitals and health systems averted 77,342 cases of patient harm and saved $641 million in healthcare costs between 2012 and 2016 by participating in a quality improvement program with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Hospital Grades May Emphasize Wrong Factors
The Leapfrog grading system may put too much weight on the wrong factors, according to a study published in the journal Medical Care by researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Thus, hospitals with less than stellar scores on even one or two issues might be better off not participating in the system, researchers say.
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Lower Mortality During TJC Surveys
A survey by The Joint Commission (TJC) may be stressful for administrators, but it can be good for patient outcomes. Recent research suggests that patients admitted to the hospital during an unannounced TJC survey have lower 30-day mortality rates than those patients admitted three weeks before or after the unannounced survey.
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NQF Suggests Ways to Improve Federal Measure Sets
The National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) in Washington, DC, recommends significant improvements to measure sets used in federal programs, saying the changes would increase the effect on quality improvement while reducing burdens on providers.