Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement Archives – July 1, 2005
July 1, 2005
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Medicare P4P demonstration project shows significant QI
Quality of care has improved significantly in hospitals participating in a groundbreaking Medicare pay-for-performance demonstration project, according to preliminary reports from more than 270 participating hospitals on their experience during the projects first year. -
For this hospital, money is secondary
Memorial Health System in Springfield, IL, one of the participants in the CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)/ Premier Hospital Quality Incentive (HQI) Demonstration Project, certainly will not be disappointed when it receives the financial incentives it stands to earn through improved quality. -
Premier cites key lessons of project
Childrens National Medical Center in Washington, DC, has made significant improvement in its clinical outcomes through benchmark utilization. For example, it has been able to reduce infections by 55% in post-op ventricular peritoneal (VP) shunt infections and has achieved an 82% reduction in 180-day readmission rates. -
Culture change is critical part in improved outcomes
Childrens National Medical Center in Washington, DC, has made significant improvement in its clinical outcomes through benchmark utilization. For example, it has been able to reduce infections by 55% in post-op ventricular peritoneal (VP) shunt infections and has achieved an 82% reduction in 180-day readmission rates. -
Sudden jump in VAP spurs QI to cut rate to near zero
Sometimes, as a quality manager, you can be proceeding with the confident assurance that you are doing everything right when it comes to a cohort of patients, when suddenly your data give you an uncomfortable wake-up call. -
Education earns high comparative AMI rankings
For some quality teams, being good is just not good enough. That was certainly the case at Providence Hospital, part of the St. John Health System in Southfield, MI. -
NQF endorses HCAHPS patient perception survey
The National Quality Forum (NQF), a private, not-for-profit, public benefit corporation in Washington, DC, established in 1999 to standardize health care quality measurement and reporting, has endorsed HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Plans), a 27-item survey designed and developed over the past three years by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). -
News Briefs
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has published the 2006 National Patient Safety Goals and related requirements for each of its accreditation programs and Disease-Specific Care certification program.