Health
Quality improvement measures cut hospital readmissions but do not always produce savings
Efforts to reduce hospital readmissions are working, but they're not always saving money, according to a new Cedars-Sinai study.
May 30, 2017
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News tagged with quality improvement
Health
Supreme court rules patient safety data subject to litigation
(HealthDay)—The Supreme Court of Florida has reversed a District Court of Appeal decision deeming information related to patient safety unprotected from litigation discovery, according to a report published from the American ...
Feb 28, 2017
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Surgery
Higher ASA class not tied to 30-day morbidity in spinal surgery
(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing single-level elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (SLE-ACDF), higher American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification is not associated with 30-day morbidity, according ...
Feb 17, 2017
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Researcher examines impact of quality improvement efforts in Canadian hospitals
A recent pan-Canadian research study from Queen's University has found that hospitals need to make improvement efforts a top priority and engage frontline health care professionals to be most effective in improving the quality ...
Feb 15, 2017
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Health
Interventions up discussion of advanced care planning
(HealthDay)—Quality improvement interventions can increase discussions relating to advanced care planning and the mention of advance directives (ADs) in the electronic medical record (EMR), according to a study published ...
Feb 15, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Depression is under-treated in patients receiving chronic dialysis
Many patients with kidney failure who are receiving chronic hemodialysis have depressive symptoms but do not wish to receive aggressive treatment to alleviate them, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the ...
Jan 26, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Hospital-led interventions associated with significant reduction in cesarean rate
A new study led by clinician-researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has found that hospital-led interventions over a seven-year period were associated with a significant reduction in the hospital's Cesarean ...
Jan 26, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Reduction of the most common cause of maternal death worldwide
In a study to be presented Friday, Jan. 27, in the oral concurrent session, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, researchers with the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, ...
Jan 23, 2017
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Health
Model demonstrates high-quality patient care while reducing costs
Providing high-quality patient care while reducing costs is a significant goal in the current health care reform environment. The Institute of Medicine has specifically called for the establishment of "learning health systems" ...
Dec 20, 2016
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Health
Quality improvement methods improve asthma care
(HealthDay)—Implementation of quality improvement (QI) methods can improve timely administration of short-acting β-agonists (SABAs) for acute asthma in a pediatric emergency department, according to a study published online ...
Oct 28, 2016
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