Leapfrog Report Shows Improved Hand Hygiene in U.S. Hospitals

Leapfrog, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, last week released its 2024 Hand Hygiene Report.  Leapfrog found that hospitals have made significant progress in hand hygiene practices thanks to increased leadership involvement and adoption of electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems. 

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Are RPM Programs Riddled With Fraud?

Following a report this week from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) hinting at a possibility of fraud in requests for Medicare reimbursement in RPM programs, the Alliance for Connected Care has criticized the “inaccuracies and subjective nature” of that report and called on the OIG to retract it.

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