Joint Commission Names Top Performing U.S. Hospitals
“Improving America’s Hospitals: The Joint Commission Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012,” includes 620 hospitals that are leading the way nationally in using evidence-based care processes closely linked to positive patient outcomes. The hospitals identified as attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability performance in 2011 represent approximately 18 percent of Joint Commission-accredited hospitals reporting core measure performance data.
RadNet Joins GE Healthcare to Evaluate Breast Cancer Detection Processes
AHRQ Patient Safety Project Reduces Bloodstream Infections by 40%
A unique nationwide patient safety project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) reduced the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in intensive care units by 40 percent, according to the agency’s preliminary findings of the largest national effort to combat CLABSIs to date.
Text to Speech Audio Upgrade Improves Communication
TextSpeak has released the TTS-EM-HD2, a small yet all-inclusive voice synthesis paging and announcement product. Targeted to deploy with unified hospital communications, the stand-alone package requires only a single digital input signal to produce spoken audio.
Advocate Health Care and GE Healthcare Join to Reduce Patient CT Radiation Dose
Doctors Earn Incentive Payments with Pulse PQRS Qualified Registry
Parkland Hospital to pay $1M Settlement for Alleged Patient Safety Violations
Parkland Health & Hospital System has reached a settlement agreement with the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) that resolves and discharges all potential litigation and enforcement actions for compliance issues prior to May 31, 2012.
Transformation of Health System Needed to Improve Care
Health IT Week Includes Call for Access to Personal Health Information
The Alliance for Nursing Informatics wants its members to ask for and access their personal health records as part of a collaborative effort to Ask for Your e-Health Record. During National Health IT Week: September 10-14, all ANI organizations will join forces to ask their members, nurses and clinical colleagues to reach out for their own digital medical information.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Receives HIMSS Analytics Award
HIMSS Analytics recognizes the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa, with its Stage 7 Award. The Stage 7 award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.