AllMed Introduces New ROI Model for External Peer Review
There’s Still Time to Qualify for 2010 PQRI Financial Incentives, but You Must Act Fast
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched its Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) in 2007, the Heart Center of North Texas explored, but decided against, participating in the program. The effort of collecting and reporting quality measures was so complex and onerous that it was not worth the time or effort involved.
National Priorities Partnership Addresses the Question of Reducing Healthcare Costs while Improving Quality
The American Hospital Association Continues its Endorsement of Versus RTLS for Patient Flow
New Bed Designed to Reduce Patient-Lift-Related Injuries
Pilot Validates RTLS, Dana-Farber Selects Versus for Yawkey Cancer Center
Membership Now Open for the First and Only Individual Membership Program for Patient Safety Field
ASTRO Reaffirms Commitment to Quality, Issues Progress Report on Patient Safety Plan
Fairfax, Virginia, January 26, 2011—The American Society for Radiation Oncology is continuing its commitment to Target Safely, a six-point patient protection plan developed in January 2010, to improve the safety and quality of radiation therapy treatments and reduce the chances of medical errors.
Protect Mothers and Babies from Unnecessary Harm
Washington, D.C., January 26, 2011—Virginia Business Coalition on Health joins the employer-driven hospital quality watchdog, The Leapfrog Group, in issuing a Call to Action in response to new data finding that thousands of babies are electively scheduled for delivery too early, resulting in a higher likelihood of death, being admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and life-long health problems.