CMS Proposes Changes to Quality Reporting Programs | Patient Safety Tool: Hand Rub Selection Checklist | How Hospitals' Data Transparency Can Spur Quality Improvement | 18 ASCs & Hospitals Achieving Accreditation |

News & Analysis

July 10, 2012

1. CMS Proposes Changes to Physician , Outpatient , ASC and Home Health Quality Reporting Programs.

2. Consumer Reports Releases Hospital Safety Ratings.

3. Patient Safety Tool: Hand Rub Selection Checklist.

4. Upcoming webinar:

ICD-10 - Are You Prepared? (Tues., July 31, 1:15 PM-2:15 PM CT). To learn more or register,.

5. Patient Safety Tool: Healthcare Employee Vitality Survey.

6. ASP Voluntarily Recalls Sterilization Product.

7. Congressmen Introduce Legislation Designed to Boost Imaging Safety.

8. Texas' Orange Medical Ambulatory Surgery Center Cited for Safety Problems During Inspection.

9. How Hospitals' Data Transparency Can Spur Quality Improvement.

10. 18 ASCs & Hospitals Achieving Accreditation.

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