The American Medical Association and AARP provide a free, download brochure to help seniors receive the preventive services that are now covered by Medicare.
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Hospitals are increasingly focusing on lowering readmission rates to improve quality and patient safety and reduce costs. One contributor to 30-day readmissions is failure to take medications properly. To target medication noncompliance, Decatur, Ga.-based hospital DeKalb Medical is partnering with…
The following article is written by Eric J. Stenson, director of enterprise applications for Surgical Notes. The views expressed are those of the author and are not endorsed by Surgical Notes. It is well understood that ambulatory surgery centers…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has published a set of curricular modules designed to help healthcare providers understand and promote health literacy in pharmacy settings.
Researchers have suggested rates of surgical site infections are a reliable measure of hospital quality of care, according to an AHRQ publication.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a toolkit, which includes steps for quality improvement, 17 patient safety indicators and 28 inpatient quality indicators, to help providers boost patient safety within their organizations.
Physicians in community-based office practices have error rates nearly 50 percent lower one year after adopting an electronic prescribing system integrated within an electronic health record, according to a study in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety…
A new study published in Radiology found preoperative MRIs help surgeons make more informed decisions about nerve-sparing procedures and may reduce the risk of nerve damage in men undergoing prostate cancer surgery, according to a Radiological Association of North America…
Healthcare Supply Chain Association president Curtis Rooney released a statement in response to the State of the Union address and highlighted the critical role of group purchasing organizations in reducing healthcare costs, according to a news release.
Judge Harry Barnes of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas found Access Closure infringed on four St. Jude patent claims and awarded St. Jude $27.1 million in damages for two of the claims, according to a…