CMS released the results for its 2014 Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, which cited the states with the highest rates and lowest rates for wrong site, side, patient, procedure and implant.
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HHS introduced two health IT challenges and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT launched two funding opportunities intended to simplify the complex intricacies of healthcare, according to AMA Wire.
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The HHS Office for Civil Rights and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released new guidance clarifying the Patient Safety Quality Improvement Act's requirements, according to FierceEMR.
In their "Transformative Health Care" report, the National Patient Safety Foundation listed five key areas for practices to focus on to enhance patient safety, according to H&HN.
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A study published in the journal Ophthalmology found previously unreported eye problems in Brazilian babies with microcephaly may be linked to the Zika virus.
It doesn't look promising that Republicans will reach a deal on Zika funding in time for the Memorial Day recess, according to The Hill.
A New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center found only 35 percent of Americans cited being "likely" to enroll in a clinical trail, according to Science Daily.
A 2015 survey found although patient care is more comprehensive in the current Physician Quality Reporting System, it falls short in some areas, according to a New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine study.
Boca Raton, Fla.-based Modernizing Medicine's EHR systems for dermatology, otolaryngology and plastic surgery earned the #1 spots on the Black Book Research 2016 Top EHR lists in those spaces.