This is the second of two columns investigating the issues surrounding credentialing and policies for autopsies. In Part 1, Patricia A. Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA, provided some background and the reasons this procedure should not be considered...
Simulation training is not a new concept in healthcare, but as medical education and practices become more metrics-based, this kind of training is taking on new roles in competence assessment. Teaching hospitals and medical schools on the front lines report expanding interest from physicians...
From HCAHPS to healthcare surveys, hospitals seem to be swimming in data. The question is, where is the comparable data for ambulatory surgical centers (ASC)? For ASCs, the most prominent source of National Quality Forum (NQF)-endorsed measures is the ASC Quality Collaborative (ASCQC). The...
A team of international health policy experts recently compared administrative costs of U.S. hospitals with those of other industrialized nations with various types of healthcare systems: Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States. The study,...
Federal regulators are reversing course and will resume publicly releasing data on hospital mistakes, including when foreign objects are left in patients' bodies or patients were give the wrong blood type. USA Today reported last month that CMS had stopped publicly reporting a host of...
The number of uninsured is expected to decline by nearly half from 45 million in 2012 to 23 million by 2023 as a result of the coverage expansions associated with the Affordable Care Act, according to a report from the CMS Office of the Actuary. Health spending growth is projected to remain...
