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Uncategorized Published - 2 September, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
PPACA’s Effect on the Uninsured Rate: 5 Things to Know

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has made a direct impact on the percentage of people without health insurance in America, with the uninsured rate falling by 5 percent since the PPACA’s rollout. Here are five things to know about the PPACA and its effect on the uninsured rate. 1. A Commonwealth Fund survey […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 August, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Guidebook offers action plan to address alarm fatigue

The ECRI has issued a guidebook to help hospitals address what the institute has deemed a top health technology hazard, alarm fatigue. “The Alarm Safety Handbook: Strategies, Tools, and Guidance”–available in print and in electronic formats–is designed to help hospitals identify ways to minimize alarm fatigue, develop an action plan and put that plan into […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 August, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
VTE rates don’t reflect care quality

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has long used venous thromboembolism (VTE) rates to determine hospital care quality, but a report finds this measure may not indicate care quality, according to Anesthesiology News. Rather than reflecting quality, a provider’s VTE rates indicate the frequency with which it conducts imaging tests–in short, hospitals that look […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 August, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Is ‘Kaiser-fication’ of healthcare system a good thing?

Some experts think the “Kaiser-fication” of healthcare in the wake of the Affordable Care Act(ACA) may be good for the industry. Other hospitals could mimic Kaiser Permanente’s focus on affordability, technology,  electronic health records and healing to meet ACA guidelines, CEO Bernard Tyson said. Reducing lengths of stay saves the organization money, whereas some traditional […]

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Uncategorized Published - 29 August, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Healthcare M&A Spending Skyrockets 152% in Q2

I wanted our readers to be aware of this since many of our reader’s hospitals may be acquired in the near future. Healthcare merger and acquisition spending jumped to $135.2 billion during the second quarter of this year, a 152 percent increase from $53.6 billion during the second quarter of 2013, according to an Irving […]

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