I thought this was information our readers would want to know since most of them work in a hospital. In its toughest crackdown yet on medical errors, the federal government is cutting payments to 721 hospitals for having high rates of infections and other patient injuries, records released show. Medicare assessed these new penalties against […]
Read MoreAuthors: Elmer J et al. Intensive Care Med 2015 Jan. Severe, but not moderate, hyperoxia portended lower survival to hospital discharge. Hyperoxia may result in increased oxidative stress and ischemia-reperfusion injury in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest. To assess the effect of hyperoxia on outcomes, investigators retrospectively analyzed data for 184 ventilated post–cardiac arrest patients […]
Read MoreStrategies to reduce the number of emergency surgeries in the United States could save up to $1 billion in health care costs over a decade, new research suggests. The study also found that surgeries planned ahead of time (elective surgery) are less risky for patients and generally have better outcomes. “The costs of surgical care […]
Read MoreThough being a good manager requires a combination of experience, education, and learned and honed skills, stylistic and subtle changes to how you communicate and direct your teams can make significant impacts. Here are some simple tweaks all managers can put to use, for improved leadership outcomes. No one said it would easy, but does […]
Read MorePhysician involvement is an especially crucial element at several levels for hospitals transitioning to ICD-10, according to healthcare IT consultant D’Arcy Guerin Gue, writing in ICD10monitor.com. Not only does accurate physician documentation “drive the production of ICD-10 codes,” according to Guerin Gue, executive vice president of corporate services for Richardson, Texas-based Phoenix Health Systems, but […]
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