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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2014    By - dc2uh
Anesthesia Management: Worker fatigue cause of health care mistakes, study finds

This is important no matter what department you practice in. Health care worker fatigue contributed to more than 1,600 incidents reported through the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS), with 37 considered harmful and four resulting in patient deaths, according the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority. An article released from the PPSA’s June advisory examined data […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2014    By - dc2uh
Anesthesia Management: Continue training, testing to maintain ICD-10 momentum

Healthcare organizations should use the extra time afforded by the delay of ICD-10 to conduct more testing and training and to maintain the momentum they’ve developed thus far, according to AHIMA officials, CIOs and consultants. “I think the biggest concern that I have involves most of our clients keeping that level of engagement,” Mary Beth […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2014    By - dc2uh
Anesthesia Management: 4 Traits of “Invisible” People — And Why Your Organization Needs Them

A new book profiles ambitious professionals who find the most satisfaction in work that is critical to their organization’s success, but goes largely unnoticed by the public. David Zweig worked as a fact checker at Conde Nast for five years. In an interview with Mr. Zweig says he enjoyed “slaving away on the minutiae of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2014    By - dc2uh
Anesthesia Management: Bundled Payment Program Progress: 6 Things to Know

As healthcare providers and payers face seek to move from fee-for-service to value-based payment, a considerable number of them are implementing bundled payment plans. According to a study commissioned by the nonprofit Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute and conducted by Bailit Health Purchasing, some public and private healthcare payers are beginning to commit to bundled […]

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Uncategorized Published - 25 June, 2014    By - dc2uh
Anesthesia Management: Employer health costs to rise in 2015

If health plans stay unchanged, PwC sees medical costs rising by 6.8 percent in 2015 Health costs will accelerate next year, but changes in how people buy care will help keep them from attaining the speed of several years ago, PricewaterhouseCoopers says in a new report. The prediction, based on interviews and modeling, splits the […]

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