Baptist Memorial Health Care System joined theTennessee Center for Patient Safety, an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)–listed Patient Safety Organization (PSO), more than two years ago. In June 2012, Sharon Fiveash, RN, MSN, assumed the role of PSO administrator...
Although many hospitals are signing on with Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), a number are still on the sidelines for various reasons. There is the fear that reported data will be discoverable; uncertainty about what reporting to a PSO entails, what data to include, and...
Healthcare organizations of all kinds are being routinely attacked and compromised by increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, according to a new study by Norse, a Silicon Valley cybersecurity firm, and SANS, a security research institute. Networks and Internet-connected devices in hospitals...
CMS last week released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on potential payment and care delivery models that focus on outpatient specialty care and complex/chronic disease management care. The RFI could affect a broad group of healthcare stakeholders,including physician specialty...
Rural and small hospitals may get relief from a federal rule that requires a physician to be present in a department during routine procedures, such as blood transfusions and some immunizations. Critics have argued that the law, passed in 2009, could stretch physicians too thin and could lead to...
Just who is entitled to be called “doctor” in hospitals, medical offices and other clinical settings is being considered by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners. Under a proposal before the board, physician assistants (PA) with doctoral degrees would be barred from using the title...
