A study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) made headlines late last year when it proclaimed that overlapping surgeries didn’t increase the risk of postop complications. The...
According to the AMA, nearly a quarter of physicians actively practicing in the United States in 2015 were age 65 or older. In a world where longer life spans and delayed retirement have become commonplace, this statistic is not particularly shocking, but it points to a question that hospital...
This week’s quick tip comes from an exchange adapted from HCPro’s webinar, “OPPE and FPPE Case Study: Award-Winning Professional Practice Evaluation Transformation,” now available on demand. Raechel Rowland, RN, BSN, LSSBB, lean practitioner at Ascension Borgess Health in...
New scores in the Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grades report show hospitals are making are reducing avoidable deaths from errors and infections. The biannual report, which assigns A-F letter grades to approximately 2,500 general acute-care hospitals, showed that 46 hospitals have achieved an...
Although the goals of competency assessment are the same for advanced practice professionals (APP) and physicians, the way in which the medical staff goes about it may differ. The medical staff should work with APPs to develop the process, which may include defining specific quality indicators...
