A recent study conducted across nine European countries, has found that nursing cutbacks are directly linked to higher death rates among patients in hospitals. The study, which combined data from 300 European hospitals, says that for each additional patient assigned to a nurse, the risk of death within a month of surgery, increases by 7%. Read more…
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QUEST reports savings of $11.65 billion
Premier national quality improvement initiative, QUEST, has reported savings of approximately $11.65 billion through process improvements and analytics, according to its new whitepaper. In addition to the savings, QUEST also reported preventing over 135,000 deaths in the last five years. QUEST was launched in 2008, and has since grown to include 350 hospitals. In the Read more…
CMS to conduct end-to-end ICD-10 testing
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Wednesday that it will offer “end-to-end”ICD-10 testing for a small group of providers in the summer. The announcement marks a shift from the previous stance by CMS where it had proclaimed that it would not conduct any external testing for providers. The CMS now says that Read more…