One of the reasons I’m not a famous writer (well, one of many) is that I’m kind of lazy. I know real writers write every day, for a set amount of time or to complete a specific number of pages or words, so that writing becomes a habit. Instead,...Read More »
CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the delay of the deadline for implementation of the interoperability final rule, reported...Read More »
CMS announced that it is granting exceptions from reporting requirements and extensions for clinicians and providers participating in Medicare quality reporting programs with respect to upcoming measure reporting and data submission. The action comes as part of the response to the novel...Read More »
ECRI Institute recently published its annual list of the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns. The goal of this list is to help facilities’ efforts for proactively identifying and responding to threats to patient safety.
ECRI notes that this list was created before the COVID-19 outbreak...Read More »
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign published new pediatric guidelines in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine earlier this month. Sepsis assessment and management in children has its own set of challenges, as most children who have symptoms of sepsis do not actually have sepsis. For example,...Read More »
Healthcare systems are beginning to make notable investments in community programs to address social determinants of health (SDOH), according to a recent study by Health Affairs.
For the study, Health Affairs searched for all public announcements of programs involving...Read More »