Quality

The focus of quality improvement in healthcare is to bolster performance and processes related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Leaders in this space also ensure the proper selection of imaging exams and procedures, and monitor the safety of services, among other duties. Reimbursement programs such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) utilize financial incentives to improve quality. This also includes setting and maintaining care quality initiatives, such as the requirements set by the Joint Commission.

Same-day discharge after interventional radiology procedure saves money without impacting outcomes
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with bed space at a premium, UAB Medicine started sending patients home after percutaneous cryoablation of renal tumors.
Collaborative bolsters prostate MRI quality, with 1 site realizing $559,000 in reimbursement gains
Some of the most commonly deployed interventions included protocol adjustments, standardized patient prep instructions and personnel training.
Best and worst states for nurses 2024
Comparing all 50 states on 20 metrics of job satisfaction for nurses, WalletHub has landed on a familiar favorite for the top spot.
TAVR, SAVR linked to similar QOL improvements for intermediate-risk patients after five years
TAVR was initially associated with greater benefits than surgery, but that difference faded by the end of the first year.
IAEA: When selecting medical imaging equipment, don’t assume ‘new’ means ‘low dose’
Advanced imaging equipment using ionizing radiation enters the global market at the rate of one new technology every five years.

Same-day discharge after interventional radiology procedure saves money without impacting outcomes

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with bed space at a premium, UAB Medicine started sending patients home after percutaneous cryoablation of renal tumors.

May 10, 2024

Collaborative bolsters prostate MRI quality, with 1 site realizing $559,000 in reimbursement gains

Some of the most commonly deployed interventions included protocol adjustments, standardized patient prep instructions and personnel training.

May 10, 2024

Best and worst states for nurses 2024

Comparing all 50 states on 20 metrics of job satisfaction for nurses, WalletHub has landed on a familiar favorite for the top spot.

April 30, 2024

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TAVR, SAVR linked to similar QOL improvements for intermediate-risk patients after five years

TAVR was initially associated with greater benefits than surgery, but that difference faded by the end of the first year.

April 24, 2024

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IAEA: When selecting medical imaging equipment, don’t assume ‘new’ means ‘low dose’

Advanced imaging equipment using ionizing radiation enters the global market at the rate of one new technology every five years.

April 22, 2024

Even AI struggles to work under stress, study suggests

Apparently, it isn’t just humans who occasionally struggle to work under stress. According to a recent study, the performance of AI flounders, too.

April 18, 2024

HCA Healthcare was recently hit with its second antitrust lawsuit — this time from the city of Brevard, North Carolina, for allegedly engaging in anti-competitive schemes.

Hospital pays $32.5M to family of baby who suffered brain damage during birth

The incident happened in 2018 when clinicians at Reading Hospital failed to recognize fetal distress and respond accordingly.

April 18, 2024

Measles is on the march from airports to places near us

The U.S. eradicated measles in 2000. Today it’s making a comeback. What explains the unhappy revival?

April 15, 2024