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Managed Care
July 2001
Patrick Mullen |
Interview: Lucien L. Leape, M.D. The way to reduce errors in health care is to change systems, says this Harvard educator. Punishment encourages people to cover up...   |
Managed Care
October 2000 |
For Most States, Medical Error Reporting Is Uncertain Science Other industries have figured out how to collect, analyze, and use error data to prevent catastrophes and drive continuous-quality-improvement programs. Health care is only now beginning that process... |
Salon.com
December 7, 1999
Dena Bunis |
Medical mistakes are killing us Health plans covering federal workers will be the first to improve the quality of care. |
Managed Care
July 2007
Martin Sipkoff |
Hospitals Asked To Account For Errors on Their Watch Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and states may stop paying for specific hospital-acquired conditions. Will health plans follow suit? |
Managed Care
June 2001
Jack McCain |
Leapfrog Group Actions Will Be Felt Throughout the Health Care System Thanks to a Business Roundtable-sponsored group calling for better outcomes at hospitals, health plans' lobbying efforts may pay off... |
CIO
November 1, 2000
Susannah Patton |
The Rx Files Hospitals are prescribing healthy doses of IT to divert costly and sometimes fatal medication errors... |
Nursing Management
October 2011
Edna Cadmus |
Your role in redesigning healthcare We need to rethink how we provide care and to understand the interconnectedness and the structure of healthcare by looking at it as a whole vs. the sum of its parts. As leaders we need to view the evidence as we rethink healthcare together. |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Interview: John M. Eisenberg, M.D., M.B.A. New name -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -- new focus. The director says it's less about guidelines, more about preventing errors. |
Managed Care
December 2004
Adler & Schukman |
The Role of Managed Care In Patient Safety & Error Reduction Patient safety and medical errors have become the focus of increasing attention from the public, policymakers, and accreditation agencies. Managed care organizations clearly are important stakeholders in this issue. |
Managed Care
August 2000
David Classen, M.D. |
He Puts Patient Safety First By Bucking Conventional Wisdom This versatile physician holds the view that the Institute of Medicine actually understated the number of medical errors. He also doubts that the usual prescriptions for reducing errors will be effective. |
CIO
June 1, 2005
Susannah Patton |
Medication Systems Need Treatment A recent study found computers can increase the risk of dangerous medication errors. |
Managed Care
February 2001
Michael Levin-Epstein |
Mainstream Media Misinterpret HCFA's Policy on Medical Errors Is the Health Care Financing Administration changing its policy on disclosure of medical errors to Medicare beneficiaries? The issue is causing a tremendous amount of confusion among physicians and health plans. To HCFA, however, the fuss is much ado about nothing... |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2000
Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp |
Newsletter Foundation Releases Data on Prescription Drug Trends... ISMP Pushing for Passage of Bills Dealing with Medical Errors... Officials Discuss Potential of Studying Agent Orange in Vietnam... WONCA Holds Rural Health Conference in Calgary... AMA's Tobacco Prevention Program Announces Expansion... |
Nursing Management
November 2011
Mary Ann Remshardt |
The Impact of Patient Literacy on Healthcare Practices With regard to patient teaching, how can healthcare personnel be certain that patients understand concepts basic to informed consent, hospital safety, dietary restrictions, and prescription information? |
Managed Care
June 2001 |
Nobody's perfect, but who has to know? The Department of Health and Human Services has created a task force to develop an Internet-based medical-error clearinghouse. Also, the results of a survey of medical providers on the state of U.S. health care. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
March 1, 2014
William Looney |
The Call to Community: A Conversation with Dr. David Nash Population health is the foundation for much of what is truly new in US health reform. For big Pharma, it represents yet another escalation in expectations. |
Managed Care
August 2006 |
IOM: Medication Errors Rampant, And Preventable Crossing the Quality Chasm and To Err Is Human have become classics in the health care literature. |
American Family Physician
September 1, 2000
Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp |
Newsletter Conference Committee Reaches Funding Decisions on Key Health Programs... Foundation Urges Enrollment of Children in Insurance Programs... A National Summit on Medical Errors Is Announced... Thimerosal-Free Vaccines for Infants Are Recommended... |
Salon.com
June 19, 2000
Lisa Ochs |
In the shadow of a glass mountain One nurse observes how the fear of lawsuits causes healthcare professionals to neglect patients. |
Managed Care
February 2002
Joyce Ochs |
E-Prescribing Gets More Enticing Physicians today are writing prescriptions for patients on palm-held devices that seem eerily akin to medical practice on the Starship Enterprise... |
Managed Care
July 2001
Maureen Glabman |
Provider Shortage Puts HMOs In Bind Increasing demand for physicians and physician extenders is starting to strain the system. To a large extent, this is unexpected bitter fruit of managed care's labor... |
American Journal of Nursing
June 2011
Lisa M. Black |
Original Research: Tragedy into Policy: A Quantitative Study of Nurses' Attitudes Toward Patient Advocacy Activities In 2007 and 2008, 115 patients were found to be either certainly or presumptively infected with the hepatitis C virus through the reuse of contaminated medication vials at two southern Nevada endoscopy clinics. |
Salon.com
December 1, 1999
James B. Stewart |
Who's watching the docs? The code of silence in hospitals allows deadly mistakes to happen, but some simple reforms could help... |
Nursing Management
September 2009
Richard Hader |
Six Ways to Zero Defects Care delivery that's safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable is the challenge set forth by the Institute of Medicine in an effort to reduce medical-related errors |
Managed Care
May 2005
Frank Diamond |
Hospitals May See Plans as Their New Confidant Not only can health plans pay for performance, they can offer a mechanism for confidential discussions of mistakes. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2005
Carrie Morantz |
Newsletter AMA, AAFP Act to Protect Patients' Access to Prescriptions... AHRQ Releases Updated Guide to Clinical Preventive Services... HHS Awards $80.5 Million in Grants to Reduce Infant Mortality Rates... etc. |
Nursing Management
April 2009
Sharon H. Pappas |
Profits, Payers, and Patients: Responding to Changes Profit is necessary for hospitals to fulfill their missions, invest in expansion and new technologies, and reinvest in existing patient care infrastructures. Profitability is the work of the financial team and the clinical team to produce the hospital's desired financial outcome. |
Managed Care
June 2004
Jack McCain |
P&T Committees in Position To Reduce Medication Errors Pharmacy & Therapeutics Society works with Institute of Medicine and Leapfrog Group to improve processes. |
BusinessWeek
November 12, 2009
Catherine Arnst |
10 Ways to Cut Health-Care Costs Right Now Employers and hospitals don't have to wait for Congress to address inefficiencies and waste. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2005
Sarah J. Evans |
Newsletter AAFP Survey Shows Increased Use of EHR Systems by FPs... AHRQ Launches New Health Care Program... AAFP Asks Members to Join Title VII Campaign... AHRQ Rewards Over $22.3 Million for Health Information Technology... etc. |
Managed Care
January 2001 |
Public's Definition of Quality Focused on Medical Errors A survey jointly sponsored by the U.S. Agency for Research and Quality and the Kaiser Family Foundation has found that information about medical errors and malpractice suits is what people find to be most helpful when determining provider quality... |
Nursing
April 2011
Sally Austin |
Stay Out of Court with Proper Documentation Here is a practical guideline to help you document your assessments and interventions completely, accurately, and concisely. Doing so not only improves patient care, but also shields you from legal fallout if something goes wrong. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005 |
President Bush's IT Doctor Physician/economist David Brailer, point man for the Administration's push for e-health records, on where the planning stands |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000
Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp |
Newsletter Report Highlights What Older Americans Think About Medicare... $35,000 Grant Paves Way for Tool to Prevent Prescription Errors... FDA Launches Oncology Tools Web Site... Federal Funds Support Research in Women's Health... Surgeon General's Report on Tobacco Use Draws AMA Approval... |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2006
Liz Smith |
Newsletter AMA Announces New Policies on DTC Advertising, Price Transparency... AAP Supports Recommendations of IOM Emergency Care Report... CDC Urges Awareness of Measles in Travelers to World Cup... etc. |
Managed Care
August 2002
Maureen Glabman |
Lobbyists That the Founders Just Never Dreamed of The "right ... to petition the government" has come a long way in over 200 years, and health care organizations are not shy in exercising it. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2014
Ben Comer |
Take as Directed: From Force to Finesse in Promoting Adherence Healthcare players tout patient education and engagement as the keys to better drug adherence rates. Patients agree, as long as that translates to convenient and affordable access to therapy. |
American Family Physician
December 1, 2000
Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp |
Newsletter KFF Foundation Creates AIDS Briefing Series for Lawmakers... AAFP Network to Participate in Practice-Based Research... AFP Offers E-mail Notification of Contents... Advocates Launch Web Site on Neurologic Disorders... etc. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
February 1, 2012
Sarah Krug |
Introducing the 'Chief Patient Officer' Now is the time for pharma companies to appoint a Chief Patient Officer, a new position designed to build an accord around patient trust. |
Fast Company
April 2006
Michael A. Prospero |
Top Scalpel Too many medical errors happen because of lousy communications. To help fix that, health care is looking to the skies. |
Managed Care
October 2007
Martin Sipkoff |
Asheville's Legacy: Pharmacy Moves From Dispensing to Clinical Management It is an idea whose time has finally come: Today's clinical pharmacists are involved in virtually all aspects of medical care. |
Managed Care
February 2001 |
Biz Group Warns Hospitals To Move Quickly on Quality Value-based purchasing, a concept that generates lofty discussion but is not always practiced by employers, took a leap forward with the endorsement of a bloc of some of the nation's largest companies... |
American Family Physician
January 15, 2005
Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter IHI Launches National Campaign to Save 100,000 Lives in U.S. Hospitals... NPSF Launches Interactive Educational Web Site... AHRQ Launches Bioterrorism Preparedness Listserv... NHLBI Issues Alert to Continue Transfusions in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease... etc. |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2000
Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp |
Newsletter AAFP Urges Response to Violent Video Games... New Grants to Help Enroll Rural Children in SCHIP, Medicaid... AAFP Announces New Staff Members at Policy Center... Lupus Research Group Sets 10-Year Goal to Find Cure... Hospitals Challenged to Take Action on Patient Safety... |
InternetNews
June 14, 2010 |
Lax Data Security Results in Heavy Fines Five California hospitals got an expensive reminder of just how serious the state is about protecting patients' sensitive data. Expect more of the same in the near future. |
Managed Care
May 2002 |
Medication Labels May Soon Include Unique Bar Codes The Food and Drug Administration is expected to unveil regulations this summer that, if implemented, will require bar codes unique to a specific medication and its strength on all prescription drug labels. The agency's proposal is designed to help reduce medication errors |
BusinessWeek
July 17, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
The Best Medical Care In The U.S. How Veterans Affairs transformed itself - and what it means for the rest of us. |
ifeminists
May 27, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
The Value of Error Jayson Blair's fabrication of "news" stories for the New York Times has made life more difficult for journalists and commentators who make honest mistakes. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2009
Dayana Yochim |
Are You in Danger of Being Blacklisted? Even the best customers are getting caught in the credit card industry's cancellation crosshairs. |
Managed Care
September 1999 |
AMA, Federal Government Fret More About Online Prescribing and Pharmacy The AMA has come out with its strongest condemnation of online prescribing, recommending that action be taken against physicians who prescribe based solely on a patient's answers to an online questionnaire.... |
