Compliance with Surgical Care Improvement Project for Body Temperature Management (SCIP Inf-10) Is Associated with Improved Clinical Outcomes
Background: In an effort to measure and improve the quality of perioperative care, the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) was introduced in 2003. Methods: The authors retrospectively analyzed the electronic medical record data from 45,304 inpatients at a single institution to assess whether compliance with SCIP Inf-10 (body temperature management)…
ECRI Institute releases top 10 list of patient safety concerns
ECRI Institute has released its second annual list of the “Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations.” Alarm hazards top the list, with data integrity second, and inadequate reprocessing of endoscopes and surgical instruments in eighth place. To compile the list, ECRI Institute reviewed its database of patient safety…
CMS issues final rule on accrediting organizations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 22 published a final rule on oversight of national accrediting organizations (AOs). The rule revises the procedures for how AOs apply for and maintain accreditation programs in accordance with the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. The rule…
Preop cognitive impairment linked to postop cognitive dysfunction after total hip
Patients with preexisting cognitive impairment have an increased incidence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction and cognitive decline after hip replacement, finds a study. The study included 300 total hip patients and 51 nonsurgical controls. Preoperative cognitive impairment was identified in 32% of patients. It was found to be a good predictor…
Bariatric surgery Centers of Excellence did not restrict access to care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 2006 certification requirement that bariatric surgery be performed only in hospitals designated as Centers of Excellence did not prove to be a barrier to patients’ access to bariatric surgical care, a study finds. Some individuals believed the 2006 certification requirement impeded access to…
Colorado Supreme Court rules on physician supervision of anesthesia care
The Colorado Supreme Court on June 1 ruled on the Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists lawsuit challenging a 2010 decision by then-Governor Bill Ritter exempting Colorado’s rural hospitals from the federal regulation requiring a physician to supervise a nurse anesthetist administering anesthesia during surgical procedures. The Colorado Medical Society and Colorado…
CMS releases 2013 data on Medicare payments for hospitals, physicians
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on June 1 released 2013 data on average charges and payments for hospitals, physicians, and other suppliers. The annual update includes hospital-specific data for the 100 most common inpatient Diagnosis-Related Groups, 30 outpatient Ambulatory Payment Classifications, and physician/supplier-specific data for services and products…
Reducing ‘never events’ and preventable harm
A new article by Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, and J. Matthew Austin, PhD, from Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, highlights how findings from adverse events, serious reportable events, sentinel events, and patient safety events can help play a role in reducing patient harm. The authors discuss the evolution and data…
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