New toolkit on safe use of IT for patient identification released
Editor's Note The Joint Commission on March 22 announced the release of a free resource for patient identification using health information technology (IT) from the Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety. The toolkit details eight safe practice recommendations in two areas: Attributesโaddresses information-gathering aspects of patient identification, such as fields…
DC hospital receives first Patient Blood Management Certification
Editor's Note The Joint Commission announced on March 22 that MedStar-Georgetown University Hospital in Washington DC received the first Patient Blood Management Certification by the Joint Commission and AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks). The certification provides a third party evaluation of patient blood management programs…
Brief learning module effective in teaching hemorrhage control
Editor's Note An 8-minute module can be deployed in clinical and nonclinical settings to train a large workforce in hemorrhage control, this study finds. In response to active shooter and mass casualty incidents, researchers at UnityPoint Health, Des Moines, Iowa, wanted to see if they could take important information from…
App reduces number of postop follow-up visits
Editor's Note Ambulatory surgery patients who received follow-up care via a mobile app had fewer in-person visits during the first 30 days after surgery, finds this study. Of 65 women having outpatient breast reconstruction surgery, 32 were in the mobile app group, and 33 were in the in-person follow-up care…
Discontinuity of nursing care negatively impacts patient outcomes
Editor's Note In this study, discontinuity in nursing care was high and negatively impacted patient outcomes. The analysis of 3,892 medical-surgical inpatients found that discontinuity of nursing care declined from nearly 100% in the first 24 hours, to 70% at 36 hours, and to 50% by the 10th postadmission day.…
FDA updates data on breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Editor's Note In a March 21 Safety Alert, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated its data on breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) to reflect the World Health Organization designation of BIA-ALCL as a rare T-cell lymphoma that can develop following breast implants. At this time the data…
Non-OR anesthesia care growing in US
Editor's Note Non-OR anesthesia (NORA) is a growing component of anesthesiology practice in the US, this study finds. The proportion of NORA cases overall increased from 28.3% in 2010 to 35.9% in 2014, and the proportion of NORA outpatient cases increased from 69.7% to 73.3%. Colonoscopy was the most common…
Effect of gender on hospital satisfaction after total hip
Editor's Note Differences in perception of hospital care exist between men and women after total hip replacement (THR), finds this study presented March 14 at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in San Diego. Using patient satisfaction data from Press Ganey, researchers found that staff…
Analysis predicts hip replacement implant market at $9.1B by 2024
Editor's Note A Transparency Market Research analysis predicts the global market for hip replacement implants will reach $9.1 billion by 2024, with a 3.9% compound annual growth rate, the March 17 Beckerโs Spine Review reports. Fueling the growth are an expanding geriatric population, an increasing incidence of osteoarthritis, and technological…
CMS interim rule delays bundled payment programs
Editor's Note In an interim final rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed expansion of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) bundled payment program and ย implementation of its bundled payment programs for cardiac care from July 1 to October 1, 2017, the March 20 Modern…