HMO Improvements
Survey Reveals that HMOs Made Improvements in Quality of Care During 1999
The nonprofit National Committee for Quality Assurance, which helps employers gauge the quality of their health insurance plans, studied clinical quality measures and reported that the industry had made significant gains in 1999. The analysis is based upon 466 health plans that insure about 51 million people. The most noteworthy progress is in improvements in heart-disease prevention and childhood immunizations. The survey also reported areas that need improvement. Two major areas of concern are patients with asthma and preventative medicine (e.g., diabetic-eye exams and cervical-cancer screening). For more information visit www.ncqa.org.
The Leapfrog Group and the Positive Effect on Hospital Hand Hygiene
November 21st 2024The Leapfrog Group enhances hospital safety by publicizing hand hygiene performance, improving patient safety outcomes, and significantly reducing health care-associated infections through transparent standards and monitoring initiatives.
The Importance of Hand Hygiene in Clostridioides difficile Reduction
November 18th 2024Clostridioides difficile infections burden US healthcare. Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring (EHHMS) systems remind for soap and water. This study evaluates EHHMS effectiveness by comparing C difficile cases in 10 hospitals with CMS data, linking EHHMS use to reduced cases.
