CMS bestows first Healthcare Innovation Awards
Twenty-six organizations received the honor of being the first granted with the Healthcare Innovation Awards. Check out what these groups did to win a total of $122.6 million. Read more
Anesthesia administration: Court will decide who can do it
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Medicare & Medicaid News, Special Report
Should nurses be allowed to administer anesthesia without a doctor’s supervision? Read more
Study: Healthcare data breaches on the rise
Filed under: EMR & EHR - Electronic Health Records, Hospital Management, Special Report
From 2010 to 2011, data breaches increased 32% in hospitals and healthcare organizations, mainly because of two reasons: Read more
ACOs moving full speed ahead
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, Healthcare Reform News, Special Report
Looks like the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which offers financial incentives for hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers to team up in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), is starting to pick up speed. Read more
Are your staffers afraid to report errors?
Filed under: Communication, Hospital Management, Special Report
Pop quiz time: If an employee spots a medical error, what is he/she most likely to do?
- Report it right away.
- Keep it to him/herself.
- It depends on the kind of policy your facility has on reporting safety/medical error incidents. Read more
Hospital stays set off downward spiral in elderly’s mental acuity
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, Hospital Management, Special Report
No one likes hospital stays. Unfortunately, they’re often necessary to help people recover from ailments. Problem is a new study found hospital stays actually may start a downward spiral in elderly patients’ cognitive ability. Read more
Nurse gets life in prison for bleach-injection deaths
Filed under: Ethics, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Special Report

A Texas nurse was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of killing five of her patients with bleach injections. Read more
Nurse faces death penalty: Did she inject patients with bleach?
Filed under: Ethics, Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Special Report

A nurse is accused of killing five of her patients by injecting bleach into their dialysis tubes. Read more
Report: 86% of patient injuries go unreported
Filed under: Healthcare Legal & Compliance, Hospital Management, Medicare & Medicaid News, Special Report

Hospitals’ incident reporting systems are only registering about 14% of patient injuries, according to a new study. Read more
Social media in health care: Another risk to weigh
Filed under: Communication, Ethics, Healthcare Technology News, Special Report

Social media has real business benefits within health care — and serious negatives that can be hard to protect against — whether or not you even use the sites.






