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Game Planning Your Return to Elective Surgeries
According to the Medical Group Management Association, 97% of medical group practices have experienced a negative financial impact directly or indirectly related to COVID-19. On average, these practices report a 55% decrease in revenue and a 60% decrease in patient volume since the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
 

News & Analysis
Coronavirus: Providing Respiratory Therapy on Frontline of the Pandemic
Respiratory therapists have been in short supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. A study published in 2015 identified the supply of ventilators and the staff to manage them as a weak point in the U.S. healthcare sector's capability to function effectively during a public health crisis.
Smart Beds Show Promise for COVID Patients
This Q&A resulted from a conversation PSQH had with Nancy Riffel, MSA, BSN, RN, the patient services manager for Covenant HealthCare, a 643-bed hospital in Saginaw, Michigan, that is the largest healthcare provider in the Great Lakes Bay Region.
The Importance of Sustaining Quality Initiatives in Times of Crisis
Some of the quality measures driving the VBP calculations and determining reimbursement payments are hospital-acquired infection rates, patient experience scores, readmissions, mortality and complication rates, and efficiency. Although CMS’ actions reduced the burden on hospitals by offering a suspension of reporting while lessening the impact of the VBP program, this did not lessen the expectation for hospitals to provide quality care.
PSQH Connect

A Winning Strategy to Improve Hand Hygiene
With all of the emphasis on hand hygiene and HAI reduction, it would seem that healthcare workers would know how and when they should perform hand hygiene. But this assumption couldn’t be farther from the truth. To learn more, click here!
PSQH: The Podcast

PSQH: The Podcast Episode 8 - Drug Diversion in Healthcare
On episode 8 of PSQH: The Podcast, host Jay Kumar talks to Tom Knight, CEO of Invistics, about drug diversion and the impact it has on hospitals.
Upcoming virtual event

Patient Safety NOW: Online Summit
Patient Safety NOW is PSQH’s exclusive online summit taking place on August 12, 2020. This free event runs from 11 am to 4:20 pm ET and features sessions on patient safety topics including hand hygiene, clinical communication, high reliability, and more. Click headline to learn more and register.
 

Industry Events

Monday, 9/14 - NAHQ Next (virtual)

Wednesday, 9/30 - Patient Experience Symposium 2020

Monday, 10/5 - ASHE 2020 Annual Conference (virtual)

Monday, 10/12 - ASHRM 2020 Annual Conference (virtual)

Wednesday, 10/14 - AHIMA20: Health Data and Information Conference (virtual)

Friday, 10/30 - ABQAURP's 43rd Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference

Sunday, 12/6 - IHI National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
 

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The CMS Compliance Crosswalk, 2020 Edition

This book shows you how to comply with each Condition of Participation (CoP) set forth by CMS and highlights which requirements from The Joint Commission and other accrediting organizations correspond to individual CoPs.

Using a table format, the book takes readers through each CoP, explains how accreditation standards differ from the CMS requirements, and offers tips and documentation suggestions for survey preparation.

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