Report finds fewer hospital patients are harmed by bedsores and injuries, but work is needed
No one who enters a hospital for care expects to be harmed or sickened accidentally. Unfortunately, preventable errors and mishaps are all too common, occurring during one in six hospital admissions and killing at least 500 people a day in the U.S. The Leapfrog Group released today the first-ever analysis of the 2016 Leapfrog Hospital…Read More…
Meet the Doers: Interviews with HealthDoers Network Participants
Interview Topic: Enhancing Care Delivery by Deepening Patient-Provider Relationships and Developing Community Partnerships Michael Ruiz de Somocurcio Vice President Payer and Provider Collaboration at Regional Cancer Care Associates LLC Greater New York City Area In an environment where providers are paid based on schedules packed with short appointments, how do you develop the relationship that is so important to…Read More…
HealthDoers Monthly Newletter
Originally published by HealthDoers May 2017: Enhancing Care Delivery by Deepening Patient-Provider Relationships and Developing Community Partnerships HealthDoers Is Improving the Way We Share News and Updates We’ve heard you! The sheer volume of communications you are receiving is challenging, and we want to help cut down on the noise. In an effort to better inform you about events, information, and…Read More…
Renewed Push to Tackle and Tame Out-of-Network Medical Bills
Published by Lilo H. Stainton on NJ Spotlight. Patient, business advocates call for ‘two-pronged approach’ that melds transparency and mechanism to resolve disputes over surprise charges Hoping to jump-start what they consider a comprehensive reform, a diverse group of healthcare and business advocates have called on Democratic leaders to vote this week on a long-debated…Read More…
Consumer Reports: Are surgery centers safe?
Published by Lindsey Sablan on Wink News. FORT MYERS, Fla. (CONSUMER REPORTS) If you recently had a surgical procedure that was considered fairly minor—such as cataract removal—you might have gone to what’s called an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). These freestanding centers, which may be at least partly owned by private physicians, are becoming increasingly widespread….Read More…
GOP Trumpcare Victory Bad for Elderly, Sick, State Budgets — Critics Aver
Controversial healthcare plan clears House but will Senate fall in line? Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight. More than half a million New Jersey residents could lose their health insurance, another 1.3 million Medicaid members could face more limited benefits, and hundreds of thousands of working-poor patients could find themselves paying more for…Read More…
Health care experts predict dire consequences from GOP Obamacare vote
Published by Mary Jo Layton on NorthJersey.com. Several New Jersey health care experts predicted dire consequences for patients, hospitals and the state treasury if a bill approved Thursday by House Republicans that unravels many of the consumer protections provided through Obamacare — and eliminates the expansion of Medicaid — becomes law. “Our hope is that the…Read More…
What grade did your hospital get?
Published by Michael L. Diamond in the Courier Post. South Jersey hospitals operated by Inspira Health Network, Kennedy Health and Virtua Health earned A grades from a health care advocacy group. And Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden earned a B rating, its second in a row, from the Leapfrog Group in a study…Read More…
What grade did your hospital get?
Published in the Asbury Park Press by Michael L. Diamond CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford have made giant strides in patient quality and safety, according to a report released Wednesday by a health care advocacy group. The two hospitals saw their grades jump from C’s last fall to…Read More…
These hospitals are the safest in New Jersey
Published by Susan K. Livio in NJ Spotlight Patients are less likely to develop an infection, get the wrong medication or fall inside a New Jersey hospital than they were a year ago, according to the latest national report card released on Wednesday that ranked the state 15th best for protecting patients from harm. Of…Read More…