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Facing an overdose epidemic, some EDs offer addiction treatment
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: When rural hospitals close, the health implications are significant; the VA pilots behavioral health integrated model; and a small drug company tests waters of cholesterol medicine market.
Innovation group releases roadmap for reinventing U.S. health care
The Network for Excellence in Health Innovation this week released a roadmap for reinventing U.S. health care.
Institute for Medicaid Innovation report examines maternal behavioral health
The Institute for Medicaid Innovation today released a new report that provides an overview of maternal behavioral health; risk factors, outcomes, and implications of maternal behavioral health disorders; barriers to obtaining behavioral health services; and opportunities for community organizations and Medicaid managed care to address maternal behavioral health.
AONE weighs in on Mass. ballot initiative on mandated nurse staffing ratios
The AHA’s American Organization of Nurse Executives yesterday thanked a New England nurse leadership group for “advocating unrelentingly for patients, nurses and our health system” to defeat Question 1 on the Massachusetts ballot initiative.
AHA: Article ‘fails to provide cohesive view’ of hospitals’ community benefits
“No one should expect that the benefits hospitals provide will be the same for every community,” AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack says in a letter to the editor of Modern Helathcare.
Hospitals add 12,700 jobs in November
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.24 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted 5,228,200 people.
IHI releases paper on board oversight of health system quality
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement today released a white paper intended to help health system boards assess and improve their quality oversight processes.
AHA, FAH comment on surprise billing principles
Nine health insurance, employer and consumer organizations today proposed guiding principles for federal legislative action to protect patients from surprise medical bills.
IRFs and LTCHs can review quality data through Jan. 2
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals have until Jan. 2 to review confidential provider reports based on quality data from second-quarter 2017 to first-quarter 2018 before updated performance is publicly reported on the IRF Compare and LTCH Compare websites in March 2019.
Hospital Leadership Is Vital to Protect Patient Safety, Avoid Infections
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a reminder of how far we’ve come — and how far we still must go — to keep patients safe from infections.