High Tolerance for Medical Errors in Hospital Settings
Despite efforts like the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program, the rate of hospital-acquired conditions in US hospitals is still startlingly high. In a new interview, Becker’s Hospital Review spoke with Patricia McGaffin, RN, VP of safety programs at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement about the underlying causes of medical mistakes. The first is what can be described as a “whack-a-mole” approach to safety.
What Do Payers Really Want From Health Systems Data?
Although there is an abundance of clinical data available to health-system specialty pharmacies, many pharmacies in outcomes-based contracts continue to [...]
BHE Rebrands Itself as Panalgo In Effort To Empower Pharma, Payers and Providers With Trusted Analytics.
BHE has rebranded itself as Panalgo to better expand access to reliable health analytics using their Instant Health Data (IHD) [...]
Invoke a 1980’s Law to Lower Cost of Remdesivir for COVID-19, says 31 State Attorneys General
A coalition of attorneys general (AG) have requested the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to invoke a federal [...]