Fifteen hospitals in the U.S. have faced a possible loss of Medicare or Medicaid funding from CMS in the last year as a result of an immediate jeopardy citation. However, the hospitals facing these situations are not always graded poorly in other metho…
Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital has resumed all elective surgeries after sterilization issues caused the facility to halt some procedures.
Hospital executives often rave about aviation’s success in dramatically lowering the number and scope of accidents over the last 50 years — but when it comes to vastly improving safety, the healthcare industry has failed to leave the runway.
Below are five hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings for chief quality officers.
The chief medical officer role is expanding.
Ongoing drug shortages throughout the last year in many cases have forced healthcare leaders to change or compromise aspects of patient care. More than 60% of healthcare professionals have reported shortages of 20 drugs, single-use supplies, or other m…
A prominent pathologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has been on administrative leave since May amid allegations he pressured other physicians into giving patients second opinions that aligned with diagnoses made by his wife, who is also a pa…
Aligning a hospital’s financial goals with its quality standards is the key to delivering results for future chief quality officers, experts remarked during an Oct. 19 panel held by the National Association for Healthcare Quality.
Two former employees of Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City (Mo.) allege the hospital disregarded concerns of rusted and broken equipment, the use of homemade medical instruments and a pest problem, The Kansas City Star reported Oct. 18.
So far in 2023, The Joint Commission has issued a total of six sentinel alerts and safety advisories.
