Study finds variation in surgical site infection monitoring and reporting by...
A study published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality finds there is wide variation in state monitoring and reporting of SSI rates. The study – Variation in Surgical Site Infection Monitoring and...
View ArticleQuality Improvement Team Wins Special Funding to Address Sepsis
A Medicare quality improvement network has secured special funding from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve early identification and treatment of sepsis, a...
View ArticleIPRO to Lead Antibiotic Campaign to Measure, Improve How Antibiotics...
In a Medicare-funded effort that began this fall, IPRO is now leading a three-region Antibiotic Stewardship project focusing on the outpatient setting. Antibiotic Stewardship is directed at measuring...
View ArticleRecently Released: HCUP Additional 2014 State Databases
Since December 2016, the following 2014 State databases have been released: State Inpatient Databases (SID) ○ 2014: South Carolina State Ambulatory Surgery and Services Databases (SASD) ○ 2014: New...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Posts Medicaid Payment Information Online
iHealthBeat: The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, which administers the state's $5.4 billion Medicaid program, has commenced posting Medicaid reimbursement information online...
View ArticleWho pays for serious preventable errors in medical care?
An article on GreenvilleOnline.com looks at who actually pays for follow-up care resulting from preventable medical errors, finding that responsibility for payment lands on the insurer and the insured....
View ArticleSouth Carolina hospital infection numbers released
Six more months worth of data cataloging hospital- associated infections in South Carolina was made public Monday. But state health officials warn the information is unconfirmed and too raw to be used...
View ArticleSC Medicaid plans to stop paying for errors
South Carolina's Medicaid Program plan will cease payment for serious preventable medical errors ("never events"), reports Fierce Healthcare. The program covers about 800,000 South Carolinians....
View ArticleSC DHEC releases hospital acquired infection rates report
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released new report online on hospital acquired infection rates in the State. The first report, available on the (SC DHEC's Web site)...
View ArticleSC DHEC releases its 2009 annual report on hospital acquired infections
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released its 2009 report online on hospital acquired infection rates in the State. The report, available on the SC DHEC's Web site,...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Price Point
South Carolina Price Point Website allows consumers to find prices for different inpatient and outpatient services and compare among hospitals in South Carolina. The site…South… The post South Carolina...
View ArticlemySCHospital
mySChospital is a voluntary public reporting program of hospital quality, safety and service measures. There are 60 hospitals that voluntarily participate in the mySChospital program....
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