The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is in the planning stages of a long-term commitment to provide incentives to hospitals treating Medicare and Medicaid patients and insurers to help avoid hospital-acquired infections and readmissions. According to CMS documents, it would link the program to its National Patient Safety Initiative and earmark as much as [...]

Older Americans who were treated in Michigan intensive care units (ICUs) saw larger decreases in their likelihood of dying while hospitalized than similar ICU patients in other Midwestern hospitals, according to a new study evaluating an innovative quality improvement initiative funded by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The initiative, known as the Keystone [...]

Safe and Effective in the NICU Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, Calif. 272 Beds Focusing on achieving a reduction in hospital-acquired bloodstream infection rates in the facility’s 41-bed NICU, Rady Children’s Hospital began an evaluation of Curos Port Protectors in October 2009 with both MicroClave® and SmartSite® needleless connectors. During a six-month evaluation period the [...]

San Diego Regional Minority Supplier Development Council has certified that Ivera Medical Corporation has met the stringent certification requirements for a minority-owned business. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 10, 2011 San Diego Regional Minority Supplier Development Council has certified that Ivera Medical Corporation has met the stringent certification requirements for a minority-owned business, as defined [...]

California’s first attempt at making hospital acquired infection rates available to the public fell short of its goal to allow consumers to compare hospital infection control success. According to the State, hospitals must report rates for two drug-resistant infections: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci; and all central line bloodstream infections (CRBSI). Only 66% [...]