Occupational Safety and Health under EPA-TSCA

Standardized, transparent Episodes of Care are essential for driving Value-Based Care adoption at scale. That’s why the State of Maryland and CareFirst leveraged Change Healthcare's Prometheus Analytics to create the Episode Quality Improvement Program (EQIP), a collaborative, voluntary program that aligns the incentives built into commercial and state programs in order to improve care and reduce costs.

Managing your Medicare claims can feel like a job for an entire department, but between persistent staffing challenges and budget restrictions, you’re lucky if you have a few specialized staffers to shoulder the workload.

With the surge in EMR usage, keyboards and PCs are used widely in clinical care settings. But unlike medical equipment and high-touch environmental surfaces, these IT devices are rarely subject to infection prevention standards. Studies have demonstrated that over 80% of these devices might have significant microbial contamination which may include nosocomial pathogens like vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species (VRE). Coupled with low (40%) compliance with the CDC's guidelines on hand hygiene, these ubiquitous computers and keyboards can lead to cross-contamination of patients.

Current research demonstrates only 23% of newly licensed RNs are able to think at entry level expectations. Additionally, 68% of errors made by nurses are due to poor decision-making skills. In order to reverse these staggering statistics, we must focus on continuing education to advance competency and use proven data to identify development needs and accurately measure progress towards success.