When it comes to postoperative infection, there should be no argument about the business case for quality. Postoperative infection is a major cause of patient injury, mortality and health care cost. An estimated 2.6 percent of the nearly 30 million operations each year are complicated by surgical site infections, and patients with infections have twice the incidence of mortality.
"Cost to benefit" is both a generic term and a specific technique used to describe and guide budgetary and investment scenarios. The methodology is based on computer mathematical models to prospectively define the short- and long-term financial gain or burden that may be produced by investing today's dollars in tomorrow's programs, technology or facilities.
I talk with many health care senior managers and executives. In their most candid moments, they admit to finding it hard to sleep at night. What's keeping them awake? The overwhelming demands of managing 21st century health care.
On Feb. 20, while most health care providers were in the midst of last-minute preparations to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) published the final HIPAA Security Rule.
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