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Category Archives: Health Care Quality
Suffolk Law School to Hold Symposium on End-of-Life Care
The Journal of Health and Biomedical Law at Suffolk Law School is hosting a symposium on end-of-life care on Feb. 29, 11:30-3:00pm, at the school (120 Tremont Street, Boston). Panelists come from Compassion and Choices, the law school at the … Continue reading
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Chairman Walsh to Meet with QCC Advisory Committee Wednesday
Chairman Steven Walsh of the Committee on Health Care Financing will be meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, February 22, with the Quality and Cost Council’s Advisory Committee to discuss payment reform. Meetings are open to the public. The meeting is 2:30-4:00 at … Continue reading
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Quality and Cost Council to meet Wednesday
The Health Care Quality and Cost Council is holding its monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 15, 1-3pm. The location for this month has been changed to the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, 2 Boylston Street, 5th floor, Daley … Continue reading
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Hospital-Specific Infection Reports Now On-Line
As mentioned earlier this week, the Department of Public Health has released its latest public report on healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals. Friday they posted information specific to every hospital in the state. Go to the DPH website to … Continue reading
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MA Public Report on Healthcare-Associated Infections Now Available
At this morning’s Public Health Council meeting, the MA Department of Public Health released its most recent public report on healthcare-associated infections at MA hospitals. You can find the report here. Please note that there are many pages of appendices … Continue reading
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Infection Report Released Tomorrow and Webinar on Better Care and Lower Costs
The Department of Public Health will release its latest public report on healthcare-associated infections at the Public Health Council meeting on Wednesday morning. Under state law, the Department is required to issue reports on infection rates at hospitals across Massachusetts. … Continue reading
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Conversations About End-of-Life Care
Having discussions about care that someone would or would not want in the final stages of his or her life is difficult and emotional for all involved, including the individual, loved ones, health care providers, and others. But it is … Continue reading
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Some More Good Stuff From MMPI
Kate Nordahl and the Mass Medicaid Policy Institute keep churning out more good stuff. Next up are two timely papers: First is a fact sheet (pdf) on the just-concluded extension of our Medicaid waiver, the agreement with the federal government … Continue reading
Quality and Cost Council Meets Wednesday
The Health Care Quality and Cost Council is meeting January 18, 1-3 pm, at 1 Ashburton Place, 21st floor, Boston. Meetings are open to the public. Agenda (pdf) items include follow-up from last month’s QCC annual meeting, including looking at … Continue reading
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Opening Doctors’ Notes to Patients
Tuesday’s NY Times reported on a research project called Open Notes, spearheaded by providers and researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which looks at the impact of encouraging patients to view their outpatient medical records (doctors’ notes and all). … Continue reading
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