The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced on October 24th that they have been granted nearly $1.5 million by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This funding forms part of the CDC's National Partners Cooperative Agreement, and will be utilized to reinforce hospital and health system initiatives targeted at grappling with opioid and stimulant…
Healthcare's senior clinical affairs director Alice Brewer opines that the U.S. federal Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP) needs a careful reassessment. The updated tally of hospitals penalized federally for not ensuring quality has surfaced recently. The CMS assesses hospitals using these quality scores on parameters such as infection rates and other patient complications. Programs like…