HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement

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Articles in June, 2005 issue of HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement

• JCAHO safety center offers new web site
• AHA: GAO's report on 75% rule 'misses the mark'
• NQF releases outpatient care draft standards
• Is cardiac care better at specialty hospitals? Data adjusted for specialty patients' better health
• CMS releases its proposed inpatient rule
• OIG signals shift on gainsharing: HCA seeks OK for implant contract: participants say quality can be maintained; experts call for vigilance
• Quality directors give QIOs high marks in new study: majority say they find the organizations 'helpful'
• Midwest tops nation in patient safety performance: coastal states—including NY, CA—lag behind
• Hospital treats patients and families like VIPs: service originally intended as new staff benefit