Developed to address patient safety and quality oversight for procedures performed in hospital outpatient departments or ambulatory surgery centers, 3M AM-PPCs uses sophisticated classification logic and allows providers and payers to identify and analyze complications in outpatient settings by specific procedures, service lines, providers and facilities. Medicare and national benchmarks are also available for users to support quality performance evaluations.
A 3M analysis of more than 11 million at-risk ambulatory procedures in the Medicare population indicates that complication rates may be as high as 10 percent for certain procedures. Complications are associated with excess follow-up visits, emergency department visits and inpatient admissions, and can affect patient safety, satisfaction and emotional health.
Dive Brief: Cardinal Health has recalled procedure kits that contain plastic syringes made by China’s Jiangsu Shenli Medical Production, the Food and Drug Administration said
Swabs taken from coffeemakers in German hospital offices and break rooms, and in workers’ homes, tested positive for several important pathogens, researchers found. “Among the
U.S. News & World Report Integrates 3M AM-PPCs with Best Hospitals Specialty Rankings
by Jasmine Pennic Leave a Comment
What You Should Know:
Innovative technique speeds up search for antimicrobial drug candidates
A method to screen a wide variety of drug candidates without laborious purification steps could advance the fight against drug-resistant bacteria.
Cardinal Health recalls procedure kits over plastic syringes made in China
Dive Brief: Cardinal Health has recalled procedure kits that contain plastic syringes made by China’s Jiangsu Shenli Medical Production, the Food and Drug Administration said
Is There No High-Touch Surface in Hospitals Free of Microbial Contamination?
Swabs taken from coffeemakers in German hospital offices and break rooms, and in workers’ homes, tested positive for several important pathogens, researchers found. “Among the