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February 5, 2013 | Latest News, Press Releases

PQC Urges Health Care Workers to Get Flu Vaccinations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 5, 2013 Contact: Isaac Baker, As New York’s flu season remains widespread and severe, NYS Health Commissioner and leaders of PQC from Montefiore and 1199SEIU together urge health care workers to get immunized New York, NY – Leaders of the Partnership for Quality Care (PQC) and New York[…..]

January 29, 2013 | Latest News, Press Releases

Gov. Cuomo: NY State to Lead the Nation in Fighting Sepsis

Press Release – January 29, 2013 Governor Cuomo Announces New York State to Lead the Nation in Fighting Sepsis – the #1 Killer in Hospitals – and Make Major Improvements in Pediatric Care Through “Rory’s Regulations” Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York State will lead the nation by becoming the first state[…..]

November 29, 2012 | Latest News

Business Briefs: Fewer Hospital-Acquired Infections in Pa. in 2011

Post Gazette Hospital-acquired infections statewide decreased more than 3 percent in 2011, according to the annual report by the Pennsylvania Department of Health released Wednesday. The report is based on the number of infections that were catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central-line blood stream infections and six types of surgical site infections. Those infections are generally[…..]

November 28, 2012 | Latest News

Simple Measures Cut Hospital-Acquired Infections in Colorectal Surgery Patients

Southern California Public Radio Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and six other hospitals released results of a national project aimed at cutting hospital infections that each year sicken nearly two million patients and kill about 100,000 people nationwide. “Surgical site infections are a big problem in health care,” said Dr. Mark R. Chassin, president[…..]

October 23, 2012 | Latest News

Kaiser Permanente CEO on Saving Lives, Money

USA Today George Halvorson built Kaiser Permanente into the nation’s largest managed care company and hospital system over 10 years as its chief executive. In an interview with USA TODAY reporter Jayne O’Donnell, Halvorson talked about the wisdom of empowering doctors to make health care decisions, why the rest of health care is not making[…..]

October 19, 2012 | Latest News

Are Social Factors Tied to Hospital Readmissions?

Reuters There may be several non-medical factors outside of hospitals’ control that are linked to how heart and pneumonia patients fare once they’re discharged, according to a fresh look at past research. Beginning October 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) started using readmission rates and patient outcomes as a way[…..]