Winning at Quality and Safety: Do You Need a Chief Quality Officer?
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In the past several months, healthcare organizations have been inundated with results from a variety of quality-rating agencies. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released star ratings for hospitals, announced reimbursement penalties for high readmission rates, and issued draft regulations for new mandatory cardiac bundles. And as if that were not enough, U.S. News & World Report updated its hospital ratings and the Leapfrog Group released its newest Hospital Safety Scores.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of healthcare management / American College of Healthcare Executives
دوره 61 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016