Weekly Roundup: Health care news and notes
March 6, 2015 · NCQA
Every Friday NCQA gives a rundown of some of the health care news stories from the past week. Here are some of our picks for this week:
- The federal government is altering quality measures for nursing homes. [Kaiser Health News]
- Evidence based medicine vindicated in Canadian press. [Washington Post]
- Nursing home quality scores drop in wake of new federal ratings. [USA Today]
- Cultural changes in health care will lead to strong patient engagement for patients with obesity. [HealthLeaders Media]
- States move to give terminally ill ‘right-to-try‘ experimental drugs. [USA Today]
- The Million Hearts Challenge recognized 30 health care providers as Hypertension Control Champions. [HealthIT Analytics]
- New guidelines say poor diet and exercise cause preventable diseases in half of all adults. [The Washington Post]
- Texas PCMH Pharmacists reduce medication errors, boost adherence and reduce 30-day readmissions. [Pharmacy Practice News]
- The broadened net neutrality rules set a level playing field for data-intense health care users. [Modern Healthcare]
- Hospital prices declined in January, compared to last year’s rates, a first since data collection began. [Modern Healthcare]
- CMS released the 2015 National Impact Assessment of Quality Measures Report (2015 Impact Report). [CMS]
- Internists get a break from controversial efforts to bolster performance. [Kaiser Health News]
- A patient-centered medical home care coordination program is shown to cut hospital readmissions for older patients. [HealthIT Analytics]
- A CDC study discovers that improving antibiotic use can address one major cause of infections. [Modern Healthcare]
