12/22/11Colbert guest editorial: Naming rights, state mottoes and the GOP 12/7/11Iskersky: Those last few weeks make all the difference 10/20/11RMC disinfecting rooms with ultraviolent lights 10/11/11Help United Way care for Midlands' needy 10/7/11Pre-term deliveries targetes as hospitals sign pledge for treating Medicaid moms 10/2011Update on Infection National Targets and Metrics 10/2011Senator: "Obama care will hurt rural hospitals" 10/2011Videocast of Dr. Rick Foster talking about our South Carolina Hospital Association's SC CARES (Comprehensive Adverse Event Reporting System) program at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum 7/20/11South Carolina Hospitals Participate in Kannapolis Prevention Academy 7/27/11Atul Gawande: The Power of Checklists 7/24/11Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations 8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
12/7/11Iskersky: Those last few weeks make all the difference 10/20/11RMC disinfecting rooms with ultraviolent lights 10/11/11Help United Way care for Midlands' needy 10/7/11Pre-term deliveries targetes as hospitals sign pledge for treating Medicaid moms 10/2011Update on Infection National Targets and Metrics 10/2011Senator: "Obama care will hurt rural hospitals" 10/2011Videocast of Dr. Rick Foster talking about our South Carolina Hospital Association's SC CARES (Comprehensive Adverse Event Reporting System) program at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum 7/20/11South Carolina Hospitals Participate in Kannapolis Prevention Academy 7/27/11Atul Gawande: The Power of Checklists 7/24/11Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations 8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
10/20/11RMC disinfecting rooms with ultraviolent lights 10/11/11Help United Way care for Midlands' needy 10/7/11Pre-term deliveries targetes as hospitals sign pledge for treating Medicaid moms 10/2011Update on Infection National Targets and Metrics 10/2011Senator: "Obama care will hurt rural hospitals" 10/2011Videocast of Dr. Rick Foster talking about our South Carolina Hospital Association's SC CARES (Comprehensive Adverse Event Reporting System) program at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum 7/20/11South Carolina Hospitals Participate in Kannapolis Prevention Academy 7/27/11Atul Gawande: The Power of Checklists 7/24/11Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations 8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
10/11/11Help United Way care for Midlands' needy 10/7/11Pre-term deliveries targetes as hospitals sign pledge for treating Medicaid moms 10/2011Update on Infection National Targets and Metrics 10/2011Senator: "Obama care will hurt rural hospitals" 10/2011Videocast of Dr. Rick Foster talking about our South Carolina Hospital Association's SC CARES (Comprehensive Adverse Event Reporting System) program at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum 7/20/11South Carolina Hospitals Participate in Kannapolis Prevention Academy 7/27/11Atul Gawande: The Power of Checklists 7/24/11Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations 8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
10/7/11Pre-term deliveries targetes as hospitals sign pledge for treating Medicaid moms 10/2011Update on Infection National Targets and Metrics 10/2011Senator: "Obama care will hurt rural hospitals" 10/2011Videocast of Dr. Rick Foster talking about our South Carolina Hospital Association's SC CARES (Comprehensive Adverse Event Reporting System) program at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum 7/20/11South Carolina Hospitals Participate in Kannapolis Prevention Academy 7/27/11Atul Gawande: The Power of Checklists 7/24/11Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations 8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
10/2011Update on Infection National Targets and Metrics 10/2011Senator: "Obama care will hurt rural hospitals" 10/2011Videocast of Dr. Rick Foster talking about our South Carolina Hospital Association's SC CARES (Comprehensive Adverse Event Reporting System) program at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum 7/20/11South Carolina Hospitals Participate in Kannapolis Prevention Academy 7/27/11Atul Gawande: The Power of Checklists 7/24/11Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations 8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
10/2011Senator: "Obama care will hurt rural hospitals" 10/2011Videocast of Dr. Rick Foster talking about our South Carolina Hospital Association's SC CARES (Comprehensive Adverse Event Reporting System) program at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum 7/20/11South Carolina Hospitals Participate in Kannapolis Prevention Academy 7/27/11Atul Gawande: The Power of Checklists 7/24/11Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations 8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
10/2011Videocast of Dr. Rick Foster talking about our South Carolina Hospital Association's SC CARES (Comprehensive Adverse Event Reporting System) program at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum 7/20/11South Carolina Hospitals Participate in Kannapolis Prevention Academy 7/27/11Atul Gawande: The Power of Checklists 7/24/11Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations 8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
7/20/11South Carolina Hospitals Participate in Kannapolis Prevention Academy 7/27/11Atul Gawande: The Power of Checklists 7/24/11Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations 8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
7/27/11Atul Gawande: The Power of Checklists 7/24/11Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations 8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
7/24/11Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations 8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
8/11Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care 8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
8/17/11SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need 8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
8/23/11New hospital construction may begin in 2012 8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
8/22/11Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010 9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
9/1/11Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands 9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
9/11Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents 9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
9/11Vaccine safety Info 9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
9/11HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts 6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
6/26/11Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety 6/23/11South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ... 5/6/11'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina 5/2/11Save Lives, Clean Your Hands! 5/2/11CEO Corner 5/20114th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review 5/2011SC CARES Workshop at the IHI National Forum IHI has invited SC CARES to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, December 4-7, 2011 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center. SCHA Senior Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety Rick Foster, MD will present SC CARES with Lorri Gibbons, vice president of quality improvement and patient safety, SCHA; Aunyika Moonan, PhD, director, data measurement services, SCHA; Shelly Rorie, director of risk management, Palmetto Health; and Sonya Dawkins, senior vice president and chief customer officer, PHT Services, Ltd. The team will discuss the formation of the SC CARES program, which is intended to improve patient safety, communication between patients and providers, reduce preventable injuries, provide timely and fair compensation for patients and reduce medical malpractice liability. Read more about SC CARES. 3/19/11Surgical Safety Checklist 3/14/11Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives 3/14/11Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections 3/5/11Hospitals pref to cope with cuts 2/11/11Heart Health Campaigns 2/2011A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina 1/5/11Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors 12/20/10Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011 12/5/10Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates 11/29/10Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care 11/24/10Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals 11/11/10'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again 11/11/10Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes 11/11/10Surgeon goes public with OR mistake 11/11/10Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand 2010What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back 2010Premium Price Poor Performance 10/2010Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era 9/23/10SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures 2010South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/21/10South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety 9/19/10South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety 9/19/10State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems 8/23/10Healthcare quality improves 8/7/10Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd 8/5/10Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center 2010SCHA Blog 2010South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds 8/6/10Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken 8/6/10Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic 7/13/10Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records 7/12/10Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds 7/7/10CMS Launches Website for EHR Incentive Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently launched a website for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentives programs, where it plans to post information on the programs as it becomes available. Among other information, the site currently contains a proposed rule and "fact sheets" on the programs' proposed requirements and definition of "meaningful use" of EHRs. A final rule is expected out soon. The site also notes that providers must have a national provider number and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System to register for the incentive program. To access the website, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms 7/7/10Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop 6/29/10ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program 6/29/10Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline 6/25/10Nudging people to buy health insurance 6/25/10In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform 6/25/10Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates 6/24/10How health care reform will affect current plans 6/23/10Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement 6/10What is the impact of health reform on states? "The health reform law would mean a small increase in state spending on Medicaid through 2019 but would allow states to reduce current spending in several areas" 6/10Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed? "The new federal coverage mandate rests on firm legal precedent, yet resistance could prove troublesome if the Supreme Court wants change or if weak enforcement tools cannot deter noncompliance" 6/14/10Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation? 6/10/10Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina 6/9/10California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years 4/1/10School becomes a Grime Scene 4/1/10Hand Hygiene 3/17/10Multimedia Exhibition Explores Mental Health, Illness 3/16/10 Should South Carolina raise its cigarette tax? 3/10/10 Twin sisters, one voice and one cause 3/10 SCHA Grassroots Update 3/15/10The Root of the Problem 3/10SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association S.C. hospitals help Haiti relief effort - Plane delivers supplies to small town in devastated nation Haiti Relief Efforts: SCHA CEO Update Update SC Hospital Assoc. sending supplies to Haiti Video of the SC hospital supplies being used at Haiti 3/9/10 Firing up cigarette tax 3/5/10 McLeod To Construct New Emergency Department 3/1/10 MUSC expands reach with Georgetown agreement 2/25/10 Spartanburg Gets Medical School, New Jobs 2/18/10 AnMed Health Hospital unveils surgical robot 2/10South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting Cigarette tax dominates debate S. Carolina candidates debate health care fixes 2/10Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation 2/10SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts 2/4/10Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform 12/2/09South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene 11/11/09Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients 10/15/09HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign 10/09S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina) 9/12/097 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu 9/09Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina 9/8/09Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia 6/17/09S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology 6/09Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey 6/09Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT 6/09Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing 5/09One State's Big Goal: No HAIs 5/09WHO-Clean care is safer care 5/10/09Health care is flawed 5/4/09Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives 4/27/09Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel 3/31/09SC hospitals join forces to combat infections 3/09Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages 2/25/09Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy 2/24/09--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades --HealthGrades America's 50 Best 2/24/09DHEC releases infection data 2/09 National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape 2/10/09Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax 2/9/09Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections 2/09Medicaid Campaign 2/4/09South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs 2/4/09SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care 1/30/09SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline 1/5/09Lead by Example 1/4/09Health care forum discusses health policy issues 1/3/09 More without healthcare coverage as jobs get cut 12/2/08 American Heart Association and Mission: Lifeline initiative working to improve quality of care in South Carolina 12/2008Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections 12/2008Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack 2008Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance 11/23/08Mental health patients strain Hospital ER 11/19/08New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals 11/14/08Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes 11/2008Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey 10/19/08How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out 10/14/08Paying the Price 10/2/08Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors 10/2008Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges 9/20/08Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors 8/22/08Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others 8/22/08SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes 8/21/08Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed 8/15/08New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19 7/28/08Some Medicaid records now open to public 7/27/08Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing 7/8/08Give health-care consumers more information 7/8/08Medical records going online, but will information be safe? 6/08 ASHRM Monograph Reviews Data Analysis and Patient Safety 6/08 CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement 6/08 Harvard study: Mortality rates lower in Leapfrog hospitals 6/08 2008 Dartmouth Executive summary 6/18/08 Activists target hospital safety 6/18/08 Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians 6/17/08Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care 6/17/08Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical 6/16/08 How Hospitals Compare 6/08Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years 6/08 2008 Health Care State Rankings 6/08Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals 6/08 Web site rates hospitals 6/08Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center 5/22/08Doctors Who Say They're Sorry 5/21/08 Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site 5/13/08 Testing the Limits of Transparency 4/15/08Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In 3/21/08 Self Regional rated one of the top workplaces in the world 3/2008 South Carolina Dashboard on Health Care Quality Compared to All States - Overall Health Care Quality 3/10/2008It's the Right Thing to Do. 3/4/2008 MySCHospital.org gives public factual data on health-care standards and safety. 3/6/2008 Hospitals ranked for patients at website: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/362769.html 2/22/2008Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public 2/21/2008New website provides information on quality of hospital care in South Carolina 2/21/2008 Find info about hospitals on the net. 2/20/2008 South Carolina Joins Other States in Use of WHA's CheckPoint Program.
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