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12/22/11
Colbert guest editorial: Naming rights, state mottoes and the GOP

12/7/11
Iskersky: Those last few weeks make all the difference

10/20/11
RMC disinfecting rooms with ultraviolent lights

10/11/11
Help United Way care for Midlands' needy

10/7/11
Pre-term deliveries targetes as hospitals sign pledge for treating Medicaid moms

10/2011
Update on Infection National Targets and Metrics

10/2011
Senator: "Obama care will hurt rural hospitals"

10/2011
Videocast 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

7/20/11
South Carolina Hospitals Participate in Kannapolis Prevention Academy

7/27/11
Atul Gawande: The Power of Checklists

7/24/11
Hospital emergency rooms taking online reservations

8/11
Physio-Control to launch ReadyLink 12-Lead ECG – New device will tie rural areas into regional systems of care

8/17/11
SC Mission Organizers Still Helping Those in Need

8/23/11
New hospital construction may begin in 2012

8/22/11
Improvements in Door-to-Balloon Time in the United States, 2005 to 2010

9/1/11
Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands

9/11
Guide for Patients: A Flu Guide for Parents

9/11
Vaccine safety Info

9/11
HCAHPS Hospital Characteristics Comparison Charts

6/26/11
Study: More care needed to improve outpatient safety

6/23/11
South Carolina Hospitals Commit to Implement Surgical Safety ...

5/6/11
'Grime Scene Investigators' in South Carolina

5/2/11
Save Lives, Clean Your Hands!

5/2/11
CEO Corner

5/2011
4th Annual Patient Safety Symposium Review

5/2011
SC 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.

3/19/11
Surgical Safety Checklist

3/14/11
Surgical check list rolling out this week could save lives

3/14/11
Hospitals' efforts cut central line infections

3/5/11
Hospitals pref to cope with cuts

2/11/11
Heart Health Campaigns

2/2011
A Report On Frequent Users Of Hospital Emergency Departments in South Carolina

1/5/11
Pilot program aims to reduce medical errors

12/20/10
Health IT Investments Will Top Industry Concerns in 2011

12/5/10
Getting at the truth behind hospitals' published infection rates

11/29/10
Temporal Trends in Rates of Patient Harm Resulting from Medical Care

11/24/10
Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals

11/11/10
'Neediest of needy' could get hit with budget cuts, again

11/11/10
Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes

11/11/10
Surgeon goes public with OR mistake

11/11/10
Case 34-2010 — A 65-Year-Old Woman with an Incorrect Operation on the Left Hand

2010
What Drives High Health Care Costs - and How to Fight Back

2010
Premium Price Poor Performance

10/2010
Wrong-Site and Wrong-Patient Procedures in the Universal Protocol Era

9/23/10
SC is new pilot for improved surgical procedures

2010
South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety

9/21/10
South Carolina chosen as pilot to improve surgical safety

9/19/10
South Carolina Chosen as Pilot for National Effort to Improve Surgical Safety

9/19/10
State hospitals to use checklist to reduce surgery problems

8/23/10
Healthcare quality improves

8/7/10
Free medical, dental clinic draws big crowd

8/5/10
Free health care offered to needy at Carolina First Center

2010
SCHA Blog

2010
South Carolina AHRQ Quality Dashboard

South Carolina Mission 2010 Highlights
8/6/10
Free Medical, Dental Care Draws Hundreds

8/6/10
Because of Overwhelming numbers No additional dental patients will be taken

8/6/10
Free Medical, Dental, Vision Care For Upstate Residents At Weekend Clinic

7/13/10
Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records

7/12/10
Preventable Bloodstream Infections Still a Problem in Hospitals, Infection Prevention Group Finds

7/7/10
CMS 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

7/7/10
Analysis: Hospitals' heart attack death rates drop

6/29/10
ONC to host informational calls on EHR temporary certification program

6/29/10
Survey: Hospital CIOs concerned about meeting 'meaningful use' deadline

6/25/10
Nudging people to buy health insurance

6/25/10
In the meantime, docs and hospitals head toward ACOs, per health care reform

6/25/10
Pennsylvania hospitals are lowering infection rates

6/24/10
How health care reform will affect current plans

6/23/10
Accountability Measures - Using Measurement to Promote Quality Improvement

6/10
What is the impact of health reform on states?

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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"

6/10
Are state challenges to health reform's legality going to succeed?

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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"

6/14/10
Patient safety: What can medicine learn from aviation?

6/10/10
Major Victory for Patients and Pharmacy in South Carolina

6/9/10
California study finds 24% drop in heart attacks in 10 years

4/1/10
School becomes a Grime Scene

4/1/10
Hand Hygiene

3/17/10
Multimedia 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

3/15/10
The Root of the Problem

3/10
SC Hospitals help Haiti relief efforts via the South Carolina Hospital Association

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

2/10
South Carolina's gubernatorial debate at the South Carolina Hospital Association Meeting 2/10
Medical University of South Carolina - Flu Symptom Evaluation

2/10
SC Hospitals Prove Every Patient Counts

2/4/10
Kirby: Hospitals, public need health reform

12/2/09
South Carolina leads nation in hand hygiene

11/11/09
Mission Lifeline: Medical workers teaming up to save heart attack patients

10/15/09
HRMC begins 'Fight Flu Fridays' campaign

10/09
S.C. BlueCross Goes into the Workplace to Set Up "GSI: SC" (Grime Scene Investigation: South Carolina)

9/12/09
7 hospitals restrict visits to thwart flu

9/09
Conversations: Dr. Jay Moskowitz, President & CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina

9/8/09
Grime fighters: The war against germs comes to Columbia

6/17/09
S.C. seeks 'road map' to move toward electronic medical records - Officials to talk today about health care information technology

6/09
Pulse Report 2009: Safety Culture-Staff Perspectives on American Health Care-Press Gainey

6/09
Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update: A CONSENSUS REPORT

6/09
Measuring Outcomes and Efficiency in Medicare Value-Based Purchasing

5/09
One State's Big Goal: No HAIs

5/09
WHO-Clean care is safer care

5/10/09
Health care is flawed

5/4/09
Doctors look into the digital age -- HITECH Act entices physicians into future with incentives

4/27/09
Web link to Thornton regarding AHA’s You Tube Channel

3/31/09
SC hospitals join forces to combat infections

3/09
Hospital infections list can be found online: DHEC database compares incidents in S.C. hospitals to national averages

2/25/09
Kerr: The cigarette tax, health insurance and the economy

2/24/09
--America's 50 Best Hospitals Identified by HealthGrades
--HealthGrades America's 50 Best

2/24/09
DHEC releases infection data

2/09
National Discussion on the Future of the Quality Measurement Landscape

2/10/09
Save young lives by raising the cigarette tax

2/9/09
Group formed to investigate hospital-acquired infections

2/09
Medicaid Campaign

2/4/09
South Carolina Program Puts HAIs in the Crosshairs

2/4/09
SCHQT seeks to safely reduce cost of care

1/30/09
SC Chapter of AHA Mission: Lifeline

1/5/09
Lead by Example

1/4/09
Health 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

12/2008
Study identifies characteristics of hospitals with low rates of surgical site infections

12/2008
Women are more likely than men to die in hospital from severe heart attack

2008
Thorpe: This Time, Health Care Overhaul Stands a Chance

11/23/08
Mental health patients strain Hospital ER

11/19/08
New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals

11/14/08
Survey: AARP member want Health-care changes

11/2008
Perceptions regarding the Quality of Patient Care in South Carolina: An AARP Member Survey

10/19/08
How good is Hilton Head Hospital? Click here to find out

10/14/08
Paying the Price

10/2/08
Study Examines how doctors discuss medical errors

10/2008
Hospital-acquired Infections: Leadership Challenges

9/20/08
Center of Economic Excellence founded to tackle medication errors

8/22/08
Death rate data raise eyebrows - Officials question some numbers and the interpretation of others

8/22/08
SC Medicaid to cease paying for mistakes

8/21/08
Death rates for Georgia-Carolina hospitals revealed

8/15/08
New Hospital Compare Data to be publically available by August 19

7/28/08
Some Medicaid records now open to public

7/27/08
Medicare won't pay for errors - Hospitals to bear costs of 8 mistakes in move toward quality-of-care billing

7/8/08
Give health-care consumers more information

7/8/08
Medical 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

6/17/08
Third Year of Groundbreaking Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Demonstration Shows Substantial and Continual Improvement in Hospital Inpatient Care

6/17/08
Fed Chairman Says Improving Health Care System Performance Critical

6/16/08
How Hospitals Compare

6/08
Hospitals Improved in Patient Safety for Five Consecutive Years

6/08
2008 Health Care State Rankings

6/08
Compare the Quality of your Local Hospitals

6/08
Web site rates hospitals

6/08
Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center

5/22/08
Doctors Who Say They're Sorry

5/21/08
Government puts hospital comparisons on Web site

5/13/08
Testing the Limits of Transparency

4/15/08
Factories 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

3/10/2008
It'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

2/22/2008
Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals Reports Quality and Patient Safety to Public

2/21/2008
New 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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