Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems, Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements, etc.
Pre-publication notice of proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals for fiscal year 2023. Contains details of changes impacting Critical Access Hospital (CAH); Medicare graduate medical education for teaching hospitals; inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals; and quality reporting programs, among other things. This proposed rule also provides updates on the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program and the Frontier Community H...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 19, 2022 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Ghana: KBTH Offers Korle Gonno Community Free Health Screening
[Ghanaian Times] More than 300 residents of Korle Gonno, a community within the Ablekuma South Sub-Metropolitan have benefited from a health outreach programme organised by the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) over the weekend. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 13, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Revealed: Trusts with the biggest falls in staff confidence in care provided
Several large teaching hospitals are among those which saw the steepest declines in the proportion of staff who would recommend the care of their organisation, according to the NHS staff survey results. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 11, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Ghana: 7 KTBH Doctors to Benefit From Emergency Medicine Residency Programme
[Ghanaian Times] Seven resident doctors at the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital (KTBH) will benefit from a newly launched Emergency Medicine Residency programme for the next six years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 8, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Workplace violence experience among nurses at a selected university teaching hospital in Rwanda - Musengamana V, Adejumo O, Banamwana G, Mukagendaneza MJ, Twahirwa TS, Munyaneza E, Kabakambira JD.
INTRODUCTION: workplace violence is a global problem in the health sector, especially in the hospitals affecting healthcare works ´ job satisfaction and performance. Workplace violence (WPV) is present in different forms associated with various factors and... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 6, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Grant to enhance evidence-informed guideline recommendations for newborn and young child health in three sub-Saharan African countries
Grant to enhance evidence-informed guideline recommendations for newborn and young child health in South Africa, Malawi and NigeriaThe Global Evidence, Local Adaptation project aims to maximise the impact of evidence for poverty-related diseases by increasing the capacity of decision makers and researchers to use global research to develop locally relevant guidelines for newborn and child health. The project will support decision makers in South Africa, Malawi an d Nigeria, and will build on and add value to the large-scale programme of child-health guideline development led by the World Health Organization (WHO), with ...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - March 31, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Katie Abbotts Source Type: news
Ghana: RTI Fines KBTH Gh ¢30,000 for Failure to Give Information Upon Request
[Ghanaian Times] The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has imposed a GH ¢ 30,000 fine on the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra for its failure to make available information requested from it by Alex Antwi, a private citizen. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 29, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Recovery assistants in Sheffield win much-needed pay uplift
After two years of strong campaigning led by UNISON, 120 low paid recovery assistants at Sheffield Teaching hospitals have been re-banded, meaning they will earn around £1,800 more each year.
The re-banding, taking the care workers from a ‘band 2’ to a ‘band 3’ on Agenda for Change terms, has been backdated to December 2019 and will result in significant backpay for the workers.
Over half of the workers are UNISON members and the campaign proved to be an organising opportunity to recruit and sustain a strong group of stewards to help lead on the issue.
Speaking of the victory, UNISON area organiser Jack Heming...
Source: UNISON Health care news - March 29, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article News health Yorkshire and Humberside Source Type: news
Ghana: KATH Revenue Generation Improves ... Following Implementation of Electronic Medical Records
[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -- Revenue generation has significantly improved at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), following the implementation of the Electronic Medical Records (EMR) which was implemented some two years ago. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 25, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Patient and visitor aggression de-escalation training for nurses in a teaching hospital in Cairo, Egypt - Abozaid DA, Momen M, Ezz NFAE, Ahmed HA, Al-Tehewy MM, El-Setouhy M, El-Shinawi M, Hirshon JM, Houssinie ME.
BACKGROUND: Workplace violence (WPV) has been recognized as a major occupational hazard worldwide. Healthcare professions are particularly at a higher risk of WPV. Patients and their relatives are commonly the most common perpetrators for WPV against physi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Match Day at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
Friday, March 18, is Match Day across the U.S. That includes Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine fourth-year students in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota who will be continuing on to residencies, as well as Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, which offers residency positions. A residency is a supervised position at a teaching hospital. During this national event, which is held the third Friday in March as part of the National Resident Matching Program,… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 18, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Initial Fluid Balance Associated Outcomes in Children With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock.
This study aimed to clarify the possible association of initial 24 hours ' fluid balance with poor outcomes in pediatric patients with sepsis.
Methods: Retrospective data analysis included pediatric patients admitted with suspected or proven sepsis or septic shock to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a tertiary care teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia.
Results: The study included 47 patients; 13 (28%) died, and mortality rate was significant in children with neurologic failure (P (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Septic patients without obvious signs of infection at baseline are more likely to die in the ICU.
The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact on the 28-day mortality of the so-called " vague " presentation of sepsis.
Design: Single centre retrospective observational study.
Setting: One teaching hospital Intensive Care Unit.
Subjects: All the patients who presented at the Emergency Department (ED) and were thereafter admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with a final diagnosis of sepsis were included in this retrospective observational three-year study. They were classified as having exhibited either " vague " or explicit presentation at the ED according to previously suggested criteria. Baseline charac...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ghana: Accra Diamond Lions Club, Apps Nmobile Donate to KBTH Cancer Unit
[Ghanaian Times] The Accra Diamond Lions Club (ADLC) in Partnership with Apps Nmobile solutions, has donated items and equipment worth GH ₵ 5,120.00 to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) Cancer Unit. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 10, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: 24-Bed Capacity KBTH Oncology Unit Inaugurated
[Ghanaian Times] A 24-bed capacity Oncology Unit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) was at the weekend inaugurated to help improve healthcare delivery. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 9, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
