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Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Effectiveness

Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Cost

Vaccine Mandates: How Will They Affect Your Hospital?

Measuring the Cost Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Perspective

Medical Rationing: Crisis Standards of Care

Measuring the cost-effectiveness of an infection prevention intervention requires careful translation of complex issues into dollar values: The...

When considering an infection prevention intervention, how should the costs be calculated? The first question should be what costs should be...

While the majority of Americans, and the vast majority of healthcare workers, support vaccine mandates, there are opponents who believe individuals...

Any time a healthcare facility considers investing in a new intervention - a medicine, a device, a piece of equipment, and even a training program -...

In a time of crisis, be it a natural disaster, a terrorist attack, or a global pandemic, there must be plans in place to help responders make...

Our previous post presented some of the problems with the current fee-for-service payment model used in healthcare. In response to these costly...

In a previous post, we explored the preliminary data describing the status of Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) during the pandemic. These first...

As hard as it is to believe, most hospitals do not know how much their services cost. They know what they charge, but that number has almost nothing...

Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation machines, or ECMO, are making headlines these days. This treatment has become a last recourse for some COVID-19...

In an effort to reduce patient harm, Medicare continues to penalize hospitals with the highest patient safety incidents. In today's post we explore...

Even as our nation struggles to achieve herd immunity from COVID-19, talks are beginning about the need for a booster vaccine shot. The possible need...

The Serenity Prayer is a well-known piece of advice about how to approach life's challenges. In it, the speaker asks for serenity to accept the...

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Effectiveness

Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Cost

Vaccine Mandates: How Will They Affect Your Hospital?

Measuring the Cost Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Perspective

Medical Rationing: Crisis Standards of Care

Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Effectiveness

Measuring the Cost-Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Cost

Vaccine Mandates: How Will They Affect Your Hospital?

Measuring the Cost Effectiveness of an HAI Reduction Intervention: Perspective

Medical Rationing: Crisis Standards of Care

Infection Control & Alternative Payment Models: Who Will Pay? (Part 2)

HAIs in the Time of COVID: The Numbers Are In

Infection Control & Alternative Payment Models: Who will Pay? (Part 1)

ECMO Treatment and COVID-19

Medicare Reimbursement and Hospital-Acquired Infections: The Costly Connection

5 Things to Know About COVID-19 Booster Shots

Modifiable Risk Factors: The Courage to Change the Things We Can