The complex, fast-paced care delivered in surgical units can result in higher-than-expected errors. Wrong-patient mistakes, communication errors with anesthesiologists, and inadequate care may all occur while a patient awakens from anesthesia.
As MHA-member hospitals and health systems continue to experience staffing shortages, the association wants to make members aware of an upcoming educational opportunity that addresses this issue.
The Michigan Public Health Institute and the MHA Keystone Center are hosting a webinar to illustrate the importance of data collection specific to LGBTQ+ patients. LGBTQ+ Informed Care: It Starts with Data is a free event and will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Aug. 19.
The final webinar in an ongoing series on leadership approaches designed to assist with post-pandemic strategic planning will address strategies for strengthening rural healthcare. Rural Healthcare Delivery in Recovery is ...
As the coronavirus pandemic has unfolded, hospitals across the country asked how the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) would apply when they are met with individuals coming to their facilities with a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently made significant updates to emergency services requirements in its Conditions of Participation that will require hospitals to make many practical and operational modifications. ...
Often the phrases “diversity, equity and inclusion,” or DEI, and “health equity” are used interchangeably. While they do overlap and there is synergy between the two, the terms are not synonymous.
The pandemic has demonstrated that it is time for hospitals to pay more attention to supply chain and materials management. Although they may be seen as mundane, supply chains support the clinical and patient safety excellence hospitals strive for.
A webinar series offered by the MHA is designed to help healthcare professionals build knowledge in quality improvement (QI) processes and high reliability. The May 20 webinar Timesaving Approaches to QI Tools will review approaches for applying ...
The MHA Health Foundation is partnering with the Georgia Hospital Association to offer the webinar Restraint, Seclusion, Ligature and Suicide Risks: Complying with Requirements from 10 a.m. to noon May 13.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has resumed medical review activities, including pre- and post-payment reviews conducted by Medicare Administrative Contractors and Recovery Audit Contractors, which were paused in 2020 due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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The webinar Compensation Rules Under the New Stark Laws will be offered from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. ET May 26 to outline new rules under the Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly known as the Stark Law, surrounding value-based payment arrangements.
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A Moody's Investors Service Healthcare Report noted hospital partnerships, affiliations, mergers and acquisitions will continue 2021, extending the consolidation trend in both the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors.
Nearly 80 MHA members attended the MHA Workplace Safety Collaborative’s April 27 webinar, Mitigating Violence Amid COVID-19.
The MHA, in collaboration with Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), will host a webinar via Zoom from 9 to 10 a.m. EDT May 13 to discuss Medicaid cost report completion, submission ...
The MHA webinar series on leadership approaches to assist with post-pandemic strategic planning continues June 3 from noon to 1 p.m. with the webinar titled Diversity and Inclusion featuring Kim Blue, the global head of People Experience Partners at Zoom.
The webinar Compensation Rules Under the New Stark Laws will be offered from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. EST May 26 to outline new rules under the Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly known as the Stark Law, ...
In the initial months of the pandemic, the lack of a coordinated federal response stressed the nation’s healthcare delivery system. Market fragmentation was visible as hospitals dealt with staff and supply shortages and operating at capacity amid financial uncertainty. ...
The MHA is launching a webinar series on leadership approaches to assist with post-pandemic strategic planning.