Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access Program Saves St. Joseph's $3.5 Million

Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Matthew Ostroff, ARNP
The American College of Emergency Physicians issued a policy statement in 2016 advocating a new safety standard for vascular access through the use of ultrasound guidance. St. Joseph's Healthcare System, in Paterson, N.J., launched a program that has yielded significant safety and quality of care improvements for all patients requiring vascular access. This article describes how St. Joseph's cut healthcare costs and improved patient outcomes by achieving the "one-stick standard".

Hospitals Must Integrate Imaging Technology to Avoid Cuts to Medicare Payments

HealthCare Business News
Jill Rathbun, Managing Partner at Galileo Consulting Group, Arlington, VA
In this View from the Hill article for DOTmed News, Jill Rathbun discusses the Fiscal Year 2017 Proposed Inpatient Hospital Rule and how imaging, in particular ultrasound, can play an important role in achieving fewer complications and higher quality of care scores in CMS payment programs.

6 Steps to Implementing Ultrasound in Critical Care

by Nidhi Nikhanj, MD

In this article for ​Health Management Magazine, Dr. Nidhi Nikhanj lays out the path for a system-wide implementation of point-of-care ultrasound to bring quality of care and enhanced patient safety to the bedside. What 6 steps should a large health system use to successfully implement point-of-care ultrasound?

Read the full article from Health Management Magazine to find out!

Our Journey to Zero Patient Harm

Group Practice Journal
Michael Shabot, M.D. FACS, FCCM, FACMI, is chief medical officer, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston and Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics and the University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston.

Michael Warneke, M.D. is medical director of quality, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital.

Ultrasound-Guided Procedures: Financial and Safety Benefits

ICU Management
Diku Mandavia, MD, FACEP, FRCPC, Chief Medical Officer at Sonosite, and clinical associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Southern California

Dr. Mandavia discusses how ultrasound guidance adds value to both patient safety and removing costs from healthcare delivery.

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Final 2016 Medicare Inpatient Rule Contains Provisions to Promote Patient Safety

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Final 2016 Medicare Inpatient Rule Contains Provisions to Promote Patient Safety
Jill Rathbun


Jill Rathbun of Galileo Consulting, in her continuing contribution to Dot.Med, explains key points for the FY 2016 CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment Final Rule.  Ultrasound plays a role in the Hospital Acquired Condition Program and may contribute to lowering complications.

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