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MHSC responds to ratings

Green River Star - April 29, 2021 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Care Compare website refreshed its star ratings. Star ratings are meant to help consumers understand the quality of care provided by hospitals. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services methodology for calculating the star rating has been updated, affecting the ratings of healthcare centers nationwide. Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County is no exception. The 5-year-old CMS star rating system summarizes a variety of measures into a single star rating for each hospital. CMS simplified and revised its methodology after receiving stakeholder feedback on the method of calculation. Under the previous methodology, CMS targeted up to 65 measures categorized within seven measure groups. The CMS Star Rating Refresh used 48 of those 65 measures in five measure groups: mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely and effective care. CMS simplified its methodology to calculate an

American Urological Association Names Next Science and Quality Chair

American Urological Association Names Next Science and Quality Chair News provided by Share this article Share this article BALTIMORE, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, the American Urological Association (AUA) announced its Board of Directors has approved Matthew Nielsen, MD, MS, FACS, as the next chair of the AUA Science and Quality (S&Q) Council. Dr. Nielsen will assume the role of chair-elect on June 1, 2021 and begin his four-year term as chair on June 1, 2022. Matthew Nielsen, MD, MS, FACS, the next chair of the AUA Science and Quality (S&Q) Council. As chair, Dr. Nielsen will lead the AUA S&Q Council, providing strategic oversight to shape and execute on the broad science, quality and data agenda of the AUA to include the creation, dissemination and implementation of clinical guidelines and white papers; maintenance of the AUA Quality (AQUA) Registry; development and implementation of physician performance measures; advancement of patient safety initiatives; moni

We let your son down : Report released into Lucas death

Premium Content Subscriber only A REPORT into the death of three-year-old Lucas Faram has found he would still be alive if the Townsville University Hospital had treated him appropriately. The internal report compiled by the hospital found the little boy would have survived if the hospital had completed a CT scan that would have shown his ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt was not working. His death sparked a major clinical practice change at the hospital in the wake of the review, honouring the legacy of the little boy. In a statement Townsville Hospital and Health Service (THHS) chief executive Kieran Keyes said we let your son down.

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