Tag: cms
One Hospital Metric to Rule Them All
November 12th, 2013by: Dr. Michael Cetta
If you had to pick a single metric to measure a hospital, which would you choose? Of course, you can’t boil everything about a hospital down to one, single data point. Defining quality, throughput, and other factors used to evaluate a hospital is difficult business. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) tracks dozens […]
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The Most Difficult Emergency Procedure
October 21st, 2013by: Dr. Vipul Kella
When I graduated residency and started my first job, I walked around the ED confidently, chest slightly pumped up at all times. I knew I was well-trained. If there was a sick patient, I was going to resuscitate them. If there was an impossible central line that was needed – I was going to get […]
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