PatientCareLink

The mission of PatientCareLink is to deliver transparent quality and safety information from hospitals and home care agencies to patients and other healthcare stakeholders.
09.17.2018  | Today is Falls Prevention Day at the State House
The Massachusetts Falls Prevention Coalition is holding the 12th Annual Falls Prevention Awareness Day event at the State House today.
08.27.2018  | Hospitals at Risk of Closing; Nursing Union Ignores the Facts
Approximately 30 hospitals a year across the U.S. are closing, according to a national study that is resonating in Massachusetts.
08.20.2018  | Mass. Hospitals Included in US News & World Report Best Hospitals
Last week, U.S. News & World Report released their popular annual “Best Hospitals” rankings.
08.20.2018  | Caring for the Caregiver Update
Over the past year, MHA has worked with its members across the commonwealth to address issues of workplace safety and wellbeing.
07.02.2018  | Staffing & Quality Data at Your Local Hospital & Home Health Agency
Interested to see how your hospital staffs each of its units? Want to see how the federal government rates your hospital’s quality of care?
06.22.2018  | MHA, Tufts Medical Center and Other Hospitals Develop Inpatient Opioid Misuse Prevention Guidelines
The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association (MHA) and Tufts Medical Center, working with hospital clinicians and operational staff in Massachusetts and other states, have developed two documents to help hospitals develop internal policies to prev
06.18.2018  | CMS Once Again Sees the Light, Delays Star Ratings
CMS will not update Hospital Compare’s quality star ratings in July as scheduled.
04.30.2018  | Proposed Changes to Medicare Include Less Reporting
The IPPS proposed rule would significantly reduce the number of quality measures hospitals have to report.
03.26.2018  | May 4: Mass. Coalition Patient Safety Forum
Registration is now open for the 2018 Patient Safety Forum.
03.12.2018  | A Very Transparent, Informative Healthcare Site
Curious about how a hospital staffs the unit in which you or a loved one is receiving care?
03.09.2018  | MA Hospitals’ FY2017 Staffing Reports, Latest Hospital & Home Health Compare Measures, Posted on PCL
The PatientCareLink (PCL) website, which allows the public to see how each nursing unit in nearly every Massachusetts hospital is staffed, has been updated with the latest actual staffing reports for FY2017. Budgeted 2017 staffing plans were posted o
02.26.2018  | Reminder: National Patient Safety Week, March 11-17
Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 11-17, is right around the corner.
12.19.2017  | HB1186 An Act to Promote Patient Care Transparency and Nurse Advancement
HB1186 An Act to Promote Patient Care Transparency and Nurse Advancement
10.16.2017  | MHA, ONL & Home Care Alliance Post Latest Quality Measures
MHA, the Organization of Nurse Leaders of MA, RI, NH, CT & VT, and the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts have posted the latest available national quality performance measures for both hospitals and home healthcare agencies in Massachusetts.
10.09.2017  | New Project Focuses on Using Antibiotics Responsibly
Last week, MHA sent a notice to its membership informing them of a new antibiotic stewardship project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safe
10.09.2017  | CHART Conference Oct. 16 to Outline Proven Model
The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission is sponsoring a free conference based on the healthcare delivery transformations achieved through the CHART program.
09.25.2017  | Berkshire Medical Center Receives Strike Notice
Berkshire Medical Center on Friday received a strike notice from its nursing union, which set Tuesday, October 3 as the date for its one-day walkout.
08.07.2017  | Check Out the Newly Re-designed PatientCareLink
MHA, in partnership with the Organization of Nurse Leaders, Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts, and Hospital Association of Rhode Island have launched a newly re-designed and expanded PatientCareLink website.
08.02.2017  | MHA & ONL Publish Latest Available Nursing-Sensitive Care Measures for Hospitals
MHA and ONL have publicly posted the latest available selected nursing-sensitive care measures, most of which are endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF), for 74 Bay State hospitals. Reported measures include pressure ulcer prevalence, patient f
07.17.2017  | QUALITY CORNER: BID–Needham Creating a Hospital Culture of Safety
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham began an organization-wide effort to enhance its commitment to patient safety.

Resources

Click on the link below to see The Massachusetts Behavioral Health System Report: Implications of Mandated Nurse Staffing Ratios (August 2018).