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Unlock efficiency and quality of care with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare Care management

Cloud Blogs

An unprecedented amount of data exists in healthcare. Care management in healthcare involves a complex web of patient information, communication, and manual processes that without integration can hinder the delivery of efficient and coordinated care. Figure 1: Care management patient summary page.

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How Effective Patient Communication Boards Improve Safety & HCAHPS Scores

Readiness Rounds

Patient communication boards play a pivotal role in enhancing both patient satisfaction and a hospital's HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) score and star rating. These boards serve as instrumental tools in fostering effective and patient-centered communication within healthcare settings.

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Aligning Quality Measures with the National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)

NASHP

Comprehensive quality measurement of care coordination services is essential to evaluate and guide care coordination efforts, yet little agreement exists among stakeholders about how to best measure the provision and quality of care coordination services. [4] National Care Coordination Standards Domain.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center: Equity and Vision

Sheppard Health Law

The Innovation Center, established in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act, began as an initiative to transition the health system to value-based care by developing, testing and evaluating new payment and service delivery models in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

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Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

In addition to a range of metrics related to promoting prevention and reducing utilization related to ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, ICSP measures have included advanced care planning, evidence of physician order for life-sustaining treatment (POLST), effective care transitions, and assessment and management of chronic pain.

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Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout

HIT Consultant

Ben Sawyer, VP of Market Development at ABOUT Healthcare, Inc. Beyond this immediate challenge, however, increased burnout threatens healthcare organizations in several other long-term ways. This adds stress to providers, reduces patient satisfaction, impacts the quality of care, and results in excess or avoidable days.

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CMS Announces Strategy on Value-Based Payments for Specialty Care

Sheppard Health Law

Value-based care is a healthcare reimbursement payment methodology based on health outcomes and the quality of care rendered to the patient. In value-based models, CMS pays for health services and items based on quality measures rather than on the volume of services or items delivered. Final Thoughts.