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Avedis Donabedian: The creator of the Donabedian Model of Care

Life Qi

Avedis Donabedian is our penultimate Quality Improvement (QI) hero in our series of blogs. Born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1919, he studied as a doctor and made his way into quality improvement, becoming a key influence and innovator in improvement in healthcare.

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Doctors help create the health care system—for better and for worse

Healthy Debate

Physicians and quality improvement: Doctors often complain about the 'system.' ' But we have a big role to play in making it better.

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New Day Nursing Home Education Summit

Briggs Healthcare

Be part of a new day in nursing home quality improvement! We’re excited to share the latest updates on vital topics to advance quality and address your needs, such as: Clostridiodes difficile. How to Partner with your Medical Doctor. Nursing Home Quality Improvement. Adverse Drug Events. Health Equity.

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MarinHealth to roll out UCSF-tailored version of Epic EHR

Healthcare It News

The APeX platform is designed to streamline operational and clinical workflows to achieve the boost care quality, improve patient experience and reduce administrative burdens. "All providers and organizations using Epic can easily exchange patient data, which will greatly improve patient care," he added.

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Telehealth helps address many key chronic care management challenges

Healthcare It News

is "aging and stretched thin," with the country needing "thousands more primary care doctors." Lastly, a commitment to outcomes measurement and quality improvement is essential. " The article also makes a point to emphasize that the medical workforce in the U.S.

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Cholesterol Toolkit Targets #1 Cause of Death

NCQA

We’ve released a toolkit in English and Spanish to give patients, doctors and health systems information they need to lower bad cholesterol, improve cardiovascular care. CVD: What Quality Advocates Should Know Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US.

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Financial health: Lean hacks to accelerate your recovery

CHQ Healthcare

Applying some of these basic quality improvement strategies from the Lean methodology can help you identify and eliminate waste and standardize your processes to increase efficiency, lower costs, and improve employee job satisfaction. And if they are, how are they going about it?” asks Rhodes-Horsley.