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Don Berwick

Life Qi

In this, the final article in our series on Quality Improvement (QI) heroes – we shine a spotlight on Dr Don Berwick, leading authority on QI in healthcare and founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Hailing from the US, he is recognised as a leading authority on healthcare quality and improvement.

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Unlocking Value-Based Care: How AI Can Overcome Key Challenges

HIT Consultant

AI can help providers monitor and analyze healthcare quality indicators for continuous improvement, driving quality of care, better patient experiences, and lower costs associated with avoidable errors.

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Cultivating an Early Warning System in Healthcare Quality Through Bi-Directional Patient-Physician Engagement 

HIT Consultant

Quality improvement initiatives that expand data collection will ultimately equip health systems with valuable monthly and quarterly patient insights for more informed decision-making. The future of healthcare innovation relies on the positioning of patients as contributing partners in their own continuum of care. Conclusion.

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Reimagine a new era of healthcare at Microsoft Ignite 2021 and beyond

Cloud Blogs

Kepro makes quality of care and medical necessity decisions to ensure patients receive the right care they need, as they need it, and in the location of their choosing. Kepro has improved both the speed, efficiency, and quality of its healthcare reviews.

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The Re-Emergence of Shared Decision Making in Value-Based Care

Health Dialog

For many years shared decision making (SDM) has been recognized as a powerful method of improving care quality and reducing costs. Through the delivery of SDM, Health Dialog has seen a reduction in utilization and cost and improvements in the quality of care in both payer and provider models.

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Delivering Patient-Centered Care Means Decluttering the Digital Health Landscape

HIT Consultant

On the surface, the blossoming of the digital ecosystem is a tremendous step forward in the use of technology to address gaps in traditional healthcare. However, “an app for everything” mentality has significant downsides, namely a complex and disjointed patient experience – and arguably, does not result in better quality of care.

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Did President Biden backtrack on his pledge for increased public access to Medicare data?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

The unavailability of physical data from Medicare and Medicaid through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services jeopardizes the accountability of the entire healthcare system in the US through research that needs to be rigorous, reproducible, and conducted with academic freedom.