Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But they're also gaining big benefits in quality improvement, cost efficiency, and more. By Andrea Fox | July 13, 2023 News The new nursing challenge: Adapting to AI-enabled workflows for quality improvement Jung In Park, a professor at the University of California Irvine’s School of Nursing and a.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 8, 2024

This will: Save Time: Nursing leaders can spend less time on manual reporting and more time focusing on quality improvement initiatives. Accelerate Patient Care Improvements: Faster access to quality data allows for quicker identification of areas for improvement, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Well-integrated data benefits the entire care journey, from care access and delivery to coding, billing and payment to ongoing quality improvement. Delivering that holistic patient view with technology that streamlines and supports clinical, administrative and financial processes becomes a competitive advantage.

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p3care

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In this blog, we will cover the details related to the two remaining MIPS performance categories: PI and Improvement Activities. Together, these categories exemplify a dual commitment to a better patient experience. Overall, the new MIPS inventory has 106 improvement activities that have not been finalized yet.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Arming providers with a longitudinal patient summary for conducting comprehensive risk assessments improves patient outcomes while lowering the cost of care. Equipping providers to assess member risk, increase diagnosis accuracy, and close care gaps takes risk adjustment and quality improvement to a new level.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

"Embracing digital transformation is key in order to align with patient demands and maintain market share. Digital transformation also is essential in making an impact on quality improvement and cost containment goals associated with value-based care initiatives." " PROPOSAL.

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NCQA

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Fowler put it, “ We’re really thinking about health system transformation and really putting more of an emphasis on quality improvement. And then we’re also developing an approach for certification based on quality improvement and patient experience.”

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2022

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) developed this implementation guide to help palliative care teams implement and collect data for two patient-reported outcome performance measures (PROPMs) for quality improvement (QI) and regulatory reporting efforts. Description of the Measures.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Our missions, values and cultures are very similar – focused on employee and physician partnership, continuous quality improvement, and patient-centered care with a special concern for the poor and vulnerable. IntellaTriage provides nurse triage shortages throughout the day and night.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 20, 2022

Increasing data diversity – to include patient-generated and population-based information – would allow us to honestly examine patient outcomes while better controlling for social determinants of health and patient experiences.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 18, 2023

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Ryse Health Partner to Accelerate VBC for Diabetes Patients Ryse will combine a mix of in-person and virtual care interactions to help patients control their HbA1c and blood pressure and conduct timely diabetes-related health screenings so early detection and interventions are available.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 27, 2023

First, they provide a nice overview of the program: The EOM is a voluntary 6-month, 2-sided, risk-based payment model for clinicians caring for Medicare patients with 7 common cancer types beginning on July 1, 2023, for 5 years. for high-risk breast cancer to 3.2%

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 14, 2022

Before the merger, funding was lacking for technology and infrastructure investments to support quality improvement. As a result, there was variation from standard clinical practice, such as sending patients for elective procedures through the emergency department. How were these quality improvement achieved?

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Baird Group

JULY 15, 2021

We often see well-meaning patient experience leaders creating “service recovery kits”. However, if the monitoring and tracking ends with how the gift cards are distributed, you miss a huge opportunity for quality improvement. Learning and improving. Track how the issue was resolved, by whom, and how fast.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 10, 2022

By beginning data quality improvement activities at the point of care, providers will be able to capture the rich, robust data needed to monitor and manage populations, augment clinical research, combat misinformation, and quickly close gaps in access and equity.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Jonathan Malek, SVP and General Manager, Provider Business, Veradigm The last few years have emphasized the need for high-quality healthcare for patients that is accessible and affordable for all.

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Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 28, 2022

This Annual Report focuses on the experience of home health patients and agencies through 2020, the third year that eligible agencies in the original HHVBP Model states received an adjustment to their Medicare payment amounts under the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS). Literature Link: Health Equity. Contact Us.

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The Beryl Institute

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

As a CF/lung transplant patient turned Patient/Family Advisor (PFA), I have been on the frontlines of the evolution of Patient Experience strategies since 2005. I fell in love with PFACs and have been thrilled to see the ways in which we partner with patients and families grow more sophisticated over time.

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Medical GPS

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Sin #7: Get Comfortable with the Status Quo – Regardless of how stellar your healthcare organization currently performs; it is essential that every organization strive toward continuous quality improvement.

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Accountable Care Doctors

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Through these very valuable discussions, we have identified common pain points like the need for care coordination, a seamless patient experience, and the importance of alternative payment systems to reduce fragmentation and strengthen incentives for high value care.” Parodi, MD CAPP co-chair.

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Accountable Care Doctors

JUNE 14, 2021

What is the patient experience with digital care delivery? According to Henry Ford surveys, three out of four patients rated their experience as “very good,” with 16% rating it as “good.”

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Accountable Care Doctors

JUNE 14, 2021

What is the patient experience with digital care delivery? According to Henry Ford surveys, three out of four patients rated their experience as “very good,” with 16% rating it as “good.”

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Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Innovation Center models can define success as encouraging lasting transformation and a broader array of quality investments, rather than focusing solely on each individual model’s cost and quality improvements.

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Hospital Medicine

MARCH 9, 2022

Could being on Twitter make you a better note-writer? We certainly think so! That was one of the many hot takes from February’s #JHMChat, with special guests Drs. Blair Golden, Robert Centor, and Andrew Olson. We explored the most fundamental question in the electronic health record (EHR): what makes a good note? Honest question, has [.].

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Hospital Medicine

JUNE 21, 2021

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month is currently celebrated in June each year to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, a turning point for LGBTQ+ rights activism in the United States. The LGBTQ+ community is comprised of over 11 million Americans, or 4.5% of the U.S. population with all ages, races, [.].

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Hospital Medicine

APRIL 9, 2021

Our hospitalized patients may wonder why they can’t have their families beside them and worry about contracting the virus in the hospital. The post Addressing Our Patients’ Most Difficult COVID-19 Concerns appeared first on The Hospital Leader - The Official Blog of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

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Hospital Medicine

APRIL 7, 2021

This article is part of a series in The Hospital Leader written by members of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas in Austin, exploring lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic and outlining an approach for creating COVID-19 Centers of Excellence. During the early months of the COVID-19 [.].

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Hospital Medicine

MARCH 17, 2023

Ableism is a common yet misunderstood “–ism”. Yet the common thread that ties ableism and other –isms/ forms of discrimination like racism, sexism, and homophobia, is the belief that one group or identity is “less than” others.

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Hospital Medicine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Over 20 years after the landmark National Academy of Medicine (NAM) report To Err is Human and over a decade after Peter Pronovost catapulted the scientific approach to patient safety, [.].

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Hospital Medicine

JUNE 29, 2021

Brian Kwan, MD, SFHM, and Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA, two representatives from SHM’s VA Hospitalist Special Interest Group, shared their thoughts on working with patients with PTSD in a VA hospital setting. June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 14, 2023

The mandate of these healthcare networks is clear – to improve patient experiences and population health outcomes while simultaneously reducing costs. This is evident in the US with the insurgence of both IDNs and ACOs, in France with the development of GHTs, and in the UK with the growth of ICSs (Integrated Care Systems).

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NASHP

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Community-based models of care , including care delivered by doulas and midwives, is shown to improve health outcomes, patient experience, and potentially reduce costs. Monitor and evaluate quality improvement and outcomes and address barriers to care. Determine structure of benefit. Implement Medicaid benefit.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Current barriers to patient access and quality improvement. This is especially true for underserved populations, who already face more financial, educational, and environmental barriers to quality care. Advancing care quality initiatives through bi-directional data collection.

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NASHP

JUNE 22, 2022

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] 2] Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission. Value-based payment.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

McDonald was formerly the program manager of quality and regulatory compliance at EvergreenHealth Home Care, and she will now serve as VP of compliance and quality improvement at Frontpoint. Korte believes Frontpoint can distinguish itself in two ways, the first way being through quality and patient experience.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

"The patient leverages MyMountSinai, an Epic-based patient portal custom developed by Mount Sinai, to view their vitals, better understand their care plan, and to interact with Mount Sinai providers," he continued. Improving provider effectiveness through automated data collection and patient interactions.

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Vie Healthcare

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We have accreditation programs that really work to make sure that that variance in quality is very narrow. We always work to have high quality graduates. And then within all the schools I’ve ever worked, there is strong quality improvement mindsets involved there.

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