Life Qi

JULY 18, 2022

In this article we are going to look at Bill Smith, another Quality Improvement (QI) hero – and sometimes known as the ‘father of Six Sigma’. We’ll be finding out about the Six Sigma theory that he invented after having spent 35 years in quality assurance and engineering – a method that is widely used today within Quality Improvement.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

CoRead Acquisition The company also finalized the acquisition of CoRead, a leading AI quality assurance company currently being used by more than 2,000 hospital sites nationwide. Lawrence Ngo, former CEO of CoRead, will join Covera Health as Senior Vice President, Quality Assurance Platform, reporting to President Aaron Friedkin.

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Sequence Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Quality Assurance Challenge Maintaining consistent service quality across a healthcare call center can be challenging, mainly when dealing with diverse medical inquiries and patient needs. Solution Implement quality assurance programs that include call monitoring, feedback sessions, and regular performance evaluations.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2023

What You Should Know: Dot Compliance , a leading provider of eQMS compliance solutions for the life sciences sector, has introduced an industry-first, ready-to-use AI-Based electronic Quality Management System for life sciences, powered by an embedded generative and predictive artificial intelligence.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 18, 2023

Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs have been ubiquitous in the home health space for the past few years, but in light of the nationwide expansion of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP), the process may begin to hold more weight than ever. This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

What You Should Know: – The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has initiated the Virtual Care Accreditation Pilot program, a significant step in developing a quality improvement framework for organizations offering care through telehealth or digital platforms.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 14, 2024

Later in 2024, they will introduce tiered membership options offering access to exclusive benefits like annual conferences, educational resources, publications, and quality assurance tools. Open Membership and Future Initiatives CHAI welcomes membership from all interested parties.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 27, 2023

Curating a specific plan based on a home health provider’s needs, deficiencies and vulnerabilities is key to having successful Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs. Broadly, QAPI refers to any kind of auditing or quality metric standards a home health agency hopes to abide by.

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Briggs Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

To begin seeking ways to address these issues, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) conducted a 90-day innovation project to identify key activities to increase adoption of effective quality improvement practices in US nursing homes.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Pramana’s SpectralHT scanners boast automatic quality assessment and image enrichment capabilities, accompanied by valuable metadata, all packaged in a standardized DICOM format.

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Bill Of Health

JUNE 29, 2023

This has been demonstrated to be safe, given that providers receive the appropriate education on this practice, and that there is a quality assurance program in place. The proposal includes recommendations on storage and oversight, as well as indications for the administration of these products and quality assurance practices.

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Briggs Healthcare

MAY 13, 2022

MDH’s Nurse Aide Registry (NAR) staff will host an informational call on Microsoft Teams for nurse aide training programs registered with the State of Minnesota on Monday, May 16 at 11 a.m. central time.

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NCQA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

HEDIS ® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). This year’s public comment will go live on Monday, October 2, at 9:00 AM ET. We’ll post the link and more details here , so check back! The post Ad hoc HEDIS® Public Comment Opens Next Week appeared first on NCQA.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JULY 20, 2022

Specifically, the AMA calls on medical schools and residency programs to incorporate content on the organization of health care delivery, modes of practice, practice settings, cost effective use of diagnostic and treatment services, practice management, risk management, and quality assurance.

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Sequence Health

MARCH 11, 2024

Elevating Efficiency Through Automation One of the most impactful ways AI in healthcare call centers reshapes the industry is through the automation of evaluations and quality assurance.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 1, 2022

Microsoft will provide quality assurance throughout this landmark academic center’s Azure migration process. Accenture will collaborate with New York City’s largest academic medical system to help devise and securely execute its strategic cloud migration of clinical applications, including its Epic electronic health records system.

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Home Health Care

MAY 10, 2022

One specific area where agencies will need to adapt is tracking and improving quality measures, starting with both the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) and the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) improvement scores.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 26, 2023

What You Should Know: – The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) today launched the Race and Ethnicity Stratification Learning Network, a free, interactive, online tool that offers data and best practices to help health plans improve how they collect race and ethnicity data on their enrollees.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 19, 2022

Our strong clinical foundation facilitated a seamless pathway towards certification through the EU MDR clinical evaluation requirements,” commented Tahir Rizvi, Head of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance at Caption Health.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Quality assurance – Independent quality assurance (IQA) is a feature that can save healthcare organizations money, time, and energy. Does the company release its product updates frequently, through batch iterations, or is a fully new product yet “to be released” since the last update?

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NCQA

JUNE 7, 2023

Denean Anderson NCQA PCMH Recognition is like a seal of approval for quality assurance. A health care practice that earns that seal can be trusted for their dedication to delivering quality care—which means they’re dedicated to their patients. Dr. Jones explains the nature and importance of a housing navigator.

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Sequence Health

JANUARY 5, 2024

They also provide better customer support thanks to their emphasis on quality assurance. Call centers are equipped to handle large call volumes, owing to their specialized staff and advanced tech. However, their operational costs can be high, which makes them expensive for a small start-up.

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 9, 2022

Understanding the content of each report is essential to an HHA accurately and efficiently monitoring data to interpret their total performance score and potential payment adjustments, and inform quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) initiatives.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

– Smarter triage and medical quality assurance, including the surfacing of quality insights, coding items, and care coordination worklist protocols that ensure nothing falls through the cracks.

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Home Health Care

MAY 15, 2023

Through quality initiatives that we are doing internally, through metrics that are already very high here, quality assurance initiatives. “My approach here, and at Caregivers America, was to not talk a big game but to prove it,” he said.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The company also offers the ability to formalize a reliable quality assurance program to help maintain and enhance the integrity of images captured by a team.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

in Series A funding led by General Catalyst and has received Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality. What You Should Know: – New York City-based CertifyOS raises $14.5M

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HIT Consultant

JULY 19, 2022

These challenges can affect the completeness of population data and hinder efforts to incorporate race and ethnicity data into holistic member-centric care and intervention planning, which can also significantly impact a health plan’s overall quality ratings. While promising, some indirect methods pose challenges as well.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Pansy is still involved in the company’s training program, and on the quality assurance side. Hartford, Connecticut-based Pansy Homecare was originally launched in 2013 by former caregiver Pansy P. Pansy’s son, Jonah, has since taken helm of the company.

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Triage Health Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Specific illustrations have also been inserted to clarify how healthcare organisations must respond to access and correction requests, as well as how to comply with the accuracy, protection, retention, cross border transfer, data breach notification and accountability obligations in the PDPA.

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 14, 2023

To obtain your CAH PEPPER , the Chief Executive Officer, President, Administrator, Compliance Officer, Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement Officer, or other authorized user within your organization (selecting a job title closest to their title) should: Review the instructions and obtain the information required to authenticate access.

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Understanding important details for each report type and navigating the reports are essential skills for an HHA to accurately and efficiently track, trend, and identify report information to interpret their Total Performance Score and potential payment adjustments, and inform Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) initiatives.

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NCQA

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

HEDIS ® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). CAHPS ® is a registered trademark of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). HEDIS measures do not constitute clinical practice guidelines and should not be used to determine insurance or coverage.

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Triage Health Law

MAY 17, 2022

The submission package requires details including a description of the formula, quantitative formulation, compliance assurances, and quality assurance data, among other requirements.

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Sequence Health

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This is due to increased training and management for quality assurance. If the support staff is not adept at billing, coding, or organizational skills, this could be a problem. When you hire a professional team like Sequence Health, you can reduce mistakes.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 7, 2023

It also includes tips on overcoming common challenges (such as complex cases) and quality assurance. Toolkit: Medical Record Review Methodology Provides an explanation of the OIG methodology, including details about our definition of patient harm and how we categorized events by severity and preventability.

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Sequence Health

JANUARY 2, 2023

A well-managed medical call center will also be able to track average wait times and provide quality assurance that your patient’s needs are being addressed promptly. By outsourcing your patient calls, you have more control over the number of staff required to answer phones and handle inquiries.

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