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A New Approach to Quality: Longitudinal and Reliable Quality Measurement
Sponsor: Diameter HealthPrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: InteroperabilityQuality and SafetyResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleAMGA hires former Geisinger leader as new chief medical officer
American Medical Group Association has named John Kennedy, MD, its new chief medical officer. He also takes the reins as president of the AMGA Foundation, which helps members improve their population...
View ArticleHow a nonprofit and HIE work together to tackle advance care planning
Achieving the Triple Aim goals of better patient care for healthier populations at lower costs is a strategy many healthcare providers are striving for. While health systems and networks deploy a range...
View ArticleHow one ACO ditched Excel to engage physicians and advance shared savings
Only a minority of the ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program are meeting quality performance standards and generating savings above the minimum rate, according to Faron Thompson, chief operating...
View ArticleCMS, VA partner to combat medical fraud and abuse
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs have partnered to share data, analytics and best practices to curtail...
View ArticleEpic Systems lands Best in KLAS award 8th year in a row
Epic, Optimum Healthcare IT and ECG Management Consultants received Overall Best in KLAS awards in the firm’s new Software & Services report released today. Epic took the top Overall Software...
View ArticleParkland Center sets AI to work on predicting risk
Early detection of physiologic deterioration in order to reduce in-hospital mortality and prevent unplanned transfers to the intensive care unit is a patient safety goal. The use of non-automated early...
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UConn Health Streamlines Care Team Communication in a New Outpatient Pavilion...
Sponsor: VoaltePrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: InteroperabilityQuality and SafetyResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleYale New Haven Hospital taps Epic to boost care, patient safety
Yale New Haven Hospital, a 1541-bed organization that is part of Yale New Haven Health System, has created a Capacity Command Center to connect real-time data analytics with key services.The CCC was...
View ArticleCHIME launches Opioid Task Force, in memory of CIO's son
The opioid epidemic is taking 115 lives each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, impacting thousands of families from all corners of the United States.Ed Kopetsky, chief...
View ArticleJoining opioid fight, North Carolina signs on to PDMP data sharing collective
North Carolina has joined the PMP InterConnect compact, an interstate group that fosters prescription drug data sharing across state lines.With the addition of North Carolina, 46 states now are part of...
View ArticleTips to make eCQM reporting smoother when managing multiple EHRs
Reporting electronic clinical quality measures is difficult, and even more for the many hospitals running multiple EHRs, but there are steps hospitals can take to ease the burden. Among the hardest...
View ArticleCare coordination software merges physical and mental healthcare
Caregivers cannot treat the body and not the head, or vice versa. The result is a devastating "mortality gap" seen today, where people with severe mental illnesses die decades younger than the general...
View ArticleNCQA approved as ONC-Authorized Testing Lab
The National Committee for Quality Assurance's eMeasure testing laboratory has been approved by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to be the newest ONC-Authorized Testing Lab for the...
View ArticleTrump's economic report knocks meaningful use, ACA
The Economic Report of the President released by the White House on Feb. 21 contends that meaningful use and quality metrics reporting overly burdened small, independent practices.Solo physicians and...
View ArticleClinical decision support takes to the cloud
The era of value-based care demands the smart use of clinical decision support. With quality improvement now an imperative, CDS is crucial to help health systems move the needle on more effective care...
View ArticleBoston Children's joins research network to gain access to patient data
Boston Children's Hospital has joined the TriNetX global health research network to enhance its efforts to bring a more data-driven approach to clinical research.A trend in healthcare is for...
View Article3M, Verily, to unveil performance matrix at HIMSS18
Last year at HIMSS17, 3M Health Information Systems and Verily announced their expanded partnership in building a performance matrix.This year at HIMSS18, 3M and Verily will unveil the results of the...
View ArticleVA partners with DeepMind to identify risks during hospital stays
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a research partnership with Alphabet subsidiary DeepMind that will tackle issues concerning patient deterioration during hospital care.Using a dataset...
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Pursuing patient safety: A nurse executive offers her passion and perspective
The survey shows that pharmacists and nurses are most outspoken when it comes to medication administration. Why is this so?Pharmacists and nurses are the most outspoken because they are ultimately...
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