The Modern Healthcare Payer: New Approaches for Today’s Unique Challenges
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View ArticleHealthcare industry reacts to sweeping MACRA proposal, with its big changes...
Accountable CareElectronic Health RecordsMeaningful UsePolicy and LegislationQuality and SafetyThe new rule offers docs wider latitude for technology use and reduced reporting, focuses on core values...
View ArticleUCSF Professor, researcher Andrew Bindman to head AHRQ
Policy and LegislationQuality and Safety'He brings that rare combination of being evidence-driven, with a lot of heart,' says colleague.Bernie MonegainAndrew Bindman, MD, will take the helm at the U.S....
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Running list: 2016 notable hires, promotions in health IT
Topic: Government & PolicyNetwork InfrastructurePopulation HealthQuality and SafetyWomen In Health ITWorkforceAuthor: Bernie MonegainSlideshow Image:...
View ArticleHospital discharge: One of the most dangerous transitions for patients
Accountable CareClinicalPatient EngagementQuality and SafetyThe sheer number and variety of providers that patients see after leaving a hospital make medical mistakes and poor transitions in care all...
View ArticleNew Mexico's Project ECHO put forth as national telehealth model for rural care
Government & PolicyQuality and SafetyTelehealthNew Senate legislation calls for a closer look at the initiative, launched in 2003 with AHRQ backing.Bernie MonegainProject ECHO, a health IT pilot...
View ArticleData breaches and malware continue to plague healthcare
Topic: Compliance & LegalData WarehousingNetwork InfrastructurePrivacy & SecurityQuality and SafetyAuthor: Jessica DavisSlideshow Image:...
View ArticlePCORI puts $44 million toward cancer, PTSD, care disparities research
ClinicalPatient EngagementQuality and SafetyThe funding will span more than 20 projects to address several of healthcare’s biggest burdens, according to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research...
View ArticleGoogle donates $250,000 for technology to aid Flint water crisis recovery
AnalyticsPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyA portion of the donation will support the creation of a data platform to help leaders with decision making and get better information to citizens.Jessica...
View ArticleCMS releases Quality Measure Development Plan in support of MACRA
Government & PolicyPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyThe new plan provides the foundation for implementing measures to support MACRA's quality payment programs.Susan MorseAs physicians study the...
View ArticleMcKesson, Blues of Arizona launch ACO Partner, a national value-based...
Accountable CareConnected HealthPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyOfferings include strategic management, analytics, physician engagement, network development, care coordination.Susan MorseMcKesson...
View ArticleMedicare pays bonuses to 231 hospitals with lower quality because of cheaper...
ClinicalGovernment & PolicyQuality and SafetyThe hospitals had below average scores on quality measures, but they cost Medicare lessKaiser Health NewsThe federal government paid bonuses to 231...
View ArticleUCSF Women's National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health celebrates 20 years
Quality and SafetyWomen In Health ITBernie MonegainAs the country celebrates National Women’s Heath Week this week, women at the University of California, San Francisco’s National Center of Excellence...
View ArticleLeapfrog: Hospitals still falling short on maternity care
ClinicalDecision SupportQuality and SafetyWomen In Health ITStill too many C-sections, too many episiotomiesJeff LagasseNew findings from hospital watchdog the Leapfrog Group shows many hospitals...
View ArticleHow do struggling hospitals recover from a very public 'F' grade on patient...
ClinicalQuality and SafetyIt's not easy, but accountability and transparency is a good beginning.Beth Jones SanbornWhen Leapfrog released its Spring 2016 patient safety grades recently, 15 hospitals...
View ArticleZooming in on millennials
ClinicalFinancial/Revenue Cycle ManagementPatient EngagementQuality and SafetyZoom is trying to buck the traditional healthcare system by offering what it bills as convenient, affordable care in a hip...
View ArticleSlavitt: It's time to release data, change incentives and create 'core'...
AnalyticsClinicalEHRsGovernment & PolicyMeaningful UseNetwork InfrastructureQuality and SafetyAt Health Datapalooza 2016, the CMS acting administrator said it’s time to do away with data siloes and...
View ArticleAHA tells CMS chief Slavitt how MACRA will impact docs, hospitals
AnalyticsCompliance & LegalElectronic Health RecordsMeaningful UseNetwork InfrastructureQuality and SafetyThere's significant concern, especially about how it might affect small physician...
View ArticleCMS touts early results from its Health Care Innovation Awards
Accountable CareGovernment & PolicyPatient EngagementPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyEarly signs of progress on cost, hospitalizations, readmissions, emergency room visits and more.Mike...
View ArticleFix for VA Health snarls veterans and doctors in new bureaucracy
Accountable CareClinicalGovernment & PolicyQuality and SafetyThere are 70,000 more vets waiting at least a month for an appointment than there were at this time last year.Kaiser Health NewsVeterans...
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