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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).

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New AMA blueprint seeks to tap the full potential of digital health

Healthcare It News

The American Medical Association's had offered a blueprint as a call to action to address the divide between the unprecedented levels of digital health funding, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions – and their underwhelming impact, thus far, on healthcare quality improvement. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Medicus IT Acquires Health IT Consulting Firm BlueNovo

HIT Consultant

By combining their expertise and resources, both companies can work towards improving healthcare quality and accessibility for underserved communities nationwide.

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

HIT Consultant

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

HIT Consultant

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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Innovaccer Launches Quality Management Solution for Health Plans

HIT Consultant

. – The comprehensive platform empowers health plans to streamline workflows, improve member health outcomes, and achieve higher quality ratings. Addressing Challenges in Healthcare Quality Management Health plans have long grappled with managing quality and reporting requirements effectively.

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Newsletter, February 2024

Patient Safety Movement

So as well as needing the knowledge of Quality Improvement we also need the consequent skills of understanding implementation science and as important as ever, the intricacies of ergonomics and human factors and the science of behaviour when under stress.