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

HIT Consultant

Quality improvement initiatives that expand data collection will ultimately equip health systems with valuable monthly and quarterly patient insights for more informed decision-making. The future of healthcare innovation relies on the positioning of patients as contributing partners in their own continuum of care. Conclusion.

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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). Hailing from the US, he is recognised as a leading authority on healthcare quality and improvement.

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Value-Based Care Needs to Measure What Matters to Patients         

NCQA

By Brett Kay, Director, Healthcare Quality Strategy, Strategic Customer Group, J&J Innovative Medicine Although there are many ways to measure the quality of care patients receive, not many focus on what patients want and need from the healthcare system, beyond a clinical outcome.

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Did President Biden backtrack on his pledge for increased public access to Medicare data?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

The unavailability of physical data from Medicare and Medicaid through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services jeopardizes the accountability of the entire healthcare system in the US through research that needs to be rigorous, reproducible, and conducted with academic freedom.

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Delivering Patient-Centered Care Means Decluttering the Digital Health Landscape

HIT Consultant

On the surface, the blossoming of the digital ecosystem is a tremendous step forward in the use of technology to address gaps in traditional healthcare. However, “an app for everything” mentality has significant downsides, namely a complex and disjointed patient experience – and arguably, does not result in better quality of care.

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NCQA Responds to ONC USCDI+ Behavioral Health Draft Dataset

NCQA

Ease of data exchange to enhance behavioral healthcare quality and reporting. NCQA’s comment on the pivotal ONC USCDI+ Behavioral Health draft dataset was supportive and offered actionable feedback to improve: Data element completeness and specificity. Data interoperability. What is the USDCI+ Behavioral Health dataset?

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Reimagine a new era of healthcare at Microsoft Ignite 2021 and beyond

Cloud Blogs

Kepro makes quality of care and medical necessity decisions to ensure patients receive the right care they need, as they need it, and in the location of their choosing. Kepro has improved both the speed, efficiency, and quality of its healthcare reviews.