Navigating government affairs in healthcare: Driving quality improvements
Health Care Dive
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
In healthcare, serving people is the real Job 1. But we can only do that job effectively through a relentless focus on quality.
In 2025, look for more digital-first patient engagement and data-driven decisions
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 3, 2025
Likewise, data-driven decision-making is a phrase that's been tossed around quite a bit in healthcare, but in many cases it's a dream that's yet to become reality. Digital-first patient engagement is poised to become a defining factor in healthcare delivery by 2025. This shift is driven by several powerful forces.
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What to expect in Asia-Pacific health IT in 2025?
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 8, 2025
AI and virtual care models continued to be the craze in healthcare, owing to their clear support for improving clinician productivity and patient outcomes. Healthcare IT News sought predictions from and expectations of healthcare providers and technology vendors in APAC for health IT this 2025.
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Using innovative technology to drive quality improvement efforts
Meditech
MAY 7, 2024
Engaging in quality improvement efforts is a critical part of providing the best possible care to patients. By utilizing innovative technology and solutions, healthcare providers can streamline processes, reduce errors, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.
Removing the complexity from healthcare payments
Health Care Dive
OCTOBER 3, 2022
The healthcare industry has made significant strides in care quality improvement, but its approach to submitting and paying claims is still overly complex.
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Asan Medical Center streamlines international patient service with AI
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
HOW IT WORKS According to a media release, the newly launched web-based platform of AMC International Healthcare Center allows patients to register, share their medical records, book a pre-consultation, and receive remote treatment. WHY IT MATTERS The AMC International Healthcare Center sees around 20,000 patients from overseas each year.
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How Do Patient Call Report Services Work in the US Healthcare System?
p3care
DECEMBER 3, 2024
An Overview of the Patient Call Report Services Patient call reporting primarily refers to documenting patient details like the reason for the call, major symptoms, subsequent actions taken by healthcare providers, and the follow-up instructions given on the phone call. If there are any empty blanks, the software lets you know accordingly.
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How MetroHealth broke free of its imaging data silos
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 27, 2025
At HIMSS25, Kaelber will describe the clinical and IT collaboration that built out the processes for achieving that over several years, and Jammali will explain what it has meant for care deliquality, quality improvement and physician-patient relationship. "But this is the trend in healthcare," he adds.
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Coaching Individuals for Quality Improvement in Healthcare
Life Qi
MAY 31, 2021
As the Point of Care Quality Improvement (POCQI) Coaching Guide neatly sums up: ‘Regular coaching is important for maintaining momentum in improving quality of care.’ QI coaching usually takes place in a team environment, but coaching in a one-to-one style - or coaching individuals - can also be really effective.
Quality Improvement: Eliminating the Silo Effect in Healthcare Organizations
HIT Consultant
JULY 4, 2022
The healthcare industry has always been under pressure to find ways to provide consistently improving patient satisfaction and outcomes in the face of a rapidly changing medical and regulatory environment. Conversely, systems designed to produce collaboration can drive meaningful improvements in patient outcomes.
Which organizational factors can reduce pediatric nurse burnout?
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 12, 2023
A new study, led by health policy researchers from Rand Corporation, and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, surveyed pediatric nurses at an urban children's hospital to assess the factors that may or may not be contributing to feelings of burnout. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
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Picture this: Carle Health gains sizable rewards with enterprise imaging system
Healthcare It News
APRIL 10, 2025
"When a patient interacts with the healthcare system – for example, clinic appointment, ED visit, hospital admission, transfer and tumor conference – the appropriate image data is prefetched to the radiology and cardiology PACS. " Third, the VNA has provided a central archive without changing existing clinical workflows.
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Few therapists measure outcomes. A startup's new framework aims to change that
Fierce Healthcare
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Two-thirds of patients receiving three months of outpatient therapy will not reach remission, a new analysis of behavioral health therapy outcomes data reveals. | Practitioners can use the framework, known as the Blueprint Quality Index (BQI), to track quality improvement over time, as well as assess the effect of programmatic or infrastructure changes (..)
Strengthened Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies and Quality Improvement Activities in Nursing Homes
Briggs Healthcare
MARCH 30, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS just posted QSO-23-10-NH (4 pages) with the same title as this blog. Please review this Memorandum with your team and share it will your colleagues.
New AMA blueprint seeks to tap the full potential of digital health
Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
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. THE LARGER TREND.
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AMA, Brigham and Women's, Joint Commission target equity, quality & safety
Healthcare It News
MAY 20, 2022
health systems approach their quality improvement and patient safety practices with health equity top of mind. The goal of the Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety Peer Network – which offers a year-long mentorship and networking program – is to improve health outcomes for historically marginalized populations.
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Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit
Briggs Healthcare
JANUARY 11, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. IHI’s Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit includes the tools and templates you need to launch a successful quality improvement project and manage performance improvement. Then open and use that version of the tool.
UnityPoint Health pins hopes on interoperable digital health platform for patients
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 15, 2021
It comes as a surprise to no one that healthcare's digital landscape is fragmented and siloed with numerous point solutions. Digital transformation also is essential in making an impact on quality improvement and cost containment goals associated with value-based care initiatives." THE PROBLEM. " PROPOSAL.
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Allina Health spinoff to help health systems build hospital-at-home programs
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The new company will be led by CEO Dave Kerwar, who has previously served as chief product officer at Mount Sinai Health System, where he developed IT-driven direct-to-consumer, direct-to-employer and population health programs focused on quality improvement and cost efficiencies. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.
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Qualified Health Launches with $30M to Develop the Infrastructure for GenAI in Healthcare
HIT Consultant
JANUARY 10, 2025
What You Should Know: – Qualified Health today announced its launch with $30 million in seed funding to develop the infrastructure for generative AI in healthcare. The companys platform empowers healthcare organizations to unlock the transformative potential of AI while prioritizing reliability, transparency, and safety.
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Enhancing Quality Improvement Adoption in US Nursing Homes
Briggs Healthcare
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and illuminated quality failings in nursing homes, persistent equity issues, and the system- and policy-level factors that contribute to their endurance.
City of Hope advances cancer care with hybrid telehealth and in-person visits
Healthcare It News
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
In doing so, its work with telemedicine technology and services vendor Amwell helped the healthcare provider organization reimagine the delivery of oncology services. Healthcare IT News published a special report listing these vendors and details about their offerings. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.
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How to Write a Quality Improvement Project
Patient Safety
MARCH 17, 2022
It is not uncommon for those involved in hospital- or healthcare organization–based quality improvement (QI) initiatives to implement a robust QI project, present the results within the organization, celebrate wins, and quickly move on to the next project that demands attention. The following framework is based on the SQUIRE 2.0
How health IT's leading innovators are using AI now, and where they see it going
Healthcare It News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
But they're also gaining big benefits in quality improvement, cost efficiency, and more. By Andrea Fox | August 29, 2023 News HCA working with Google Cloud on clinical generative AI The healthcare giant will expand its work with Google to help automate workflows and streamline. The process.
Patient generated data can be a key factor in reducing health inequity
Healthcare It News
APRIL 20, 2022
healthcare. Patients are an essential source of outcome data, yet patient-generated data is still rarely included in quality measures, capitated care contracts or reimbursement decisions. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Twitter: @kjercich.
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How a Korean hospital has held its EMRAM Stage 7 validation for over a decade
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
" Dr Rohini Omkar Prasad, Digital Heath Strategist, HIMSS Junghan Song, president and CEO of SNUBH, says the pursuit of the EMRAM validation signals the hospital’s dedication to quality improvement, enhancing safety, and providing efficient healthcare while adhering to international standards. ±12.4 ±11.0
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How extending virtual options can drive value-based care
Healthcare It News
MARCH 26, 2024
As a region, Australia/New Zealand pushes towards building a digitally-enabled healthcare system. "As the lead for the Lung Tumour Stream, I regularly reviewed the findings from the Victorian Lung Cancer Registry report, which showed that we were performing well compared to other healthcare providers.
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Beterra Client Leadership Series: Dr. Jessica Gilmore, PharmD, MPH
Beterra
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Advancing Quality and Safety in Rural Healthcare: A Leader’s Journey In the evolving healthcare landscape, leaders like Dr. Jessica Gilmore are not just keeping pace with changethey are driving it. Jessicas unwavering commitment to excellence has set new standards for quality and safety in rural healthcare.
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Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 12, 2025
Health technology company Innovaccer launched a new platform that seeks to make it easier for insurers to manage risk adjustment and quality improvements.
MarinHealth to roll out UCSF-tailored version of Epic EHR
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 11, 2022
The APeX platform is designed to streamline operational and clinical workflows to achieve the boost care quality, improve patient experience and reduce administrative burdens. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. " Twitter: @MikeMiliardHITN. Email the writer: mike.miliard@himssmedia.com. Enterprise Taxonomy:
Use of PDSAs in healthcare
Life Qi
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Why use PDSAs in healthcare? In this article we are going to take a look at why the ‘Plan-Do-Study-Act’ or PDSA cycle is so widely used within healthcare organisations. We’re going to delve into the benefits – and any disadvantages – of using PDSAs in healthcare and how you can use them to drive Quality Improvement.
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For 2023, patient experience, 'smarter' analytics and data-driven medicine
Healthcare It News
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Matthew Gitelis, CEO of PatientIQ, a health IT company deriving insights from patient-reported outcomes data, has some thoughts about healthcare information technology in 2023. And he added that healthcare organizations need to embrace the move to data-driven medicine. Healthcare organizations have their work cut out for them.
NZ-based Mercy Hospital adopts Rauland's bedside terminal platform
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
"The Concierge Patient Engagement platform was developed to meet the needs of the healthcare sector…The solution represents a step-change from the features provided by the more traditional in-room television," Jason Silby, the hospital's ICT manager, also commented.
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Personify Care's digital patient pathway project to go SA-wide
Healthcare It News
MARCH 29, 2023
" Following the initial trial, Personify Care's digital patient pathways have been deployed for various use cases across the network.
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MACRA MIPS – What it Means for Physicians?
p3care
DECEMBER 10, 2020
MIPS program has four categories that cater to meaningful quality healthcare services. Improvement Activities (IA). The quality category replaced the PQRS (Physician Quality Reporting System) and reflects the efforts to improve the quality of care. MIPS Full Form in Healthcare.
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IA: 2022 Civil Money Penalty Quality Improvement Initiative (CMPQII) Grant
Briggs Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2022
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) permits states to direct collected civil money penalty funds for quality improvement projects that enhance the quality of care and the quality of life for NF residents. academic institutions.
The cornerstone of continuous, integrated, and value-based healthcare
Cloud Blogs
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Healthcare stakeholders are moving away from fee-for-service and towards value-based models to meet the demands of aging and millennial populations while also meeting an ambitious national healthcare agenda. These shifting priorities have catalyzed the desire to track patient outcomes and cost-savings for improved quality of care.
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Addressing 'techquity' at Children's National Hospital
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 1, 2024
The proposal also included a robust quality improvement framework, incorporating patient-reported outcomes, geo-mapping, health outcomes data and e-surveys. "It's essential to recognize the specific barriers that low-income and underserved populations face in accessing healthcare.
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Creating a Culture of Quality: Strategies for Hospital Leaders
Readiness Rounds
JANUARY 27, 2025
Creating a Culture of Quality: Strategies for Hospital Leaders Quality improvement in hospitals is more than a goalits a commitment that requires an organization-wide cultural shift. A culture of quality doesnt emerge overnight, nor is it the result of a single initiative. Their firsthand experience is invaluable.
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A Practical Approach to CMS 2025 Age-Friendly Measures
Readiness Rounds
DECEMBER 4, 2024
How Can We Improve Quality and Patient Outcomes? What Are the Steps for Integration into Quality Improvement? How Can We Improve Data Management and Staff Training? These benchmarks serve as targets for the continuous enhancement of care quality. What Changes Are Needed in Data Collection and Reporting?
North Queensland GPs get access to Inca's care planning platform
Healthcare It News
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
WHY IT MATTERS The INCA rollout is part of NQPHN's First Nations Continuous Quality Improvement programme, which seeks to improve the access to culturally safe health assessments for First Nations people.
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UConn Health squares away CMS audit trail and more with digital health platform
Healthcare It News
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Musculoskeletal care is a critical service line in healthcare. Quality of life changes dramatically with the compounding effects on mental health; comorbidities like cardiovascular disease, diabetes or obesity; the ability to work; and financial security. healthcare system. More than 50% of the adult population in the U.S.
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What Football Teaches Us About Fragmentation
NCQA
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Quality improvement may not get as much attention as football, but its also a team sport. How Digital Transformation Can Help The transition to digital quality measurement can make it easier to achieve our goals by enabling interoperability and data sharingincluding clinical dataacross the industry.
Coaching Improvement Project Teams in Healthcare
Life Qi
JUNE 10, 2021
Coaching improvement project teams can be a really rewarding process. In your role as a Quality Improvement (QI) coach you can help spread the QI message across your organisation and enable your teams to create transformational change.
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