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UnityPoint Health pins hopes on interoperable digital health platform for patients

Healthcare It News

Digital transformation also is essential in making an impact on quality improvement and cost containment goals associated with value-based care initiatives." So UnityPoint Health hooked up with health IT vendor b.well Connected Health. " PROPOSAL.

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Success Story: WellSpan’s Health Equity Accreditation Experience

NCQA

Pursuing NCQA Health Equity Accreditation was a natural progression for WellSpan57 of its medical practices have earned Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition, and its Population Health services have earned Case Management and Utilization Management Accreditation. Data Collection.

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The cornerstone of continuous, integrated, and value-based healthcare

Cloud Blogs

Ultimately, CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) aim to improve information access in hopes of facilitating more holistic healthcare, improved quality of care, and better support for broader federal and regional public health initiatives such as disease surveillance and health equity.

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The cornerstone of continuous, integrated, and value-based healthcare

Cloud Blogs

Ultimately, CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) aim to improve information access in hopes of facilitating more holistic healthcare, improved quality of care, and better support for broader federal and regional public health initiatives such as disease surveillance and health equity.

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3 Focus Areas to Improve Behavioral Health

NCQA

The expansion of services and provider types in behavioral health creates a need for quality standards and quality improvement. Costs Costs of behavioral health care continue to rise. Historically, behavioral health has been structured and funded separately from other health services.

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State Community Health Worker Models

NASHP

. §7022), in existence for over fifteen years, is a statewide network of NCQA certified Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) which are supported by regional program managers, quality improvement managers, self-management program coordinators, and a regional Community Health Team (CHT).

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COVID-19 Lessons: A Path to a Better Health Care System

Accountable Care Doctors

“Doing more procedures is not the answer to quality care — it is building a system and a culture that puts the resources of the entire team at play in the correct way.”. Patient information gleaned from telephonic or video visits should be counted for quality measures and for computing payment for at-risk contracts, the CAPP leaders say.