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? Mentation: Preventing, identifying, treating, and managing cognitive impairments, including dementia, depression, and delirium.

Quality Improvement 52

Quality Improvement Physical Therapy Integration Hospitals 52

NCQA

MARCH 4, 2025

On January 28, NCQA convened a panel of expertsprimary care clinicians, nephrologists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, pharmacists, patient representativesto discuss ways to drive improvement in the quality of care for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Recommend solutions for closing quality gaps and improving CKD outcomes.

Quality of Care 52

Quality of Care Prevention Population Health Quality Improvement 52

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This approach aimed to reduce the physical and financial barriers previously preventing these families from receiving consistent, high-quality care. The proposal also included a robust quality improvement framework, incorporating patient-reported outcomes, geo-mapping, health outcomes data and e-surveys.

Hospitals 234

Hospitals Telemedicine Quality Improvement Healthcare 234

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Such early intervention prevents potential complications from escalating and avoids unnecessary ED visits and readmissions, while helping patients feel reassured and confident in the care they receive, Moss said. Care teams are alerted immediately and can intervene quickly when a patient is concerned or isn’t progressing as expected.

Digital Care 306

Digital Care Physical Therapy Patient Experience Remote Care 306

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.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Performance improvement Quality Improvement Patient Safety 52

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

By providing parents or guardians with a centralized platform to collect their child's health records from point to point in healthcare, we can prevent missed days of work and reduce the burden on front office staff, who often receive panicked calls and must accommodate last-minute appointments to get paperwork signed.

Primary Care 302

Primary Care Health Data Hospitals Doctors 302

NCQA

JANUARY 27, 2025

Performing a Gap Analysis Although WellSpan had a long history with health equity and quality improvement, a gap analysis identified key areas for improvement. Breast cancer screening rates for people of color improved by 6.31% from MY 2022 to MY 2023, preventing an estimated 15 breast cancer deaths and adding 215 years of life.

Patient Experience 59

Patient Experience Population Health Prevention Process improvement 59

HIT Consultant

MARCH 6, 2025

Proactive Patient Engagement : Systems that send automated reminders for appointments, preventive screenings, and medication refills help patients stay on track with their care plans.

Patient Experience 52

Patient Experience Quality Improvement Healthcare Providers Accountability 52

Home Health Care

JANUARY 22, 2025

The expanded HHVBP model seeks to enhance the quality and efficiency of home health care across the nation, improving patients’ experiences with their care through better support of physical function and addressing health issues to prevent ED visits, a CMS spokesperson told Home Health Care News.

Medicare 77

Medicare Hospitals Quality of Care Nursing 77

p3care

MAY 2, 2022

There are four categories in this category of QPP reporting , which are: Quality. Improvements Activities. Preventive Care and Early Detection: Immunization against Influenza. Preventive Care and Early Detection: Checking for Tobacco Use and Intervention for Ceasing. Categories. Promoting Interoperability.

Nursing 130

Nursing Prevention Quality Improvement Regulations 130

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Hospitals and health systems have long understood the need to reduce preventable hypoglycemia, yet despite a renewed sense of urgency, many of them lack comprehensive glycemic management measures that can drive success.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals Patient Safety Quality Improvement Prevention 98

Patient Safety

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The purpose of this evidence-based quality improvement project was to implement routine screening for delirium with a consistent instrument and adopt an interprofessional plan of care for delirium. Methods: This project was identified as an interprofessional improvement initiative.

Hospitals 83

Hospitals Quality Improvement Prevention Integration 83

HIT Consultant

MAY 15, 2024

. – The deployment of Regard’s AI-powered clinical automation platform aims to enhance documentation quality, reduce physician burden, and ultimately, improve patient care. A Focus on Quality Improvement Through Technology WakeMed is actively driving system-wide efforts to improve patient care through better documentation.

Care Transition 97

Care Transition Quality Improvement Integration Hospitals 97

NASHP

JANUARY 13, 2025

Vermonts Title V program also conducts evaluation and quality improvement activities, including an annual family survey. Ongoing challenges related to rural locations and staffing have prevented the program from achieving a fully statewide presence. Additionally, Title V staff help connect families to resources outside the PPCP.

Medicaid 81

Medicaid Nursing Quality Improvement Doctors 81

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Elissa Toder, MBA, VP of Quality Improvement Strategy & Solutions at Reveleer In the ongoing transition to value-based care (VBC), provider contracting poses challenges for health plans and providers. If the provider successfully delivers care and prevents complications or errors, they keep a portion of the savings.

Quality Improvement 105

Quality Improvement Data Acquisition Medicaid Performance improvement 105

HIT Consultant

JULY 24, 2022

It’s time to shine some light on PAD and start taking coordinated, proactive action to prevent this condition from advancing in people with diabetes. Through a combination of policy, education, and technology, we can start to turn the tide on PAD and improve health outcomes for vulnerable communities.

Prevention 98

Prevention Medicaid Medicare Quality Improvement 98

HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2024

Intermountain Health brings its expertise in clinical quality improvement, patient-centered care, and healthcare delivery. Focus on Preventing Hospitalizations Intermountain Health’s primary goal for this partnership is to improve patient health outcomes by preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.

Primary Care 72

Primary Care Quality Improvement Prevention Hospitals 72

GoMoHealth

OCTOBER 20, 2022

By Nakecia Taffa, Quality Improvement and Health Equity Director for GoMo Health. As the Quality Improvement and Health Equity Director for GoMo Health, I’ve been able to leverage my knowledge and experience to create visual frameworks and strategic workflows to educate, activate and scale the ability to close gaps in care.

Quality Improvement 88

Quality Improvement Medicaid Medicare Population Health 88

Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

Identify your VBP fixes With the new Interim Performance Reports (IPR) out as of the last week of July, providers have a much better look into where exactly they need to make improvements to shore up performance under VBP. Striving to create a culture of quality is an important goal for home health organizations.

Medicare 98

Medicare Performance improvement Quality Assurance Quality Improvement 98

Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 17, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC has updated the Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Tool for General Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Across Settings to include Module 11 – Water Exposure. It appears that this Module was added June 27, 2023. by addressing identified gaps).

Prevention 40

Prevention Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Healthcare 40

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Well-integrated data benefits the entire care journey, from care access and delivery to coding, billing and payment to ongoing quality improvement. Data feeds ongoing quality improvement Having access to a wealth of integrated data for analytics supports ongoing quality improvement as well as research.

Integration 98

Integration Quality Improvement Medical Technology Healthcare 98

NASHP

JANUARY 10, 2022

As a result, vaccination coverage rates plummeted, leaving many children vulnerable to preventable diseases. Additionally, vaccination requirements for school entry can be very effective at driving vaccination rates and protecting students, staff, and communities from vaccine-preventable diseases. percent and 71.3

Prevention 97

Prevention Medicaid Quality Improvement Hospitals 97

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

VBC also focuses on preventative care, not just treatment after discovering an illness. Preventative care nips health issues in the bud before they become chronic conditions, leading to an overall healthier population that seeks less treatment in the long term.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Prevention Quality Improvement Quality of Care 98

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Current barriers to patient access and quality improvement. Innovative care only begins when patient engagement meets quality improvement. Healthcare providers can prioritize triaging issues early, providing patients with continuous preventative care that supports them in avoiding costly trips to the emergency room.

Healthcare Quality 98

Healthcare Quality Healthcare Quality Improvement Healthcare Innovation 98

NCQA

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

CVD: What Quality Advocates Should Know Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US. There are evidence-based treatment and prevention strategies for ASCVD. Four overall strategies are presented: patient-centered care, care coordination, quality improvement, and awareness campaigns.

Pharmaceuticals 80

Pharmaceuticals Quality Improvement Doctors Prevention 80

HIT Consultant

JUNE 3, 2024

For this scattered data to improve patient outcomes, it must be readily accessible to care teams. Without a clear view of patient data, it is very difficult to accurately assess patient complexity, track external care, and ensure the completion of preventative services–all crucial to delivering value-based care.

Quality Improvement 98

Quality Improvement Population Health Prevention Healthcare 98

p3care

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It replaced three pre-existing quality-reporting programs (PQRS, VBM, and MU) and made a single system with categories, based on which a score is determined called the MIPS composite or final score. Improvements Activities (IA). Categories. There are four categories in the MIPS program, which are. Promoting Interoperability (PI).

Urgent Care 130

Urgent Care Healthcare Providers Medicare Quality Improvement 130

p3care

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It replaced three pre-existing quality-reporting programs (PQRS, VBM, and MU) and made a single system with categories, based on which a score is determined called the MIPS composite or final score. Improvements Activities (IA). Categories. There are four categories in the MIPS program, which are. Promoting Interoperability (PI).

Urgent Care 130

Urgent Care Healthcare Providers Medicare Quality Improvement 130

Bill Of Health

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

People should appreciate that public health is responsible for inspecting restaurants and investigating food outbreaks, monitoring air and water quality, improving workplace safety, planning healthy cities, providing preventive care, among other things ; all of this improves our collective quality of life.

Prevention 89

Prevention Quality Improvement Hospitals 89

Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Inaccessible and incomplete patient data creates insurmountable challenges to coordination, financial-risk arrangements, and effective preventative care. Heightened cybersecurity threats. Regulatory compliance. Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare was built with the understanding that interoperability is the cornerstone of VBC.

Integration 133

Integration Healthcare Quality of Care Regulations 133

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 2, 2024

Reduced infant medical record loss: Accurate and timely data collection prevents record loss and facilitates long-term care. Data-driven quality improvement: Comprehensive data enables healthcare organizations to identify trends and implement targeted interventions.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Quality Improvement Prevention Healthcare Providers 52

NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. USPSTF United States Preventative Services Task Force. CHWs in Connecticut receive grant funding through FQHCs, community-based organizations, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Medicaid 122

Medicaid Primary Care Prevention Nursing 122

NCQA

OCTOBER 4, 2024

By knowing about these exclusions upfront, we can prevent some of these situations from happening.” Digital quality measurement can reduce member abrasion by providing timely and accurate data. As Jacobson explains, “Imagine, for example, a health care organization calling a mother about care for a baby, and the baby has not come home.

Quality Improvement 52

Quality Improvement Prevention 52

Briggs Healthcare

JANUARY 9, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS QI Voices: Improving COVID-19 Outcomes in Nursing Homes Across America is an audio series that gives you a closer look at the projects and the people who are improving health care quality and outcomes. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) experts.

Nursing 52

Nursing Prevention Medicaid Medicare 52

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

But letting a virulent public health crisis manage the downturn in American health spending is hardly an optimal hands-on, strategic approach to improving a nation’s health system, let alone a vision to drive health equity, quality improvement and sustainability for patients and care providers.

Primary Care 71

Primary Care Prevention Hospitals Quality Improvement 71

Patient Safety

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The mission of this publication is to inform and advise clinicians, administrators, and patients on preventing harm and improving safety, by providing evidence-based, original research; editorials addressing current and sometimes controversial topics; and analyses from one of the world’s largest adverse event reporting databases.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Quality Improvement Prevention Healthcare 52

Patient Safety

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The mission of this publication is to inform and advise clinicians, administrators, and patients on preventing harm and improving safety, by providing evidence-based, original research; editorials addressing current and sometimes controversial topics; and analyses from one of the world’s largest adverse event reporting databases.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Quality Improvement Prevention Healthcare 52