Author: trident500
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Geisinger Reduces All-Cause 30-Day Readmission Rates Through Remote Monitoring Program
Geisinger Health Plan reduced the relative risk of all-cause 30-day readmissions by 44 percent compared to a matched control group using an interactive voice response (IVR) system developed by AMC Health. The IVR system targeted patients who were at high risk for readmissions following a hospital discharge. Care managers identified those complex patients that were…
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RidicuList: Quest for ‘sexy veggies’
CNN’s Anderson Cooper riffs on a staple of Courtney Stodden’s grocery list, “sexy veggies.”
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Kim Kardashian for mayor?
Soledad O’Brien discusses Kim Kardashian’s comments about running for Mayor in Glendale, California.
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Second Annual Benchmarks in Reducing Avoidable ER Use: Pain Management Driving ‘Ultra Utilizers’
The use of nurse-only health advice lines to reduce avoidable ER visits is up 10 percent over 2010 levels, according to HIN’s second annual survey on reducing avoidable emergency room use. In this podcast, Melanie Matthews shares key metrics from the 2011 survey, including program availability, health advice line use, new benchmarks on contributions from…
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Healthcare Analytics: How Healthy is your County?
Link: 2012 County Health Rankings Highlight Healthiest, Least Healthy Counties in Every State More than 3,000 counties and the District of Columbia can compare how healthy their residents are and how long they live with the 2012 County Health Rankings. The Rankings are an annual check-up that highlights the healthiest and least healthy counties in every state, based…
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Physician Pay for Performance: Refining the Bonus Structure to Meet Market Realities
In its 15-year existence, Highmark’s Quality Blue physician pay for performance program has evolved from one strictly based on clinical measures to a payment model shaped by practices’ needs, explains Julie Hobson, Highmark’s manager of provider engagement, performance and partnership. Hobson describes how feedback from physicians resulted in its Best Practice quality improvement project, what…
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Leveraging Case Management Tools and Technology to Improve Outcomes
With more than 100 case managers working in seven regional offices, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) embraces any tools that can elevate care delivery and efficiency and reduce paperwork. Karen Black, RN, HIPAAP, HIA, Arkansas BCBS quality improvement coordinator, describes how an early interest in computers helped to drive development of two Web-based tools…
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Health Coaching Trends for 2012
While telephonic sessions were the primary vehicle for health coaching in the last five years, Internet-based face-to-face coaching incorporating motivational interviewing techniques is one of the directions the industry will be taking going forward, says Melinda Huffman, partner in Miller and Huffman Outcome Architects, co-founder of the National Society of Health Coaches, and a cardiovascular…
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Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer for the U.S.
… A new article is posted at Healthcare Technology News. Source: Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer for the U.S.
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Gratitude for the Day
Recently I began a new journey of healthcare innovation with a hospice and home health EMR vendor, Suncoast Solutions.