Author: trident500
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10 Criteria For Mobile Carts That Meet Nursing, IT, And C-Level Needs
The mobile computer cart landscape for addressing EMR, CPOE, and BMV requirements is immense, so having a comprehensive checklist is vital for choosing the best product to carry out your care giving, technical support, and ROI goals.
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Embedded Case Management in the Primary Care Practice: Program Design and Results
Workflow rehearsals of key practice protocols ensure that the entire care team — including the embedded case manager — is prepared in advance, notes Robert Fortini, vice president and chief clinical officer at Bon Secours Health System. Fortini describes two workflows “rehearsed” by Bon Secours care teams, details the embedded case manager’s contribution to medication…
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Healthcare Performance Improvement: Exceeding Core Measure Targets for Value-Based Reimbursement
The establishment of good core measure performance is good patient care, emphasizes Dr. Steve Berkowitz, president of SMB Consulting and former chief medical officer at St. David’s HealthCare, which boasts a mortality index and CMS core measure ratings that are among the best in the nation. Dr. Berkowitz shares his formula for achieving 100 percent…
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Reducing Avoidable ER Visits by Medicaid Patients Through Quality-Based Interventions
An Ohio collaborative of Medicaid plans is using a rapid cycle quality improvement approach to reduce avoidable ER visits by its Medicaid beneficiaries. One of the five regions targeted by the collaborative is Toledo, Ohio — known for having the highest emergency department utilization in the nation. Mina Chang, Ph.D., of the Bureau of Health…
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Old and New: Influencing Health Policy Debates
With a federal election in full swing and several provincial elections just around the corner, it seems appropriate that this issue of Healthcare Policy/Politiques de Santé features a retrospective analysis of the approaches through which political science has studied medicare over the last six decades.
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Leveraging Population Health Management To Meet Accountable Care Organization Efficiency Metrics
As one of 10 participants in the CMS Physician Group Practice Demonstration, Dartmouth-Hitchcock has developed a competency in population health management that is being deployed in current and planned ACO pilots. Dr. Barbara Walters, Dartmouth-Hitchco…
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Reducing Readmissions Through Multi-Disciplinary Post-Discharge Support
To achieve the lowest rates of readmissions in its history, HealthCare Partners Medical Group of California first identifies patients at high risk for readmission. HealthCare Partners corporate medical director Dr. Stuart Levine describes HCP’s four key strategies to risk-rank patients and suggests proactive measures to limit the number of individuals who are rehospitalized. Dr. Levine…
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Patient Registries: A Cornerstone in Creating and Delivering Accountable Care
Whether extracted from an EHR or compiled with a spreadsheet program, there’s nothing magical about a registry, explains Dr. Gregory Spencer, chief medical officer for Crystal Run Healthcare. Dr. Spencer demystifies the registry, describes how to lever…
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Patient Registries A Cornerstone in Creating and Delivering Accountable Care
Whether extracted from an EHR or compiled with a spreadsheet program, there’s nothing magical about a registry, explains Dr. Gregory Spencer, chief medical officer for Crystal Run Healthcare. Dr. Spencer demystifies the registry, describes how to
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Analyzing CMS’s Medicare Shared Savings Final Rule: Implementation Advice for ACOs
To avoid missing other opportunities inherent in the ACO model, payors and providers shouldn’t get hung up waiting for CMS’s rule for Medicare accountable care organizations, advises Greg Mertz, senior project director with the Healthcare Strategy Grou…