Quality and Safety
Clinicians and program managers from two Beacon Communities and the ONC share lessons learned about patient engagement at the HIMSS Government Health IT Conference earlier this week.
As employers and individuals seek ways to squeeze more value out of their healthcare dollars, their demand for solid pricing and quality data is growing. Bob Kocher, a partner at venture capital firm Venrock and a former special assistant to the president for healthcare and economic policy in the Obama administration, will detail the path toward better pricing and quality data on Wednesday, June 19, at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's ANI 2013 in Orlando, Fla.
As the healthcare industry transforms from a volume-based to a value-based payment system, it helps to learn from other organizations' experiences. Attendees of the June 19 education session, Operationalizing Value-Based Purchasing, at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's ANI 2013 next week in Orlando, Fla., will get the inside scoop from Barnabas Health's experience.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield reported last week that the second year (2012) of its patient-centered medical home (PCMH) program yielded cost savings of $98 million for 1 million members covered by the effort.
Thirty-six hospital finance teams are in the running to be named a top department in Healthcare Finance News' inaugural "Where to Work: BEST Hospital Finance Departments" program.
According to a recently commissioned study by American International Group (AIG), an international insurance company, significant barriers to patient safety still exist in healthcare.
Summa Health System and Catholic Health Partners are on the road to becoming accountable care organizations, and they're sharing what they've learned with attendees of the Healthcare Financial Management Association's ANI 2013 conference taking place next week in Orlando, Fla.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced Tuesday a competition to improve consumer understanding and use of data comparing hospital prices but the results could also be of use to hospitals.
A couple of recent wellness-related headlines caught my eye.
Bob Berenson, Harlan Krumholz and Peter Pronovost are luminaries in the creation of quality and safety measurements in health care. They have come together to propose Seven Policy Recommendations to Improve Quality Measurement, published on the Health Affairs blog. They propose a number of thought-provoking ideas but I find myself disagreeing with more of them than I would have expected.