Posted by: Stanley Quan on: November 21, 2009
National Quality Forum (NQF) has releases new data sets “The National Quality Forum (NQF) has released new data sets that identify the specific care quality measures that health information technology (IT) should be able to capture in all health care settings, Government Health IT reports. Designed to simplify the process of comparing health care providers’ [...]
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: November 16, 2009
Article from The Wisconsin State Journal “A major new database of patient information was formed by insurers, employers and health-care providers in Wisconsin. The database, which reveals how the cost of care, adherence to proper screening and other factors vary by region and doctor group, will encourage physicians to reduce waste and give patients the [...]
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: October 20, 2009
Opinion by Bruce A. Boissonnault “In health care reform, what you don’t know can hurt you. Quality of care varies widely from provider to provider, and access to objective information about those providers remains highly restricted in the United States. That may explain why U.S. health care quality results are the worst among developed countries, [...]
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: September 21, 2009
study examining pay-for-performance incentives “This study examined the pay-for-performance incentives used by medical groups for primary care and specialist physicians. Whether the medical group chooses to pay performance bonuses to its individual physicians is significantly associated with whether the medical group receives pay performance bonuses.”
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: September 1, 2009
Gov. Pawlenty unveils health care scores “Minnesotans are the first in the nation to be able to comparison shop for health care providers using both quality and cost at a single website, Governor Tim Pawlenty announced. The website – www.mnhealthscores.org – now includes the average price paid by health plans to each medical group for [...]
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: July 11, 2009
Coalition designed to improve patient safety and care quality Hospitals in Lake and Porter counties in Indiana have formed a coalition designed to improve patient safety and care quality, the Northwest Times reports. Teams of sefety leaders will identify and prioritize safety practices to be used across the board in all hospitals.
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: July 7, 2009
Healthcare Providers Can Use WellCentive to Participate Using Any PQRI Measure, Measure Group, or Reporting Period “WellCentive has been approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a vendor for the 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) program. WellCentive PQRI allows healthcare providers to easily report quality outcomes for the 2009 PQRI [...]
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: May 1, 2009
Initiative puts Albuquerque at forefront of health quality reform movement On April 28, 2009, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced that the Albuquerque Coalition 4 Healthcare Quality is joining 14 other community-based programs around the country as part of an initiative to improve the quality of health care through regional cooperation.
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: April 4, 2009
Still Room for Improvement for Massachusetts Doctors In an April 2, 2009 article by the Public News Service, health care consumers will now be able to access new information on doctors in Massachusetts. Information regarding how well 150 medical groups performed relative to national standards for providing medical care can be found in a report [...]
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: March 25, 2009
Stand for Quality announces a health care improvement framework On March 24, 2009, Stand for Quality, a diverse coalition of more than 165 organizations from across the health care spectrum, announced a framework to improve the quality and affordability of health care for all patients through a public-private partnership described in six key recommendations representing [...]
