Quality

The focus of quality improvement in healthcare is to bolster performance and processes related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Leaders in this space also ensure the proper selection of imaging exams and procedures, and monitor the safety of services, among other duties. Reimbursement programs such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) utilize financial incentives to improve quality. This also includes setting and maintaining care quality initiatives, such as the requirements set by the Joint Commission.

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Consumers lack data on physician quality

Independent and objective data on physician performance are only available for 15 percent of U.S. docs, according to non-profit Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute.

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Calif. bill would create healthcare cost, quality database

Legislation introduced in California would require the establishment of a statewide healthcare cost and quality database, reports California Healthline.

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Wash. state employers push for higher quality standards

Boeing, Starbucks and Costco, among other major employers, are aggressively pushing local hospitals and physicians to meet rigorous standards in how they deliver healthcare, reports Los Angeles Times.

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As hospital quality increases, racial inequality in care decreases

A major study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that as quality improved on 17 measures in hospital care, so did racial and ethnic equality, according to Medscape.

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Hospital execs express concern over ‘clinical meaningfulness’ of quality reporting

While quality reporting helps stimulate improvement initiatives, hospital executives see little correlation with clinical outcomes, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Keys for success in population health

What are the keys to population health management? Patient engagement and acting on available data, according to Hospitals & Health Networks.

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Healthcare should embrace imitation, not innovation

Healthcare should focus more on imitation and less on innovation, according to an article published in Harvard Business Review.

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Study: Behavioral health management can reduce costs, improve health

More than one-third of hospitalization costs in 13 low-income N.J. communities are linked with behavioral health conditions, underscoring the need for better coordination of behavioral and physical healthcare, according to a Rutgers study. 

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