Innovations that Matter to Patients

personnel and know that input will help improve the care and service the hospital is providing.” The team ... Council facilitates the TCAB team’s understanding of the patient experience, improved care, and increased ... improvement, successes, and patient satisfaction scores, among other topics. With approximately 20 members, the ...

Jun 06,2012

Cost: Measurement and Data Sources

data when purchasing health care services or procedures. Unfortunately, consumer access to cost ... consumers are charged for services or procedures. Cost transparency, especially to the average consumer, is ... Minnesota Community Measurement has joined forces with the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement ...

May 14,2015

AF4Q 4.0 RFP

improvement in order to highlight specific, measurable improvements in quality, and will also continue to ... ethnic and language to racial, ethnic, language, socio-economic, geographic or other differences. ...

Mar 27,2012

Safety-Net ACOs Hold Promise to Achieve the Triple Aim

keeping with the desire for better-coordinated care and improved partnerships with regional agencies, ... closely with county health departments and social services agencies. Health Share, Oregon's largest CCO, is currently exploring how to coordinate provision housing services for eligible patients. ...

Jan 21,2015

The Puget Sound Health Alliance Expands State-Wide

to promote health and improve quality and affordability by reducing overuse, underuse, and misuse of health care services. The Alliance plans first to engage directly with a few communities around the ... performance and how to improve the quality of care for all Washingtonians. The Alliance’s expansion ...

Dec 19,2013

Emergency Department to Medical Home: Using Health Information Technology for Community-Wide Transition Care Coordination for Medically Underserved Populations (Webinar)

County and City health agencies.  Its mission is to improve health care for underserved populations ... Fund award to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, and is a 2010 recipient of the American Hospital Association’s NOVA Award for its efforts to improve community health.  Its work has ...

A Leader in Health Data Collection

reports on more than 20 measures supporting quality improvement efforts.    What does this ... the appropriate use of health care services, such as imaging for low back pain. With this information, Oregonians can compare care performance in their area and learn more about the health care services they ...

Aug 07,2013

Humboldt Alliance Launches New Website to Help Patients

Thu, 2014-09-18 The Humboldt Alliance’s work to improve public reporting ... based on how well doctors provide certain aspects of care, services, tests, and treatments. "The ... care doctors provide their patients preventive care services such as cancer screenings and well child ...

Sep 18,2014

What tools exist to help me become an effective consumer leader?

consumer leader, your active participation is critical to ensuring your Alliance’s efforts to improve ... represent the ultimate stakeholder—those who use health care services.   One of the first steps ... Patients and Families as Leaders program. Patient advisers provide a “reality check” for proposed service ...

Oct 02,2013

Closing the Loop on Care Transitions

other regional organizations, is leading targeted efforts to provide care transitions services to ... Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that the York-Adams Care Transitions Coalition was ... Care Transitions Program (CCTP). The goals of the CCTP are to improve transitions of beneficiaries from ...

May 09,2013