SCPA: Challenging Fragmented Care

2013-11-04 Certain patients present a health care conundrum. “Super-utilizers” account for only five percent of patients, but they accrue more than 60 percent of health care costs. ... stays, resulting in costly health care, but not necessarily good-quality care. For example, one ...

Oct 30,2013

Improving Care in Emergency Departments

health care nationwide, and we are delighted to have these three hospitals join us,” said Lisa Mason, the ... Hospital, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, and McLaren Macomb, improved care in their emergency departments (EDs) through a national program made possible by AF4Q Detroit, led by the Greater Detroit Area Health Council. ...

Aug 07,2013

deliver the appropriate kind and amount of care. Another way of referring to resource use is “health care efficiency.” Alliances are educating consumers about resource use or health care efficiency in two ways: 1) by ... AF4Q Alliances produce reports for consumers with comparative information on the quality of care. Some ...

Jan 20,2015

"Exchanging Health Information: Key HIPAA Issues for AF4Q Alliances and CVEs." It started with basic ... Sep (Care Across Settings, Cost & Efficiency) ...

Sep 25,2013

Alliances) is the public reporting of standardized measures of patients’ experiences with ambulatory care ... appropriately for public reporting. This decision guide offers a detailed discussion of the issues and choices stakeholders typically will face when using the leveraged approach. It is designed to inform leaders of health ...

Nov 13,2012

have worked with local health care stakeholders—the people who give, get and pay for care—to improve ... measurably improving the quality of care delivered; engaging patients in their health care; and exploring ways to pay health care providers based on quality of care. Aligning Forces for Quality is ...

Sep 25,2012

Taking Asthma Care to New Heights

enhance the readiness of health care professionals and facilities to provide cost-efficient care that is ... Care Across Settings ... has proven it cares about asthma control. To help the more than 150,000 children diagnosed with the ...

May 07,2014

Creating Regional Partnerships to Improve Care Transitions

participating in a 30-day care transitions program.   Creating a Behavioral Health Intervention ... being readmitted to the hospital and tend to have worse health outcomes. Care transitions coaches can identify mental health problems that the hospital staff and other health care providers may have overlooked ...

Jul 28,2014

A Community Embracing the Consumer Voice to Improve Care

address a wide range of health care issues statewide. This includes establishing priorities and ... affordable care. Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) Greater Boston, led by Massachusetts Health Quality ... patient-centered health care system, with the help of individual consumers. A critical component of their statewide ...

May 09,2013

Report Measures Quality of More than 80 Medical Groups and 300 Clinics

health care in [their] region.”  The report, which has enlarged in scope and scale since its first ... The report issues scores on four areas including: Care for Chronic Conditions ... Fri, 2011-09-02 (All day) In August, 2011, the Puget Sound Health ...

Sep 02,2011