Improving Patient Safety

information they need to emphasize cost and quality of health care.   In 2009, 16 hospitals in ... 2013-08-07 (All day) Reducing the wasteful use of health care is a major ... employees, Puget Sound has focused on the appropriate use of advanced medical technology to lower costs. ...

Aug 08,2013

Taking Asthma Care to New Heights

of the program is providing an efficient form of communication and information about participating students to their caregivers, families, and health providers,” said Poornima Kumar, director of quality ... Asthma Ready Founder, Health Management Systems, developed the first electronic assessment tools (TUAC ...

May 07,2014

Alliance Roles

providers and delivery systems, large and small businesses, state Medicaid programs, health information ... the following information on the display page for primary care practices on QualityHealthTogether.org: “The 2011 report reflects information provided by four commercial health plans and did not include any ...

May 14,2015

With limited resources, how do you deploy practice coaches most effectively?

members to support practice change, such as an information technology/electronic health record expert or a ...

Oct 17,2013

Speaker Biographies - May 2012 National Meeting

chairman of TEDMED, a global community of people who passionately believe that the future of health and ... (Dean Ornish, founder); World Information Transfer (NGO in General Consultative Status with the UN); the ... best-selling author of seven books on the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. His ...

Mar 26,2012

Finding Value in Data

technology and innovation. CIVHC wants consumers and policy makers to be able to get information on the ... Phil Kalin at the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), which administers and all-payer ... Phil Kalin is the president/CEO of the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC). CIVHC is a ...

Jun 06,2013

Simple Questions, Better Care

information to frame health policy—released its report Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for ... to improved decision-making supported by re-engineered information technology systems that better ... asked." TriHealth prepared a script that encouraged self-reported information from patients. Hospital ...

Jun 04,2014

Influence Through Social Media: Trust, Share, Engage

engagement. Nearly 90 percent of those ages 18-24 would engage in health activities or trust information ... 2013-11-07 15:00 Social media is an undeniable force in health ... expectations. More than 75 percent of consumers expect health care entities to respond within a day or less to ...

Oct 02,2013