Does Use of EHRs Help Improve Quality?

Ambulatory Care ... (Ambulatory Care, Health Information Technology (HIT)) ... for Quality communities—show that patients with diabetes who are cared for by doctors who use EHRs ...

Aug 24,2011

What are some ways consumers can help improve health care?

Lessons Learned: Engaging Consumers to Improve Ambulatory Care (Ambulatory ... As the end users of health care, consumers are in a unique position to understand what ... communities improve health care quality. The way they’re doing this is taking many different forms.   ...

Oct 02,2013

Alliances to implement and finance a standardized approach to measuring ambulatory patient experience using ... -None- (Consumer Engagement, Patient-Centered Care) ...

Aug 01,2011

The Definition of Doctor Insanity

Ambulatory Care ... primary care physician with Mercy Health Physician Partners in Grand Rapids. (Ambulatory Care) ... all his chronic conditions. Now, with new tools like care managers, his practice can be proactive and ...

Dec 02,2014

May (Ambulatory Care, Patient-Centered Care) ... Massachusetts, increasing provider dissatisfaction was exacerbating an already critical primary care workforce ... pronounced in community health clinics (CHCs) that are committed to delivering primary care to a low-income, ...

May 21,2012

(here) (Ambulatory Care) ... Bright Spot   When Universal Primary Care (UPC) needed to transition to a new electronic medical record ...

May 21,2012

A Holistic Approach to Improving Health Care

Patient-Centered Care Ambulatory Care Care Across Settings ... costs,” said Lisa Letourneau, MD, MPH, project director of AF4Q Maine.   (Ambulatory Care ...

May 07,2014

Publicly Reported Quality-Of-Care Measures Influenced Wisconsin Physician Groups to Improve Performance

public reporting drives improvement in ambulatory care. Public reporting of how physicians and hospitals ... the efficacy of public reporting of quality-of-care measures in the March 2013 edition of Health Affairs. The researchers analyzed 14 publicly reported quality-of-care measures from 2004 to 2009 from the ...

Mar 21,2013

Local QI Collaborative Provides Framework for Culture Shift

Ambulatory Care ... IPA adopted an ambulatory quality improvement collaborative model pioneered at Care Oregon, called Primary Care Renewal (PCR). Open to ambulatory care practices in the community, the PCR collaborative has ...

May 22,2012

Find MI Care is Improving Access and Reducing Readmissions

Ambulatory Care ... Alliance can serve as an example to other communities hoping to do the same thing. (Ambulatory Care ... up for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act exchanges, and the number is still rising. The ...

May 07,2014