are also reporting variations in the costs of care and in “resource use”—the extent to which providers ... efficiency.” Alliances are educating consumers about resource use or health care efficiency in two ways: 1) by ...

Jan 20,2015

From Memphis: Methodist North Hospital’s “30 Minute Guarantee”

attention and was lauded by the community for implementing this relatively low-cost program.  The guarantee along with other changes designed to make Emergency Department patient-flow more efficient, are ... improvements intended to further optimize patient-flow and the overall efficiency of the care it delivers to ...

Aug 18,2011

The Evolution of Aligning Forces

the cost arena. The Alliances addressed cost and efficiency of care in a defined and measureable way by focusing their cost reduction efforts on conditions their communities specifically selected. Alliances also recognized the importance of transparency, and therefore included a set ofhealth care cost or ...

May 14,2015

Patient Experience Committee Group conference call

collaboratively seeking ways to lower costs and address other issues of concern. We have representation from each ... href="https://gwuedu.webex.com/gwuedu/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=42105007&rKey=008f3838d7008e00">here. The Committee serves as a forum to advance the implementation of patient experience surveys by collaboratively seeking ways to lower costs and address other issues of concern. We have representation from each ...

Diabetes Management Improves Dramatically in Cincinnati

Measurement & Reporting ... YourHealthMatters.org . (Measurement & Reporting) ... contribute to the public report. There are also cost implications to diabetes management as well. One large ...

Aug 14,2014

Ghided Care is a practical, interdisciplinary model of health care designed to improve the quality of life and efficiency of resource use for persons with medically complex health ... physicians and other members of the care team to provide coordinated, patient-centered, cost-effective care ...

Nov 14,2011

Transitional Care May Cut Hospital Readmission Rate

cost-effective, and efficient care. Read the rest of the article, here . (Care Across Settings, ...

Aug 18,2011

Safety Net in Greater Cleveland Demonstrates What Is Possible with Medicaid Expansion

Measurement & Reporting Measurement & Reporting ... Medicaid expands in states across the country.  (Measurement & Reporting, Medicaid) ...

May 07,2014

Collaborating, Analyzing, and Improving Care in Boston

Measurement & Reporting Ambulatory Care Measurement & Reporting ... provided to patients.   (Ambulatory Care, Measurement & Reporting) ...

May 07,2014

How do I explain missing data to consumers?

Present Missing Data Clearly (Measurement & Reporting, Community ...   Consider using word icons . Word icons can be more efficient than short sentences. They ...

Oct 02,2013