Industry Trends

When healthcare organizations switch EHR systems, or dramatically upgrade their existing ones, they don’t usually do it to make life easier for quality... 

What makes for a great clinical quality measure? My conversational answer is that it’s a lot like a great recipe. Just like a recipe you love, a great... 

The progress of Meaningful Use In 2009, President Barack Obama, signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law. Included in the ARRA were... 

Ever-changing patient and provider behaviors make it harder for quality managers to match medical records to the right patient. Avoid a case of mistaken... 

In 2009 AHRQ released empathetic communication training for healthcare providers. This training has been modified to meet the needs of the current COVID... 

Over the course of our nation’s history we’ve faced enormous national challenges. As Americans, we take pride in our ability to overcome these tragedies and... 

During this time of uncertainty, we can use the quality improvement process to help us professionally and personally. Kristen Beatson, our director of... 

CMS and The Joint Commission have made changes to hospital’s quality reporting requirements for 2019 and 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve...