Value-Based Care

It’s pretty dark out there. And honestly a 4th of July party may feel a little out of place this year. But when it gets dark, I remember one of my favorite... 

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... 

Quality leaders are trained problem solvers especially at a system level and especially in times of crisis – like the one we are currently facing. What can... 

Don’t wait for Kaiser Health News to tell you CMS dinged your hospital for having too many readmissions. Start thinking like a mathematician, so you can... 

Many experts believe the next big trend in quality care is the use of clinical decision support (CDS) tools that are powered by artificial intelligence... 

Medicare’s Hospital Star Ratings system rates more than 4,000 hospitals on their quality performance on a scale of one to five, with five being the best... 

The road to quality improvement and value-based care is paved with clinical quality measures. But there are many potholes, hazards and detours along the way... 

It’s a fact of life that making New Year’s resolutions is easy, but sticking to them is harder. How many times have you vowed to dust off the treadmill and...