The Direct Dispatch
A Newsletter For Healthcare Providers
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Direct Difference, Inc would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your tireless efforts in caring for our most vulnerable during this challenging time for the healthcare industry. We are humbled to be able to partner with you through this event.
We are here for your needs, and want to encourage you to please reach out to us should we be able to assist you in any way that we are not already.
Again, we recognize your tireless efforts and are so very thankful for all you are continuing to do for the healthcare needs of America.
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Direct Difference, Inc. Chief Quality Officer
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Brenda Clemens
is always a resource for you to call if ever you have any questions or concerns. Brenda makes routine quality calls to our clients to ensure we are meeting your needs. We want to be certain you know Brenda is always available to you and you can reach out to her at any time with any questions or concerns you may have.
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Brenda Clemens
RN, MSPSL, CPHQ
Chief Quality Officer
Direct Difference, Inc
340 E. 1st St, #306
Tustin, CA 92781
(818) 298-0764
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GWTG Stroke Specific Update Release Notes:
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Dear Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Users:
We are excited to announce an update to the Stroke Patient Management Tool® that will take place on April 22
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, 2020. The focus of this release includes updates to medical history, measure bundles within the PMT, and the EMS layer. We have summarized a comprehensive list of the updates and enhancements below and in the attached Release Notes, which also include information on the recent COVID-19 element updates to the tool from April 8
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Enhancements:
- E-Cigarette Use (Vaping) added to Medical History
- Measure Bundle Updates:
- Achievement Measures Updated
- Quality Measures Updated
- Reporting Measures Updated
- Target Stroke Bundle Updated
- New Reporting Measure – Reasons no IV Alteplase: Mild and Rapidly Improving Stroke Symptoms
- EMS Layer Updates:
- Added Severity Scales: VAN, MPSS
- Various measures description and logic updates
Additional Updates:
- New Billing Email Address Added to Homepage
- AHA/ TJC CSC and PSC Benchmark Groups within the PMT Updated
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Could Telehealth Ease Provider Burden During COVID-19...
Last week Congress passed an $8.3 billion emergency funding bill to help state and federal localities fight COVID-19. That bill also designated $500 million for telehealth services and eased some Medicare restrictions on telehealth reimbursement...
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journal.ahima.org
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Google unveils tech to make it easier for doctors and...
Google is announcing the general availability of technology that, if widely adopted, could make it easier for patients to access their own health information via third-party apps. Health care systems could warm to the technology, known as the...
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www.cnbc.com
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What CNOs Should Know About Millennial and Gen Z Nurses
"What matters to you?" This is a question the Institute for Healthcare Improvement encourages clinicians to ask patients to help create customized plans of care. Healthcare leaders can also ask this question of their staff members to improve the...
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www.healthleadersmedia.com
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CMS releases guidance for how health systems can restart ...
The Trump administration has released new guidance for health systems on when and how to resume elective procedures that have been on pause due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recommends a gradual transition ...
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www.fiercehealthcare.com
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American Heart Association: Keeping the pulse on quality
Having trouble viewing this email? View in browser To ensure proper delivery of future American Heart Association emails, please click here. NEW Interim CPR Guidance for COVID-19 Patients, Updated Algorithms Existing American Heart Association...
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view.heartemail.org
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ICU clinicians turn to artificial intelligence to...
Researchers said they have developed a novel tool that uses artificial intelligence to help ICU physicians ascertain if a patient does not require an intervention and intense monitoring - allowing them to focus instead on more critical or...
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www.healio.com
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22: Kate Hilton, Institute for Healthcare Improvement -...
What could we all accomplish if we could put relationships first and primacy in shared purpose? In this episode, Kate Hilton shares how her view of leadership has shifted over the years starting with her own experience of being told to get out of ...
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www.unleashingsocialchange.com
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The coronavirus could force more doctors to sell - or...
The coronavirus is shriveling the businesses of doctors' practices, which serve as the home base for most patients. The big picture: Small and independent groups that are facing the most severe cash crunches eventually may be forced into two...
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www.axios.com
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COVID-19 Professional Resources
The AHA is working to ensure optimal care for patients with cardiovascular disease who contract coronavirus (COVID-19). Patients with underlying cardiovascular diseases appear to have an increased risk for adverse outcomes with COVID-19. Here are ...
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professional.heart.org
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Quality Improvement Program response to COVID-19
Our priority is ensuring you are well and have the resources you need to focus on any urgent tasks at hand. The American Heart Association is launching a new COVID-19 CVD patient data registry powered by Get With The Guidelines ® to provide...
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www.heart.org
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Public Comment: 2020 ACC/AHA Heart Failure Data Standards
We would like to invite you to participate in the review of the draft version of the 2020 ACC/AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions for Heart Failure.
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professional.heart.org
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Important Data Submission Deadlines
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Do you have any questions or
concerns for our leadership team?
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Please contact us at any time for any questions or issues you may have
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Debra Aruffo, CEO
714.588.0112
Misti Pacheco, COO
562.274.3917
Brenda Clemens
CQO, RN, MSPSL, BSHA, CPHQ
818.298.0764
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Angella Lott, LPN, VP
Business Development
757.510.4369
Candace Landis, BSN, RN
Senior Account Manager - NCDR/GWTG
Data Registry Specialist
757.353.8436
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How Else Can Direct Difference, Inc. Help You?
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Measuring quality is necessary for improving healthcare. We understand that when providers are overly consumed with measuring and reporting quality metrics, it is difficult to actually apply results and focus on actions that lead to real improvements.
Why not smart source all of your data abstraction needs so that it is done better, faster, more consistently, and at lower cost with less risk?
Did you know we provide abstraction services for core measures, non-core measures, registry, OPPE-FPPE, NHSN, peer review, pharmaceutical studies and others? If you have any data abstraction needs please contact us for more information. All you have to do is respond to this email to get started.
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PO BOX 3709
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
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