Direct Difference February Newsletter

The Direct Dispatch

A Newsletter For Healthcare Providers

February 2018

Greetings!

This month's Direct Dispatch gives you even more info about our new partnership with ARMUS. It also gives you some important updates from CMS, The Joint Commission, and reducing ICU LOS. Make sure to read below to find out the details!

Direct Difference Inc Partnership With ARMUS

The last few months we have introduced you to ARMUS, our technology partner. Our partnership with ARMUS brings:

meaningful and actionable clinical reports
real-time reporting capabilities that accurately measure and compare clinical and financial results
clinical reports that support decision making processes

Bundled payment options require continual improvement of care coordination and outcomes quality to reduce costs. In order to achieve this, it is critical for hospital administrators to have accessibility to meaningful performance related information.

Interested in more information about the Direct Difference-ARMUS partnership and how it can help you? Contact us today! Simply reply to this email for more information.

Consider eICU

Illinois hospital system sees lower mortality, LOS with eICU

All ICUs at OSF HealthCare hospitals in Illinois use the system's electronic ICU, called OSF ConstantCare, and all ICU patients are admitted to it. From 2012 to 2017, ICU mortality rates decreased 26% and patient ICU length of stay dropped 30%, compared with pre-eICU rates. Read more!

Quality Reporting Center Updates

Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program: Overview of the Fiscal Year 2020 Baseline Measures Report

This presentation will provide an overview of the fiscal year 2020 Hospital VBP Program, including evaluation criteria for hospitals within each domain and measure, eligibility requirements, and an explanation of the Hospital VBP Program scoring methodology.

The webinar slides will be available for download from www.QualityReportingCenter.com under Upcoming Events the day before the presentation.

The webinar will be presented on February 20, 2018, at 2 p.m. ET. This presentation has been approved for one continuing education (CE) credit.

Source: Quality Reporting Center

Drowning in data collection?

W e can help!

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 and 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.

You can also visit our website for more information!

Joint Commission Creates Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center Certification

Survey data showing mechanical endovascular thrombectomies were commonly performed at one-third of certified primary stroke centers led the Joint Commission to create a Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center certification. "This certification was developed in response to a revolutionary technology and trying to make sure that everyone has good access to that technology in a timeframe that is going to achieve optimal outcomes," said Dr. David Baker, the Joint Commission's executive vice president for health care quality evaluation.

Source: healthleadersmedia.com

Kudos!

Hear what our abstractors say about working with us:

"Just wanted to reach out to you and say THANK YOU for the awesome hat and gift card! <3 What a nice gift, so unexpected. It's nice to know that you think of your employees throughout the holiday season! I truly enjoyed working with Direct Difference this past year and look forward to other contracts! Your generosity is appreciated!"

February Is American Heart Month

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Every year, 1 in 4 deaths are caused by heart disease.

Make a difference in your community: Spread the word about strategies for preventing heart disease and encourage people to live heart healthy lives.

Click here for resources!

Cyber Security and Health IT

Recently, two major security bugs affecting almost every computing device have been discovered. The bugs, named Meltdown and Spectre, are vulnerabilities in popular microprocessor chips and are the reason so many computing devices are affected. In fact, the problem affects processors going back over 20 years!

The vulnerabilities potentially allow an attacker to obtain access to sensitive information on an affected device.

Read more here.

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