The Direct Dispatch
A Newsletter For Healthcare Providers
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Greetings!
From all of us at Direct Difference, Inc - have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
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Proposal Would End Reporting of Infections
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A proposed CMS rule would end public reporting of certain patient infections by hospitals, along with data on types of accidents and patient injury. The Leapfrog Group protested the plan and on Wednesday released a report showing the percentage of hospitals reporting to its hospital survey that achieve zero infections has significantly decreased since 2015.
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Clinical Quality: How Do I Get Scored?
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In the
latest episode
of the Practice Made Perfect podcast, Richard J. Kovacs, MD, FACC, ACC vice president, and Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH, FACC, NCDR chief science officer and chair of the NCDR Management Board, discuss the various
tools and programs used to measure the quality of care
provided by clinicians and hospital systems. Get up to speed on federal and payer programs that measure clinician performance, public-facing rating programs, and NCDR's role in measuring and reporting. Aiming to bolster the nonclinical skills and competencies of early career providers,
Practice Made Perfect
features expert discussions on career and leadership development topics. Listen to this episode and previous episodes such as
Coding & Documentation
,
Finding a Job After Fellowship
and
Contracts 101
at
ACC.org/PracticeMadePerfect
, or find them on
iTunes
or
Google Play
.
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Quality Reporting News 2019 IQR Proposed Rule
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The webinar, titled
IPFQR Program: Keys to Successful FY 2019 Reporting
, will summarize the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 IPFQR Program requirements, provide keys to successful data submission, and offer guidance to verify data accuracy.
The webinar, titled
SEP-1 Early Management Bundle, Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock: Providence Tarzana Medical Center’s Sepsis Journey and v5.4 Frequently Asked Questions
, presents an understanding of the clinician experience with the SEP-1 measure at Providence Tarzana Medical Center from 2005 to the present. Additionally, this presentation will clarify frequently asked questions for the SEP-1 measure and provide guidance for v5.4 of the specifications manual.
The webinar will be presented on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at 2 p.m. ET.
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Drowning In Data Collection? Call Us - We Can Help!
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for more information!
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Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, Calif., and St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, are among the hospitals included in Healthgrades' list of America's 50 and 100 Best Hospitals for this year, and they were chosen for demonstrating "superior clinical outcomes across the majority of common inpatient conditions and procedures." IBM Watson Health released its list of the 100 Top Hospitals for 2018, which includes 13 Everest Award winners.
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EHR Interoperability Is Top Value-Based Care Challenge
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Forty-two percent of respondents cited EHR interoperability as the top challenge they face in transitioning to value-based care, followed by social determinants of health, patient engagement, coordinating stakeholders and data analytics to support risk-based contracts, according to a study by Sage Growth Partners. Researchers polled 100 health care executives and found that 76% of respondents said EHRs failed to lower costs, while almost 60% and 64% cited EHRs' failure to deliver promised clinician or patient satisfaction, respectively.
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