The Direct Dispatch A Newsletter For Healthcare Providers

July 2019

Hello! "America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination." - Harry S. Truman

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Improved Healthcare

How Testing Changes Over Time Improved Care for Newborns Over time, small tests of change lead to big results. Learn how one hospital used PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycles to achieve and surpass the goal of using a preventive antibiotic for 95% of newborns. Use the PDSA worksheet to run your own tests... Read more www.ihi.org

CMS Announces Start of BPCI Advanced Second Cohort... The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 24 announced the second application period for BPCI Advanced, which qualifies as an Advanced Alternative Payment Model under the Quality Payment Program. Participants selected for the... Read more www.acc.org

Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit ​​​Institute for Healthcare ImprovementBoston, Massachusetts, USA IHI's Patient Safety Essentials Toolkit is a helpful companion for you and your organization on the journey to delivering safe, reliable care every time, for every patient. Read more www.ihi.org

Medicare Just Invited More Competitors Into Value-Based... The shift to value-based care has sputtered a bit in the past two years, as hospitals and health systems have waited to see what innovative reforms the Trump administration would push across the healthcare policymaking finish line. Read more www.healthleadersmedia.com

Quality Improvement

Older and Wiser? How Management Style Varies With Age In recent years, one of the most profound changes in the workplace has been the increase in age diversity. Large organizations have employees from as many as five generations... Read more sloanreview.mit.edu

Congress Grills ONC on Privacy Concerns Posed by... Privacy, especially around third-party apps, was a key focus during Tuesday's Senate HELP Committee on the 21st Century Cures Act, with leaders from Congress, the Office of the National Coordinator, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid... Read more healthitsecurity.com

'Center of Excellence' may not mean fewer deaths or... (Reuters Health) - Select hospitals designated as "Centers of Excellence" by major U.S. health plans may not necessarily have lower death rates or fewer repeat admissions than other hospitals, a study of heart patients suggests. Several health... Read more www.reuters.com

Burn Out

Burnout is making us worse at our jobs, according to the WHO Workplace burnout is a serious issue. So much so that the WHO has officially recognized it for the first time, outlining the three main components of the issue. Read more www.weforum.org

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