Continuous improvement is a core tenet of the quality enterprise, and measurement is necessary to gauge improvement. Therefore, there is a growing emphasis on measurement throughout the healthcare ...

Physician reimbursement increasingly depends upon measures of healthcare quality. Physicians who fall short on quality measures now face financial penalties. But it might be quality measures, ...

Hospitals and healthcare providers in rural areas are faced with a number of challenges when it comes to measuring quality performance and optimizing quality improvement efforts, according to a report ...

Prevention and Management of Osteoradionecrosis in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Treated With Radiation Therapy: ISOO-MASCC-ASCO Guideline Clinical Insights Oncology is a complex clinical ...

The following article was written by Ann O’Neill, RN, MBA/HCM, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health.By now, almost everyone in the ASC industry is aware of the new CMS quality ...

This article recommends quality measures for exchange health plans and strategies to increase the availability of quality results for public reporting. For the quality measures included in the federal ...

Semiconductor IP reuse can yield a 2x improvement in design productivity for semiconductor companies. However, with these startling productivity gains come integration pain. Why? Semiconductor IP is ...

The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently highlighted value-based transformation as one of the department’s top four priorities, with an emphasis on “putting the ...

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in conjunction with the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) established a new measure, “Healthy Days ...

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