Quality Improvement (QI) projects require a series of distinct steps and timely data collection that will allow clinics to see if changes are yielding results, a consultant told attendees at a ...
We rate Uber drivers, restaurants, Amazon delivery, and much more, but when it comes to our own health experience, we often have little to no data. That’s especially scary because the business model ...
The CMS star ratings began as faint points of light helping patients navigate an increasingly complex galaxy of healthcare ...
In 1996, the Institute of Medicine launched a concerted, ongoing effort focused on assessing and improving the nation's quality of care. The Committee on Quality of Health Care in America laid out a ...
Attend any healthcare conference and you’ll quickly discover that it’s become downright fashionable for healthcare leaders to talk about their unwavering commitment to “value-based care.” The ...
Everything you think you know about healthcare price and quality is probably wrong. We all know that high quality comes with a higher price. A Mercedes Benz automobile costs more than a Ford. Designer ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has made little progress in advancing health care equity over the past two decades, and racial and ethnic inequities remain a fundamental flaw of the nation’s health care system, ...