Search results for "Quality Improvement"
The bad, the ugly and the good of electronic health records
EHRs have significant pluses and minuses.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/07/presidents.htm
1 Jul 2013
Studies examine effectiveness of financial incentives in primary care
Two randomized trials suggest that certain financial incentives may be associated with some clinical improvements in primary care, although both the study authors and editorialists said that additional research is needed.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/17/1.htm
17 Sep 2013
ACP and AAIM release updated version of High Value Care Curriculum
ACP and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) have released a new version of their High Value Care Curriculum, a jointly developed instructional program to train resident physicians to be good stewards of limited health care resources.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/24/7.htm
24 Sep 2013
ACP's Quality Improvement Network now recruiting practices for ACPNet: Diabetes
ACP's Quality Improvement (QI) Network is recruiting practices to enroll in ACPNet: Diabetes, a QI initiative that provides physicians free access to PQRSwizard, ABIM-approved MOC practice performance (part IV) credit, and ACP's Practice Advisor (formerly the Medical Home Builder).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/08/9.htm
8 Oct 2013
Letter to the Editor
Richard J. Baron, MD, MACP, president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine, responds to a previous President's Message about the challenges facing Maintenance of Certification and the plans on how to improve it.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/01/letter.htm
1 Jan 2014
Providing comfort in chaos is another kind of work-life balance
Residents must learn to maintain a delicate balance between their personal lives and professional roles when family or friends ask for medical advice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/02/residents.htm
1 Feb 2014
PCMH pilot demonstrated minimal quality improvement, no cost savings
A pilot project found that implementation of a medical home practice model improved quality only minimally and did not reduce health care costs or utilization.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/03/04/1.htm
4 Mar 2014
Practice Tips: Connecting the dots—why benchmarking matters
Efficient practices not only run better, they offer better patient outcomes. Benchmarking is the first step in this process because it shows where to focus attention first.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/tips.htm
1 Apr 2014
Unique state of payments as Maryland uses uniform prices
Hospital charges in Maryland have been set by the state for 4 decades, and more reforms are on the way. The effort has led to all insurers paying the same price for the same services in the same hospitals, and now, the state is looking to improve facilities' readmission rates and other quality metrics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/hospital.htm
1 Apr 2014
What did 11 years, 16 patches and $154 billion get us? Nothing
There are plenty of examples of wasteful government spending, but the sustainable growth rate formula is hard to top.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/washington.htm
1 Apr 2014