Highlighting the Value of Care Coordination
As the shift to value-based care continues to accelerate, providers are looking for ways to streamline referrals, ensure alignment between primary care and specialists, and control network leakage.
Between the Hospital and the Street: Addressing a Crucial Gap in Care
The organization addresses a significant care gap for health systems and hospitals who see these patients in their Emergency Departments and ICUs—and who often discharge them to an uncertain care landscape.
The Perfect Pairing for Better Health Outcomes: Population Health Analytics and Nursing Expertise
For nurses interested in this path, the timing is ideal. The federal government anticipates a significant need for professionals skilled in digital healthcare, with the U.S. Department of Labor projecting a 10% growth in nursing informatics and related positions by 2032.
Crafting an Effective SDOH Strategy Through a Social Care Network
Healthcare CIOs working on a strategy to improve health outcomes in underserved populations would do well to check out New York, which is investing $500 million in a new program addressing social determinants of health.
Leapfrog Group Releases Updated Diagnosis Recommendations for Hospitals
Diagnostic errors account for an estimated 40,000 to 80,000 deaths annually, according to the group. The report, Recognizing Excellence in Diagnosis: Recommended Practices for Hospitals, aims to build a national consensus with practices that hospitals can adopt to improve patient outcomes.
Getting Creative with Data to Improve Outcomes
How can the industry help providers use quality data to identify social determinants of health affecting their patients to optimize preventive care and get ahead of health issues their patients may experience rather than waiting for those issues to surface?
New Licensure Compact Could Boost SDOH, Behavioral Health Outreach
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is issuing four grants worth a collective $2.5 million through the License Portability Grant Program (LPGP) to create a multi-state social worker licensure compact. Through the compact, license social workers will be able to practice in member states without the need to apply for a license in each state.
The 600 Pathways Yale New Haven Health Takes to Improved Care Delivery
Decreasing variation has been a central goal of quality improvement since W. Edwards Deming pioneered the concept in the Toyota Production System in the 1970s. In care delivery, research has shown the consequences of inappropriate variation include underusing needed services, overusing unwarranted services, higher costs, and worse clinical outcomes.
Improved Care Coordination with AI and Automation
Providers will increasingly look to AI and automation to drive operational efficiencies, improve care coordination and patient flow, relieve workers’ stress, enable staff to work at the top of their licenses, and enhance patient engagement.
ABQAURP News June 2024
Here’s the June 2024 newsletter from ABQAURP.