Medical economics
Moneyball in Medicare? It's working, study says
Incentives for hospitals to improve their quality and reduce costs do work, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Sep 17, 2018
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News tagged with quality measures
Health
Removal of GP incentives associated with decline in quality of care
The removal of financial incentives for doctors working in primary care is associated with a decline in performance on quality measures, according to new findings by researchers from the Universities of Dundee and Cambridge, ...
Sep 7, 2018
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Improving nursing home care has easy solution—hire advanced nurses
Nursing homes hoping to provide the best care to their residents need to budget for hiring advance practice registered nurses (APRNs) to work full time. Continued research from a team of nursing experts at the University ...
Jul 11, 2018
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VA delivers higher quality care than other health providers, study finds
The VA health care system performs similar to or better than non-VA systems on most measures of inpatient and outpatient care quality, although there is high variation in quality across individual VA facilities, according ...
Apr 26, 2018
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ACP calls for a 'time out' to assess and revise approach to performance measurement
In "Time Out—Charting a Path for Improving Performance Measurement," published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, the American College of Physicians (ACP) reports that the majority of quality measures for ambulatory ...
Apr 18, 2018
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
New RISE registry dashboard will help rheumatologists monitor MIPS quality scores
Quality measures reported by rheumatology practices using the RISE registry significantly varied in the first quarter of 2017, with financial repercussions for practices through the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System ...
Nov 5, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Leaders in obstetric care gather to identify quality measures for high-risk pregnancies
The United States spends significantly more money on the delivery of health care yet experiences inferior results. Maternal and infant mortality rates are elevated in the United States as compared to other high-income nations. ...
Oct 10, 2017
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Health
Measuring the cost of quality measurement
Less than 2 decades after publication of the National Academy of Medicine's (formerly the Institute of Medicine) Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, quality measurement has become routine ...
Aug 31, 2017
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Addiction
Deaths among patients with opioid disorders may be cut by one-third by better care
Following three possible recommendations in providing medical care to people with an opioid addiction may cut deaths among such patients by as much as one-third, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Jun 27, 2017
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Participation in meaningful use doesn't up quality of care
(HealthDay)—Physician participation in meaningful use is associated with improvement in colorectal cancer screening, but is not associated with improvement in other quality measures, according to a study published online ...
Jan 4, 2017
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