Identification of Children as Relatives With a Systematic Approach; a Prerequisite in Order to Offer Advice and Support
This study highlights that such challenges are underestimated. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - June 27, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Management and Policy Source Type: research
Enhancing Financial Performance: An Application of Lean Six Sigma to Reduce Insurance Claim Denials
This article describes how the Lean Six Sigma methodology was used to improve the revenue cycle by reducing insurance claim denials for a leading pediatric hospital in the United States. The use of this approach is demonstrated through a case example focused on reducing denials by improving the hospital's Emergency Center registration process. Multiple pilot tests were performed to ensure the proposed changes sufficiently addressed the problem of missing/incomplete insurance information. Results indicated that the revised registration form reduced missing/incomplete fields by 67%. As a result, the revised form was implemen...
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - June 27, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Management and Policy Source Type: research
Quality Reporting by Payers: A Mixed-Methods Study of Provider Perspectives and Practices
Conclusions:
Payer-provider collaborations are needed to improve the usefulness of payers' quality measurement reports, and coordination among payers is needed to streamline reported measures. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - June 27, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Management and Policy Source Type: research
Preventability of 28-Day Hospital Readmissions in General Internal Medicine Patients: A Retrospective Analysis at a Quaternary Hospital
Conclusion:
This study identified a higher proportion of preventable 28-day hospital readmissions when compared with prior research. Increased involvement of palliative care during initial hospitalization for appropriate conditions and improvements in care after discharge may reduce preventable hospital readmissions. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - June 27, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research
Getting New Test Results to Patients
Conclusions:
Providers should take the time to discuss results with patients that lead to significant interventions, but employ support staff to disseminate information about normal results, medication dose changes, and need for additional diagnostic testing. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - June 27, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research
The Nature and Severity of Adverse Events in Select Outpatient Surgical Procedures in the Veterans Health Administration
Conclusions:
Among VA outpatient surgical procedures selected based on likelihood of an AE, nearly 40% of identified events carried more than minimal patient harm, undermining the claim that outpatient surgery is relatively safe. Prevalent and preventable AEs such as wound dehiscence and urinary retention may be useful targets for quality improvement. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - June 27, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research
Implementing a Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) to Enhance a Culture of Patient Safety and Improve Medication Safety in a Regional Home Care Program
Conclusion:
Implementing a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program improved staff's perceptions of patient safety, contributing to improved medication safety. To our knowledge, this is the first application of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to successfully enhance patient safety in the home care setting. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - June 27, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research
Creating and Sustaining Care Teams in Primary Care: Perspectives From Innovative Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Conclusions:
Team-based care is possible and valuable in primary care. It is difficult to develop and sustain, however, and requires dedicated time and resources. The challenges these highly motivated practices described raise the question of feasibility for more average practices in the current funding environment. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - June 27, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Management in Primary Care Source Type: research
Physician Engagement With Metrics in Lean Primary Care Transformation
Conclusions:
Effective strategies for selecting and presenting metrics to practicing physicians are an important part of a successful quality improvement effort. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - June 27, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Management in Primary Care Source Type: research
Implementing Lean in Academic Primary Care
Conclusion:
Lean had an uneven effect on QI in an academic primary care practice during the first year of implementation. (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - June 27, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Quality Management in Primary Care Source Type: research
Call for Reviewers
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Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - March 30, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Call for Reviewers Source Type: research
Call for Papers
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Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - March 30, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Call for Papers Source Type: research
Information for Authors
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Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - March 30, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Information for Authors Source Type: research
Using Telehealth to Provide the Right Care at the Right Time—Anywhere
No abstract available (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - March 30, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Intermountain Advances Source Type: research
Saving the Lifesavers: Using Improvement Science to Better Clinician Well-being
No abstract available (Source: Quality Management in Healthcare)
Source: Quality Management in Healthcare - March 30, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Insights From the Armstrong Institute Source Type: research
