Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement Archives – June 1, 2006
June 1, 2006
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Study points out key barriers to compliance with CMS
An "Issue Brief" from Mathematica Policy Research Inc., published in March 2006, sheds some new light on the challenges that hospitals face in meeting compliance measures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). -
From indicators to best practices
Opal Reinbold, chief quality officer for Palomar Pomerado Health in San Diego, has used the data generated by her system's participation in the Premiere Health/CMS demonstration project to move beyond measuring compliance with CMS measures to improving best practices. -
How to guard against impostor JCAHO surveyors
For the second spring in a row, imposter surveyors have sought access to American hospitals. Last year, there were more than half a dozen incidents, and this year there have already been three. -
Georgia Blues launch new P4P program
Following in the footsteps of a successful program initiated by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGa) is piloting a new provider-directed quality improvement program Quality-In-Sights: Hospital Incentive Program (Q-HIP). -
Diabetes care program addresses specific needs
Project Dulce, a diabetes care management program housed at Whittier Institute for Diabetes in La Jolla, CA, has successfully addressed not only the difficult challenge of helping patients manage their diabetes, but also another issue of growing concern to quality managers: improving outcomes among minority populations. -
Remote monitoring leverages CMs' resources
Every morning, a group of congestive heart failure (CHF) patients steps on a scale at home, then answers a series of questions asked by a device attached to their telephone. -
Tool enables state quality comparisons
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has unveiled a new interactive web-based tool that provides each state a way to evaluate its health care quality, thus providing another resource for benchmarking.