Join Dr. Bryan Oshiro, MD Chief Medical Officer, Health Catalyst , as he shares key best practices in getting physician engagement including identifying and empowering physician leaders in key functional teams, compensating for leadership roles, educating and developing a common purpose, triad teamwork approaches, giving quick, easy, and responsive access to the right data to identify problems and make recommendations, and supporting and empowering physician-led recommendations.
Attendees will learn:
The importance of physician engagement in quality improvement (the “why”)
To describe the challenges and barriers to truly have physicians lead quality improvement (“the what”)
To identify strategies to enhance physician engagement (the “how”)
Creating Physician engagement is a journey. It is a partnership that requires putting the patient first to provide the best care possible.
Please join Dr. Oshiro as he shares his experiences spanning three decades of quality improvement and clinical practice, from Loma Linda University Medical School to Intermountain Healthcare, for what will be an engaging and enlightening session.
Clinical Integration: A Value-Based Model for Better CareHealth Catalyst
For many who work on the front lines of delivery system reform, clinical integration is not just a generic phrase to describe health care professionals working more closely together. It describes the enormous day-to-day efforts that allow hospitals and physicians to collaborate on improving quality and efficiency, while keeping the focus on clinical care and the patient.
Join Holly Rimmasch, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at Health Catalyst, as she shares this framework and model for greater value care delivery.
Holly will discuss:
The key functions of a clinically integrated system
The key roles and processes critical to sustained improvement methodology
The importance of the organizational structure in supporting systemic improvement
We look forward to you joining us.
Improve Patient Satisfaction: Five Things Healthcare Organizations Can Learn ...Health Catalyst
Patient satisfaction metrics are being put in the spotlight and are becoming more important as healthcare organizations transition from fee-for-service reimbursements to alternative payment models. While healthcare and the entertainment industry may seem disparate on the surface, there is much organizations can learn about improving the patient experience from companies like Disney who utilize data to understand their customers’ wants and needs in order to provide a superior guest experience. Disney creates the idea guest experience in 5 ways: 1. Understanding the guest; 2. Everyone is a performer; 3. Seeking out interactions; 4. Owning the guest; and 5. Accountability
How to Engage Physicians in Best Practices to Respond to Healthcare Transform...PYA, P.C.
PYA Principal Kent Bottles, MD, spoke about physician engagement when it comes to value payment models during “How to Engage Physicians in Best Practices to Respond to Healthcare Transformation” at the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants’ (GSCPA) 2016 Healthcare Conference, February 11, 2016. Dr. Bottles discussed the difficulty of weaning physicians from fee-for-service payment models and the often-unappreciated reasoning behind the shift to value-based payment models. He also highlighted MACRA, MIPS, patient satisfaction surveys, Physician Compare, and the ProPublica Surgeon Scorecard.
Patient-Centered Care Requires Patient-Centered Insight: What We Can Do To C...Health Catalyst
Health systems and providers are inundated with measurement systems and reporting. Why would we want to add to the measurement mayhem? The real question is, “Are we measuring what matters?”
Carolyn Simpkins MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer, will discuss how putting the patient at the center of the measurement matrix can bring coherence and completeness to the picture of care delivery performance across the patient journey, and therefore the performance of the healthcare ecosystem.
She will describe the building blocks for patient-centered measurement and how other metrics, patient-reported outcomes, and patient satisfaction fit into this approach. Carolyn will also review the challenges that have kept health systems from completing a patient-centered outcomes approach and why we are poised to break through. Finally, she will share case studies of organizations who have begun to pioneer the use of patient centered metrics to improve care and outcomes.
Improving Healthcare Outcomes: Keep the Triple Aim in MindHealth Catalyst
The battle cry for healthcare organizations throughout the United States? Improve outcomes! However, as organizations begin to measure outcomes they realize not all outcomes are created equal and the question of what constitutes an improvement becomes more challenging. Healthcare leaders would be wise to keep the Triple Aim in mind when creating a strategy for optimizing outcomes. Achieving the appropriate balance among the three dimensions of the Triple Aim is critical to driving real, long-term change in healthcare delivery outcomes.
Unleashing Data: The Key To Driving Massive ImprovementsHealth Catalyst
Tom shares how investing in analytics training and infrastructure will help prepare for massive improvements in healthcare outcomes leading to sustained and distributed improvements throughout entire organizations.
Attendees will learn:
1. The key team roles and skillsets required for driving and sustaining massive improvements.
2. How to assess improvement opportunities from an effort and value perspective.
3. The most common mistakes in leveraging analytics and how to avoid them.
Clinical Integration: A Value-Based Model for Better CareHealth Catalyst
For many who work on the front lines of delivery system reform, clinical integration is not just a generic phrase to describe health care professionals working more closely together. It describes the enormous day-to-day efforts that allow hospitals and physicians to collaborate on improving quality and efficiency, while keeping the focus on clinical care and the patient.
Join Holly Rimmasch, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at Health Catalyst, as she shares this framework and model for greater value care delivery.
Holly will discuss:
The key functions of a clinically integrated system
The key roles and processes critical to sustained improvement methodology
The importance of the organizational structure in supporting systemic improvement
We look forward to you joining us.
Improve Patient Satisfaction: Five Things Healthcare Organizations Can Learn ...Health Catalyst
Patient satisfaction metrics are being put in the spotlight and are becoming more important as healthcare organizations transition from fee-for-service reimbursements to alternative payment models. While healthcare and the entertainment industry may seem disparate on the surface, there is much organizations can learn about improving the patient experience from companies like Disney who utilize data to understand their customers’ wants and needs in order to provide a superior guest experience. Disney creates the idea guest experience in 5 ways: 1. Understanding the guest; 2. Everyone is a performer; 3. Seeking out interactions; 4. Owning the guest; and 5. Accountability
How to Engage Physicians in Best Practices to Respond to Healthcare Transform...PYA, P.C.
PYA Principal Kent Bottles, MD, spoke about physician engagement when it comes to value payment models during “How to Engage Physicians in Best Practices to Respond to Healthcare Transformation” at the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants’ (GSCPA) 2016 Healthcare Conference, February 11, 2016. Dr. Bottles discussed the difficulty of weaning physicians from fee-for-service payment models and the often-unappreciated reasoning behind the shift to value-based payment models. He also highlighted MACRA, MIPS, patient satisfaction surveys, Physician Compare, and the ProPublica Surgeon Scorecard.
Patient-Centered Care Requires Patient-Centered Insight: What We Can Do To C...Health Catalyst
Health systems and providers are inundated with measurement systems and reporting. Why would we want to add to the measurement mayhem? The real question is, “Are we measuring what matters?”
Carolyn Simpkins MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer, will discuss how putting the patient at the center of the measurement matrix can bring coherence and completeness to the picture of care delivery performance across the patient journey, and therefore the performance of the healthcare ecosystem.
She will describe the building blocks for patient-centered measurement and how other metrics, patient-reported outcomes, and patient satisfaction fit into this approach. Carolyn will also review the challenges that have kept health systems from completing a patient-centered outcomes approach and why we are poised to break through. Finally, she will share case studies of organizations who have begun to pioneer the use of patient centered metrics to improve care and outcomes.
Improving Healthcare Outcomes: Keep the Triple Aim in MindHealth Catalyst
The battle cry for healthcare organizations throughout the United States? Improve outcomes! However, as organizations begin to measure outcomes they realize not all outcomes are created equal and the question of what constitutes an improvement becomes more challenging. Healthcare leaders would be wise to keep the Triple Aim in mind when creating a strategy for optimizing outcomes. Achieving the appropriate balance among the three dimensions of the Triple Aim is critical to driving real, long-term change in healthcare delivery outcomes.
Unleashing Data: The Key To Driving Massive ImprovementsHealth Catalyst
Tom shares how investing in analytics training and infrastructure will help prepare for massive improvements in healthcare outcomes leading to sustained and distributed improvements throughout entire organizations.
Attendees will learn:
1. The key team roles and skillsets required for driving and sustaining massive improvements.
2. How to assess improvement opportunities from an effort and value perspective.
3. The most common mistakes in leveraging analytics and how to avoid them.
Learn how CORUS is enabling these significant improvements:
Integration of EHR data, including patient-level clinical and operational data, as well as departmental and equipment resource-utilization data, delivering the first truly comprehensive view of the true cost of patient care
Manufacturing-style activity-based costing that is scalable and maintainable, freeing analysts to focus on identifying variation and cost-saving opportunities
Embedded costing knowledge including best practices, rules, and algorithms from world-renowned academic healthcare institutions, accelerating cost management transformation
Dramatically more timely and actionable cost data based on an analytics platform that supports over 160 source systems including EHR, claims, General Ledger, payroll, supply chain, and patient satisfaction systems
We look forward to you joining us!
Making Healthcare Waste Reduction and Patient Safety Actionable - HAS Session 6Health Catalyst
Multiple studies have estimated that at least 30% of US healthcare expenditures are wasteful. But how do you identify and reduce that waste? In this session, we will share with you a three-part framework for understanding, measuring and addressing waste reduction. In particular, we will highlight the importance patient safety and injury prevention, framing the importance of shifting from a system of incident reporting (which creates a culture of blame and guilt) to a system in which patient injury is regarded as a process failure rather than a person failure. To make that transition, health systems will need to 1) define process flows and metrics for each major type of patient injury; and 2) create a learning environment in which team members are engaged in process redesign to prevent process failure and injury. A leading health system in patient safety and quality will also share their best practices in how they have created a culture of patient safety and quality.
Communication in Healthcare Culture: Eight Steps to Uphold Outcomes ImprovementHealth Catalyst
Healthcare leaders looking to establish and sustain a culture of large-scale outcomes improvement must communicate their health system’s values, beliefs, and norms throughout the entire organization. Effective communication spreads understanding of outcomes improvement, ensuring broad engagement and ongoing progress toward shared goals.
An eight-step strategy describes essential elements of organizational outcomes improvement communication plan:
Include a communications specialist on the outcomes improvement leadership team.
Analyze the stakeholders early and often.
Craft the central message around shared values.
Be a constant champion.
Commit to regular times and mechanisms for communication.
Make sure communication flows both ways.
Be transparent.
Be creative.
8 in 10 Hospitals Stand Pat on Population Health Strategy, Despite Uncertaint...Health Catalyst
A 2017 survey by Health Catalyst shows that despite uncertainty about the future of the Affordable Care Act, 80 percent of healthcare executives have not paused or otherwise changed their population health management strategy. 68 percent said that PHM is “very important” to their healthcare delivery strategy, while fewer than 3 percent said it was not important at all. The results show that executives view the move to value-based care as inevitable, and they view a PHM strategy as an integral part of their future efforts.
What Is Population Health And How Does It Compare to Public HealthHealth Catalyst
Master data management is key for healthcare organizations looks to integrate different systems. The two types of master data are identity data and reference data. Master data management is the process of linking identity data and reference data. MDM is important for mergers and acquisitions and health information exchanges. The three approaches for MDM are: IT system consolidation, Upstream MDM implementation, and Downstream master data reconciliation in an enterprise data warehouse.
Clinical Quality Improvement - Dr. Croston's 7 TipsHealth Catalyst
Starting a clinical quality improvement initiative requires shifting from a personality-centric culture to one that is data-driven, with near real-time data to help providers make better decisions and improve the quality of outcomes. But turning plentiful data into meaningful information represents a significant change. From Dr. J. Kevin Croston, MD, CMO at North Memorial Health Care, here are seven tips to gaining physician buy-in: 1. Get the Physicians Engaged Early; 2. Find Champions Among the Medical Leadership; 3. If Your Project Is Large, Choose One Area of Focus; 4. Build a Broad but Specific Guidance Team; 5. One You Have Plan, Follow It; 6. Make the Results Data-driven; 7. Be an Agent for Change
Ten Essential Steps for Your Readmission Reduction ProgramHealth Catalyst
Effective care management is essential during the first 30 days after discharge to prevent unnecessary readmission and associated costs. Care managers can follow a 10-step readmission reduction program to help patients stay on track with recovery and avoid acute care:
1. Call the patient within two days of discharge.
2. Assess the patient’s self-care capacity.
3. Frontload homecare and ensure patient 'touches', if appropriate.
4. Conduct a home safety evaluation.
5. Order and install durable medical equipment prior to discharge.
6. Order an emergency alert/medication reminder system and preprogram important phone numbers on patient’s phone.
7. Implement fall prevention program, intervention, and education.
8. Provide in-home education on new diagnoses or unmanaged chronic conditions.
9. Connect the patient with community resources.
10. Establish a best practice for follow-up phone calls after discharge.
How to Use Data to Improve Patient Safety: A Two-Part DiscussionHealth Catalyst
As healthcare organizations continue to experience expenses growing faster than revenues, value based care, and consumer transparency of costs and quality, patient safety will be an important determinant of success. This session will describe the sociotechnical attributes of a safe system, the challenges, the barriers and opportunities, and how to use data and your culture of safety as a powerful tool to drive down adverse events.
Attendees will learn:
Why patient safety and quality are important.
How data can help improve patient safety.
The history of patient safety and where we are today.
What components make up a safety analytics culture.
How the internal safety culture directly impacts patient safety metrics.
To describe basic guidelines for improving a safety culture with analytics.
Healthcare problems that have plagued the employee health for years, don't have the be norm. Leveraging direct primary care, pharmacy and other scopes of work can dramatically improve access to quality care while reducing the costs.
Population Health Management: Where are YOU?Phytel
This presentation explains how population health is fundamental to value-based delivery models, including key principles and definitions of PHM, as well as how to assess your organization’s “population health readiness.”
Why a Patient-centric Approach Is Best: Stories from a PhysicianHealth Catalyst
Good patient care means patient-centric care. Relying on good mentors during residency training, physicians can learn how to put patients first. For example, during one rotation of mine, I saw a mentor consistently use humor and expertise with patients to connect with them and help them change their environments at home. I was also part of patient-centered teams that worked together to identify potentially life-threatening conditions, and intervene to save lives. We can put people before projects and be patient-centric.
Each year, Jackson Healthcare studies trends impacting physicians' careers and medical practices.
We hope this information helps physicians make more informed, strategic decisions. And we hope these statistics help healthcare executives, industry thought leaders and media professionals better understand the attitudes, challenges and opportunities physicians face.
This presentation shares highlights from our 2014 national survey of U.S. physicians.
To lower health costs, physician networks and medical homes must employ a closed loop population management program that focus on patient SOH stratification, chronic disease management, care coordination and incentive management. This approach will enable them to consistently reduce ER and inpatient admissions, which are the greatest expenditures in health care today.
Healthcare Transformation: The Journey of High-Value HealthcareHealth Catalyst
To manage population health, one needs to intimately understand the anatomy of healthcare and model how healthcare is delivered, in order to systematically improve healthcare outcomes. In this webinar, Dr. Burton draws on his 26-year executive career at Intermountain, Select Health, and Health Catalyst. He emphasizes the importance of linking administrative data (e.g., billing codes) to processes of clinical care to use the 80/20 principle to prioritize care processes within each venue to focus improvement initiatives on the things that matter most. He will also discuss a Clinical Integration framework to use in driving out waste by reducing variation in the ordering of care, the efficiency with which the care that is ordered is delivered and reducing defects in care delivery to make it safer.
6 Proven Strategies for Engaging Physicians—and 4 Ways to FailHealth Catalyst
For healthcare organizations to be successful with their quality and cost improvement initiatives, physicians must be engaged with the proposed changes. But many physicians are not engaged because their morale is suffering. While some strategies to encourage buy-in for improvement initiatives don’t work, there are six strategies that have proven to be effective: (1) discover a common purpose, (2) adopt an engaging style, (3) turn physicians into partners, not customers, (4) segment the engagement plan, (5) use “engaging” improvement methods, and (6) provide them with backup—all the way to the board. Once the organization has their trust, physicians will gain enthusiasm to move forward with improvement efforts that will benefit everyone.
Becoming the Change Agent Your Healthcare System NeedsHealth Catalyst
I’ve met many clinical and operational leaders across the U.S. and seen how many have become progressively cynical and disengaged when faced with important healthcare reform issues like cost cutting and tight budgets. These clinicians would agree that equally important are quality and safety issues. However, most don’t have the tools available to actually measure that quality or patient outcomes. When clinicians do have access to the ability to measure, and the work together, I’ve seen enormous energy arise as they ask questions they really care about: What is quality? What do we measure? How do we achieve the best outcome?
Learn how CORUS is enabling these significant improvements:
Integration of EHR data, including patient-level clinical and operational data, as well as departmental and equipment resource-utilization data, delivering the first truly comprehensive view of the true cost of patient care
Manufacturing-style activity-based costing that is scalable and maintainable, freeing analysts to focus on identifying variation and cost-saving opportunities
Embedded costing knowledge including best practices, rules, and algorithms from world-renowned academic healthcare institutions, accelerating cost management transformation
Dramatically more timely and actionable cost data based on an analytics platform that supports over 160 source systems including EHR, claims, General Ledger, payroll, supply chain, and patient satisfaction systems
We look forward to you joining us!
Making Healthcare Waste Reduction and Patient Safety Actionable - HAS Session 6Health Catalyst
Multiple studies have estimated that at least 30% of US healthcare expenditures are wasteful. But how do you identify and reduce that waste? In this session, we will share with you a three-part framework for understanding, measuring and addressing waste reduction. In particular, we will highlight the importance patient safety and injury prevention, framing the importance of shifting from a system of incident reporting (which creates a culture of blame and guilt) to a system in which patient injury is regarded as a process failure rather than a person failure. To make that transition, health systems will need to 1) define process flows and metrics for each major type of patient injury; and 2) create a learning environment in which team members are engaged in process redesign to prevent process failure and injury. A leading health system in patient safety and quality will also share their best practices in how they have created a culture of patient safety and quality.
Communication in Healthcare Culture: Eight Steps to Uphold Outcomes ImprovementHealth Catalyst
Healthcare leaders looking to establish and sustain a culture of large-scale outcomes improvement must communicate their health system’s values, beliefs, and norms throughout the entire organization. Effective communication spreads understanding of outcomes improvement, ensuring broad engagement and ongoing progress toward shared goals.
An eight-step strategy describes essential elements of organizational outcomes improvement communication plan:
Include a communications specialist on the outcomes improvement leadership team.
Analyze the stakeholders early and often.
Craft the central message around shared values.
Be a constant champion.
Commit to regular times and mechanisms for communication.
Make sure communication flows both ways.
Be transparent.
Be creative.
8 in 10 Hospitals Stand Pat on Population Health Strategy, Despite Uncertaint...Health Catalyst
A 2017 survey by Health Catalyst shows that despite uncertainty about the future of the Affordable Care Act, 80 percent of healthcare executives have not paused or otherwise changed their population health management strategy. 68 percent said that PHM is “very important” to their healthcare delivery strategy, while fewer than 3 percent said it was not important at all. The results show that executives view the move to value-based care as inevitable, and they view a PHM strategy as an integral part of their future efforts.
What Is Population Health And How Does It Compare to Public HealthHealth Catalyst
Master data management is key for healthcare organizations looks to integrate different systems. The two types of master data are identity data and reference data. Master data management is the process of linking identity data and reference data. MDM is important for mergers and acquisitions and health information exchanges. The three approaches for MDM are: IT system consolidation, Upstream MDM implementation, and Downstream master data reconciliation in an enterprise data warehouse.
Clinical Quality Improvement - Dr. Croston's 7 TipsHealth Catalyst
Starting a clinical quality improvement initiative requires shifting from a personality-centric culture to one that is data-driven, with near real-time data to help providers make better decisions and improve the quality of outcomes. But turning plentiful data into meaningful information represents a significant change. From Dr. J. Kevin Croston, MD, CMO at North Memorial Health Care, here are seven tips to gaining physician buy-in: 1. Get the Physicians Engaged Early; 2. Find Champions Among the Medical Leadership; 3. If Your Project Is Large, Choose One Area of Focus; 4. Build a Broad but Specific Guidance Team; 5. One You Have Plan, Follow It; 6. Make the Results Data-driven; 7. Be an Agent for Change
Ten Essential Steps for Your Readmission Reduction ProgramHealth Catalyst
Effective care management is essential during the first 30 days after discharge to prevent unnecessary readmission and associated costs. Care managers can follow a 10-step readmission reduction program to help patients stay on track with recovery and avoid acute care:
1. Call the patient within two days of discharge.
2. Assess the patient’s self-care capacity.
3. Frontload homecare and ensure patient 'touches', if appropriate.
4. Conduct a home safety evaluation.
5. Order and install durable medical equipment prior to discharge.
6. Order an emergency alert/medication reminder system and preprogram important phone numbers on patient’s phone.
7. Implement fall prevention program, intervention, and education.
8. Provide in-home education on new diagnoses or unmanaged chronic conditions.
9. Connect the patient with community resources.
10. Establish a best practice for follow-up phone calls after discharge.
How to Use Data to Improve Patient Safety: A Two-Part DiscussionHealth Catalyst
As healthcare organizations continue to experience expenses growing faster than revenues, value based care, and consumer transparency of costs and quality, patient safety will be an important determinant of success. This session will describe the sociotechnical attributes of a safe system, the challenges, the barriers and opportunities, and how to use data and your culture of safety as a powerful tool to drive down adverse events.
Attendees will learn:
Why patient safety and quality are important.
How data can help improve patient safety.
The history of patient safety and where we are today.
What components make up a safety analytics culture.
How the internal safety culture directly impacts patient safety metrics.
To describe basic guidelines for improving a safety culture with analytics.
Healthcare problems that have plagued the employee health for years, don't have the be norm. Leveraging direct primary care, pharmacy and other scopes of work can dramatically improve access to quality care while reducing the costs.
Population Health Management: Where are YOU?Phytel
This presentation explains how population health is fundamental to value-based delivery models, including key principles and definitions of PHM, as well as how to assess your organization’s “population health readiness.”
Why a Patient-centric Approach Is Best: Stories from a PhysicianHealth Catalyst
Good patient care means patient-centric care. Relying on good mentors during residency training, physicians can learn how to put patients first. For example, during one rotation of mine, I saw a mentor consistently use humor and expertise with patients to connect with them and help them change their environments at home. I was also part of patient-centered teams that worked together to identify potentially life-threatening conditions, and intervene to save lives. We can put people before projects and be patient-centric.
Each year, Jackson Healthcare studies trends impacting physicians' careers and medical practices.
We hope this information helps physicians make more informed, strategic decisions. And we hope these statistics help healthcare executives, industry thought leaders and media professionals better understand the attitudes, challenges and opportunities physicians face.
This presentation shares highlights from our 2014 national survey of U.S. physicians.
To lower health costs, physician networks and medical homes must employ a closed loop population management program that focus on patient SOH stratification, chronic disease management, care coordination and incentive management. This approach will enable them to consistently reduce ER and inpatient admissions, which are the greatest expenditures in health care today.
Healthcare Transformation: The Journey of High-Value HealthcareHealth Catalyst
To manage population health, one needs to intimately understand the anatomy of healthcare and model how healthcare is delivered, in order to systematically improve healthcare outcomes. In this webinar, Dr. Burton draws on his 26-year executive career at Intermountain, Select Health, and Health Catalyst. He emphasizes the importance of linking administrative data (e.g., billing codes) to processes of clinical care to use the 80/20 principle to prioritize care processes within each venue to focus improvement initiatives on the things that matter most. He will also discuss a Clinical Integration framework to use in driving out waste by reducing variation in the ordering of care, the efficiency with which the care that is ordered is delivered and reducing defects in care delivery to make it safer.
6 Proven Strategies for Engaging Physicians—and 4 Ways to FailHealth Catalyst
For healthcare organizations to be successful with their quality and cost improvement initiatives, physicians must be engaged with the proposed changes. But many physicians are not engaged because their morale is suffering. While some strategies to encourage buy-in for improvement initiatives don’t work, there are six strategies that have proven to be effective: (1) discover a common purpose, (2) adopt an engaging style, (3) turn physicians into partners, not customers, (4) segment the engagement plan, (5) use “engaging” improvement methods, and (6) provide them with backup—all the way to the board. Once the organization has their trust, physicians will gain enthusiasm to move forward with improvement efforts that will benefit everyone.
Becoming the Change Agent Your Healthcare System NeedsHealth Catalyst
I’ve met many clinical and operational leaders across the U.S. and seen how many have become progressively cynical and disengaged when faced with important healthcare reform issues like cost cutting and tight budgets. These clinicians would agree that equally important are quality and safety issues. However, most don’t have the tools available to actually measure that quality or patient outcomes. When clinicians do have access to the ability to measure, and the work together, I’ve seen enormous energy arise as they ask questions they really care about: What is quality? What do we measure? How do we achieve the best outcome?
Quality Data is Essential for Doctors Concerned with Patient EngagementHealth Catalyst
It might be a bit of a leap to associate quality data with improving the patient experience. But the pathway is apparent when you consider that physicians need data to track patient diagnoses, treatments, progress, and outcomes. The data must be high quality (easily accessible, standardized, comprehensive) so it simplifies, rather than complicates, the physician’s job. This becomes even more important in the pursuit of population health, as care teams need to easily identify at-risk patients in need of preventive or follow-up care. Patients engaged in their own care via portals and personal peripherals contribute to the volume and quality of data and feel empowered in the process. This physician and patient engagement leads to improved care and outcomes, and, ultimately, an improved patient experience.
As new payment models emerge that emphasize value over volume, providers are being compelled to look more closely at how to motivate patients—especially those with multiple chronic conditions—to actively manage their care, make better decisions and change behaviors. This editorial webinar will explore the relationships between engagement and improved health outcomes, greater patient satisfaction and better resource utilization. Our panel of experts will share proven strategies for building patients' confidence, disseminating self-management tools and making the best use of your care team.
Preparing for the Future: How one ACO is Using Analytics to Drive Clinical & ...Health Catalyst
Crystal Run Healthcare — a physician-led Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and one of the first ACOs to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program — is experiencing the long-anticipated shift toward more value-based reimbursement.
To ensure financial stability as they assume more risk, Crystal Run is implementing a strategy focused on rapid growth and aligning physician reimbursement with favorable patient outcomes. To effectively execute on this strategy they knew they needed to become more data-driven. Webinar attendees will learn how this ACO is using advanced analytics to execute on their population management and growth strategies with a focus on continuous improvement in the following areas:
Ensuring patient care aligns with evidence based practices
Reducing inappropriate clinical variation
Enhancing operational efficiency
Analyzing data from a “single source of truth” integrated from their EMR, billing, costing, patient satisfaction and other operational systems
Making “self-service analytics” available to decision-makers to decrease time to decision
Please join Greg Spencer, MD, Chief Medical & Chief Medical Information Officer and Scott Hines, MD, Chief Quality Officer and Medical Specialties Medical Director, Crystal Run, as they discuss how advanced analytics is helping position the ACO for continued success in an increasingly value-based reimbursement environment.
An ACO Case Study: Quality Improvement in HealthcareHealth Catalyst
OSF HealthCare—one of the first Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)—has a strong history of providing outstanding quality improvement in healthcare within hospitals, clinics, home health and other health provider entities across Illinois. For ACOs to succeed under value-based care, it is critical that organizations effectively coordinate care in the effort to maximize quality and safety, while minimizing costs and waste. It is also imperative that ACOs understand patients’ needs and values and incorporate them into all health decisions.
Please join Leslie Falk, Health Catalyst and the OSF team—recipient of the 2014 Illinois Hospital Association (IHA) Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality’s first annual Tim Philipp Award for Excellence in Palliative and End-of-Life Care—as they discuss how they leveraged technology and data to launch a community-wide supportive care initiative that has successfully maximized value for the populations they serve.
Attendees of the webinar will:
Learn how OSF is improving healthcare quality and delivering on the Triple Aim.
Explore innovative ways to improve care coordination.
Discover how technology-enabled solutions drives community, patient, and physician engagement.
Understand the benefit of a team approach to improving care coordination.
MedCity ENGAGE: Advancing Beyond Patient Engagement to Behavior ChangeBrent Walker
This presentation provides an overview of a psychographic segmentation model and how it has been integrated into an automated patient engagement platform to drive significant patient behavior change to reduce hospital readmissions and enhance health coaches' work with patients who have diabetes or musculoskeletal issues
Introducing Health Catalyst University: An Innovative Approach for Accelerati...Health Catalyst
Anyone involved in healthcare knows we need to improve quality and lower costs—but where do you start? And how do you reduce the time it takes to realize improvements after deciding on a course of action? Then there’s the added responsibility of managing the transition to risk-based payment models where the consequences of getting it wrong increase with each passing year.
For these reasons we feel compelled to break from our standard webinar routine and present a new webinar, where we will introduce the Health Catalyst University’s Accelerated Practices (AP) Program, a unique learning experience that has been designed to help you tackle these problems. First, you will hear from Tommy Prewitt, MD, director of the Healthcare Delivery Institute at HORNE LLP. He will share his perspective about the need for change. He will also talk about how programs like ours are critical to surviving and thriving in this new era of healthcare. Then you will hear from Bryan Oshiro, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer of Health Catalyst. He will explain how the AP Program equips you with the tools and knowledge to mobilize others in accelerating outcomes improvement work and sustaining the gains.
In specific, Tommy Prewitt, MD, will discuss:
The problems the industry is facing
How variations in care delivery impact quality and cost
The value of giving clinicians the right tools to effectively use data to drive outcomes improvement
Sustainable improvements course participants have achieved by attending HORNE’s Advanced Training Program
In specific, Bryan Oshiro, MD, will discuss:
The components required to make a quality improvement training course successful
The need for course participants to apply the science of improvement to course projects in a practical, immersive format
Why leaders need to learn how to understand the nuances of human behavior as a way to affect positive change
The return on investment a quality improvement training program such as Health Catalyst’s Accelerated Practices (AP) Program provides
What attendees of the AP Program will learn
Both presenters are graduates of and proponents for Intermountain’s Advanced Training Program (ATP), a quality improvement program started by Brent James, MD. Their goals with this webinar are to give you greater insight to the problems the industry is facing and a renewed sense of purpose knowing that resources are available to help you through this challenging time.
How to Establish an Evidence-Based Care Delivery Structure Like Allina HealthHealth Catalyst
Clinicians have to make difficult decisions on a regular basis. And when different clinicians within the same health system make markedly different decisions about medical treatment, significant waste and inconsistent outcomes arise.
What will be discussed?:
Establishing peer-reviewed and approved CPGs
Prioritizing improvements
Developing the CPG checklist
Engaging and collaborating with clinicians
Don't miss hearing firsthand how Allina established a systemwide EBDM model and realized a five percent decrease in Stage 1 lung cancer treatment variation as well as a 20 percent decrease in the number of heparin protocols.
5 Reasons the Practice of Evidence-Based Medicine Is a Hot TopicHealth Catalyst
Evidence-based medicine is an important model of care because it offers health systems a way to achieve the goals of the Triple Aim. It also offers health systems an opportunity to thrive in this era of value-based care. In specific, there are five reasons the industry is interested in the practice of evidence-based medicine: (1) With the explosion of scientific knowledge being published, it’s difficult for clinicians to stay current on the latest best practices. (2) Improved technology enables healthcare workers to have better access to data and knowledge. (3) Payers, employers, and patients are driving the need for the industry to show transparency, accountability, and value. (4) There is broad evidence that Americans often do not get the care they need. (5) Evidence-based medicine works. While the practice of evidence-based medicine is growing in popularity, moving an entire organization to a new model of care presents challenges. First, clinicians need to change how they were taught to practice. Second, providers are already busy with increasingly larger and larger workloads. Using a five-step framework, though, enables clinicians to begin to incorporate evidence-based medicine into their practices. The five steps include (1) Asking a clinical question to identify a key problem. (2) Acquiring the best evidence possible. (3) Appraising the evidence and making sure it’s applicable to the population and the question being asked. (4) Applying the evidence to daily clinical practice. (5) Assessing performance.
Knowledge to action: changing the dynamic between patients and providers - en...Paul Gallant
This presentation provides tips, examples and extensive resources on taking action for better patient and health provider engagement. As part of my invited keynote presentation for Choosing Wisely Alberta/Alberta Medical Association. I hope you find the presentation deck useful. Brief video clips & words of wisdom from my friend and colleague, Annette McKinnon are included in the presentation to accompany the slides.
Outcomes improvement: what you get when you mix good data with physician enga...Health Catalyst
The prescription for improving healthcare outcomes is pretty straightforward: improve quality by working with good data that’s based on patient perceptions of quality, as well as functional health outcomes. Then make that data accessible and actionable among your physicians and give them the leeway they need to reduce variation and, ultimately, improve outcomes. As simple as this may seem, it’s been complicated by an inefficient data infrastructure with non-standardized components (EHRs) and the inability to distribute analyses and visualizations where they are needed most (at the point of care). Dale Sanders explains these issues in detail and outlines solutions in this article published in the April 2015 edition of BMJ Outcomes.
A CEO's Keys to Continuous Quality ImprovementHealth Catalyst
Healthcare organizations will not survive this unstable environment without a vision and a plan. Even with rapidly declining reimbursement that makes resource allocation tight, a CEO must address what it will cost to sustain a commitment to quality and then move forward in building capacity into the organization to provide that quality.
Join Greg Stock, chief executive officer of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, as he shares how Thibodaux strives for the Triple Aim using the following keys to successful continuous quality improvement:
Engaging physicians and other influencers to bring together the right people for effective collaboration
Leveraging a data warehouse to identify opportunities for improvement, have a single source of truth to support decisions, and rapidly implement change
Spreading expertise across the organization, or ensuring individuals take the knowledge and skills they have acquired and apply them to other problem areas throughout the organization
Don’t miss hearing this CEO’s experiences with a methodology that The Joint Commission calls “best practice in how to use data and get physicians engaged.”
Ad Club Vital Signs - Patient Power: A Changing EnvironmentBrent Walker
This presentation was delivered on the Google campus in Cambridge, MA, on behalf of the Boston Ad Club. It discusses the trends driving consumerism in healthcare, the application of psychographic segmentation and the results of a hospital pilot where readmissions post-surgery discharge were driven to zero with a 75% reduction in nurse FTEs for patient follow-up.
North highland himss_hardwiringclinicalfinancialperformance_041315North Highland
North Highland's Ricardo Martinez and Donna Houlne's presentation on "Hardwiring Clinical and Financial Performance Through Patient-Centered, Physician-Directed Transformation"
The Changing Role of Healthcare Data AnalystsHealth Catalyst
The healthcare industry is undergoing a sea change, and healthcare data analysts will play a central role in this transformation. This report explores how the evolution to value-based care is changing the role of healthcare data analysts, how data analysts’ skills can best be applied to achieve value-based objectives and, finally, how Health Catalyst’s most successful health system clients are making this cultural transformation happen in the real world.
20131210 Electronic Health Records - Is the NHS ready? What about patientsamirhannan
On 12th December 2013, Dr Hannan (GP / family physician) along with Marilyn Gollom (patient) presented this talk to Health 2.0 Manchester. You can watch the talk by going to http://www.htmc.co.uk/pages/pv.asp?p=htmc0519.
Findings on health information technology and electronic health recordsDeloitte United States
The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions 2016 Survey of US Physicians set out to understand physician adoption and perception of key market trends around health information technology and electronic health record data. Explore key survey findings to discover where physicians find the most value, barriers to adoption, and what they want next. http://deloi.tt/2d3b4w6
Use Well-Crafted Aim Statements To Achieve Clinical Quality ImprovementsHealth Catalyst
Too often, hospitals and health systems stop at developing broad clinical quality improvement statements that come up short of achieving their desired goals. What’s missing are clearly defined improvement objectives in the form of aim statements that take into account the effects on other areas of the organization: patient safety and satisfaction, physician engagement, and financial contribution. Aim statements help articulate the problems that add value for patients and the organization, but good data, and the analytics tools required to understand the data, are essential to illuminating high-value problem areas. Additionally, aim statements must stick to the SMART guidelines: Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
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Empowering ACOs: Leveraging Quality Management Tools for MIPS and BeyondHealth Catalyst
Join us as we delve into the crucial realm of quality reporting for MSSP (Medicare Shared Savings Program) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).
In this session, we will explore how a robust quality management solution can empower your organization to meet regulatory requirements and improve processes for MIPS reporting and internal quality programs. Learn how our MeasureAble application enables compliance and fosters continuous improvement.
Unlock the Secrets to Optimizing Ambulatory Operations Efficiency and Change ...Health Catalyst
Today’s healthcare leaders are seeking technology solutions to optimize efficiencies and improve patient care. However, without effective change management and strategies in place, healthcare leaders struggle to strategically improve patient flow, space, to strategically improve patient flow, space, and schedule management, and implement daily huddles. The role of technology in supporting operational efficiency and change management initiatives is inevitable.
During this webinar, attendees will learn how to optimize Ambulatory Operational Efficiencies and Change Management. Attendees will also learn about the importance of visual management boards in enhancing clinic performance and insights into effective change management approaches.
Patient expectations are rising, and organizations are continuously being asked to do more with less.
Additionally, the convergence of several significant emerging market and policy trends, economic uncertainty, labor force shortages, and the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency has created a unique set of challenges for healthcare organizations.
Attend this timely webinar to learn about new trends and their impact on key healthcare issues, such as patient engagement, migration to value-based care, analytics adoption, the use of alternative care sites, and data governance and management challenges.
During this webinar, we will discuss the complexities of AI, trends, and platforms in the industry. Dive deep into understanding the true essence of AI, exploring its potential, real-world use cases, and common misconceptions. Gain valuable insights into the latest technology trends impacting healthcare and discover strategies for maximizing ROI in your technology investments.
Explore the profound impact of data literacy on healthcare organizations and how it shapes the utilization of data and technology for transformative outcomes. Understand the top technology priorities for healthcare organizations and learn how to navigate the digital landscape effectively. Furthermore, simplify industry jargon by defining common data elements, fostering clearer communication and collaboration across stakeholders.
Finally, uncover the transformative potentials of platforms in healthcare and how they can revolutionize scalability, interoperability, and innovation within your organization. Don't miss this opportunity to gain invaluable insights from industry experts and stay ahead in the ever-evolving healthcare landscape. Reserve your spot now for an enlightening journey into the future of healthcare technology!
Three Keys to a Successful Margin: Charges, Costs, and LaborHealth Catalyst
How can cost management and complete charge capture protect and enhance the margin?
In this webinar, we will look at 2024 margin pressures likely to impact your organization’s financial resiliency. This presentation will also share how organizations can move from Fee-for-Service to Value; bringing Cost to the forefront.
2024 CPT® Updates (Professional Services Focused) - Part 3Health Catalyst
Each year the CPT code set undergoes significant changes. Physicians and their office staff need to be aware of the changes in order to ensure a smooth transition into 2024. Join us for a discussion of the new, deleted and revised CPT codes and associated guidelines for 2024. This presentation will focus on the changes to the CPT dataset and the associated work RVU value changes that impact professional service reporting.
During this complimentary webinar, we will empower you to correctly apply the new and revised codes and discuss the rationale behind this year’s changes. You will leave with an understanding of the financial implications of the changes on your practice.
2024 CPT® Code Updates (HIM Focused) - Part 2Health Catalyst
Each year the CPT code set and the HCPCS code set undergo significant changes, and your coding staff needs to be aware of the changes in order to ensure a smooth transition into 2024. Join us for a discussion of the new, deleted and revised CPT codes and associated guidelines for 2024. This is part two in a three-part series.
During these complimentary webinars, we will empower you to correctly apply the new and revised codes and discuss the rationale behind this year’s changes. This presentation will be geared towards hospital staff with a focus on the surgical section of the CPT book in addition to surgical Category III codes.
2024 CPT® Code Updates (CDM Focused) - Part 1Health Catalyst
Each year the CPT and the HCPCS code sets undergo significant changes, and your staff needs to be aware of the changes in order to ensure a smooth transition into 2024. Join us for a discussion of the new, deleted, and revised CPT codes and associated guidelines for 2024. This is part one in a three-part series, with a CDM focus.
During these complimentary webinars, we will empower you to correctly apply the new and revised codes and discuss the rationale behind this year’s changes. This presentation will be geared towards hospital staff with a focus on the non-surgical sections of the CPT book.
What’s Next for Hospital Price Transparency in 2024 and BeyondHealth Catalyst
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published updates to the hospital price transparency requirements in the CY 2024 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule. The updates will be phased in over the next 14 months and include several significant changes including the use of a CMS-mandated template, a requirement for an affirmation statement from the hospital, and several new data elements. Join us to discover what changes are scheduled for implementation in 2024 and 2025 and how they’ll impact your facility.
During this complimentary 60-minute webinar, we’ll analyze the key provisions of the Price Transparency regulations and provide insights to help you prepare for the upcoming changes.
Automated Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) for Hip & Knee ReplacementHealth Catalyst
What was once voluntary reporting will soon be made mandatory with penalties.
On July 1, 2024, all health systems will be required to collect Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulation for the following measures:
Hospital-Level, Risk Standardized Patient-Reported Outcomes Performance Measure (PRO-PM) Following Elective Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) and/or Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
Hospital-Level Risk-Standardized Complication Rate (RSCR) Following Elective Primary THA/TKA
Are you equipped to handle these new requirements?
Mandatory data collection begins April 1, 2024, and failure to submit timely data can result in a 25 percent reduction in payments by Medicare.
Attend this webinar to learn how mobile engagement can empower your organization to meet this requirement.
2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule UpdatesHealth Catalyst
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the calendar year (CY) 2024 MPFS final rule was created to advance health equity and improve access to affordable healthcare. This webinar will cover the major policy updates of the MPFS final rule including updates to the telehealth services policy and remote monitoring services and enrollment of MFTs and MHCs as Medicare providers. The conversation will also cover policy changes on split (or shared) evaluation and management (E/M) visits, and the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging.
What's Next for OPPS: A Look at the 2024 Final RuleHealth Catalyst
During this webinar, we’ll analyze the key provisions of the OPPS final rule and identify the significant changes for the coming year to help prepare your staff for compliance with the 2024 Medicare outpatient billing guidelines.
Insight into the 2024 ICD-10 PCS Updates - Part 2Health Catalyst
Prepare for mandatory ICD-10 PCS diagnosis code updates, which take effect on October 1, 2023. By attending this 60-minute educational session, medical coders and healthcare professionals will gain a comprehensive understanding of the changes to the 2024 ICD-10 procedure codes and their guidelines, enabling accurate and compliant coding for optimal billing and reimbursement.
Vitalware Insight Into the 2024 ICD10 CM Updates.pdfHealth Catalyst
Prepare for mandatory ICD-10 CM diagnosis code updates, which take effect on October 1, 2023. By attending this 60-minute educational session, medical coders and healthcare professionals will gain a comprehensive understanding of the changes to the 2024 ICD-10 diagnosis codes and their guidelines, along with major complication or comorbidity (MCC), complication or comorbidity (CC), and Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs) classification changes. With this information, professionals can ensure accurate and compliant diagnosis coding for optimal billing and reimbursement.
Driving Value: Boosting Clinical Registry Value Using ARMUS SolutionsHealth Catalyst
Many hospitals today face a perfect storm of operational and financial challenges. With increasing competition from outpatient facilities and rising care costs negatively impacting budgets, now is the time to boost your clinical registry’s value. However, collecting and analyzing data can be time-consuming and costly without the right tools. During this webinar, we will share insights and best practices for increasing the value of registry participation and how it’s possible to reduce costs while improving outcomes using the ARMUS Product Suite.
Tech-Enabled Managed Services: Not Your Average OutsourcingHealth Catalyst
During this webinar you'll learn the following:
The importance of optimizing performance, reducing labor costs and sourcing talent given current market challenges.
Highlighting the need for a balanced approach to cost reduction.
How to reap the benefits of outsourcing (cost cutting, expertise, etc) while protecting yourself from the collateral damage that often comes with them.
This webinar will provide an in-depth review of the CPT/HCPCS code set changes that will be effective on July 1, 2023. The review will include additions and deletions to the CPT/HCPCS code set, revisions of code descriptors, payment changes, and rationale behind the changes.
How Managing Chronic Conditions Is Streamlined with Digital TechnologyHealth Catalyst
Chronic conditions across the United States are prevalent and continue to rise. Managing one or more chronic diseases can be very challenging for patients who may be overwhelmed or confused about their care plan and may not have access to the resources they need. At the same time, care teams are overburdened, making it difficult to provide the support these patients require to stay as healthy as possible. A new approach to chronic condition management leverages technology to enable organizations to scale high-quality care, identify gaps in care, provide personalized support, and monitor patients on an ongoing basis. Such streamlined management will result in better outcomes, reduced costs, and more satisfied patients.
COVID-19: After the Public Health Emergency EndsHealth Catalyst
In this fast-paced webinar, we will discuss the impact of the end of the public health emergency (PHE), including upcoming changes to the different flexibilities allowed during the PHE and the timeline for when these flexibilities will end. We’ll also cover coding changes and reimbursement updates.
Automated Medication Compliance Tools for the Provider and PatientHealth Catalyst
When it comes to sustaining patient health outcomes, compliance and adherence to medication regimens are critically important, especially as providers manage patients with complex care needs and multiple medications. But, with provider burnout and staffing shortages at an all-time high, an efficient solution is critical. The use of automated medication management workflows to decrease provider burnout, while improving both medication compliance and patient engagement, is the way forward.
The Importance of Community Nursing Care.pdfAD Healthcare
NDIS and Community 24/7 Nursing Care is a specific type of support that may be provided under the NDIS for individuals with complex medical needs who require ongoing nursing care in a community setting, such as their home or a supported accommodation facility.
CRISPR-Cas9, a revolutionary gene-editing tool, holds immense potential to reshape medicine, agriculture, and our understanding of life. But like any powerful tool, it comes with ethical considerations.
Unveiling CRISPR: This naturally occurring bacterial defense system (crRNA & Cas9 protein) fights viruses. Scientists repurposed it for precise gene editing (correction, deletion, insertion) by targeting specific DNA sequences.
The Promise: CRISPR offers exciting possibilities:
Gene Therapy: Correcting genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis.
Agriculture: Engineering crops resistant to pests and harsh environments.
Research: Studying gene function to unlock new knowledge.
The Peril: Ethical concerns demand attention:
Off-target Effects: Unintended DNA edits can have unforeseen consequences.
Eugenics: Misusing CRISPR for designer babies raises social and ethical questions.
Equity: High costs could limit access to this potentially life-saving technology.
The Path Forward: Responsible development is crucial:
International Collaboration: Clear guidelines are needed for research and human trials.
Public Education: Open discussions ensure informed decisions about CRISPR.
Prioritize Safety and Ethics: Safety and ethical principles must be paramount.
CRISPR offers a powerful tool for a better future, but responsible development and addressing ethical concerns are essential. By prioritizing safety, fostering open dialogue, and ensuring equitable access, we can harness CRISPR's power for the benefit of all. (2998 characters)
Antibiotic Stewardship by Anushri Srivastava.pptxAnushriSrivastav
Stewardship is the act of taking good care of something.
Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics), improves patient outcomes, reduces microbial resistance, and decreases the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms.
WHO launched the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) in 2015 to fill knowledge gaps and inform strategies at all levels.
ACCORDING TO apic.org,
Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics), improves patient outcomes, reduces microbial resistance, and decreases the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms.
ACCORDING TO pewtrusts.org,
Antibiotic stewardship refers to efforts in doctors’ offices, hospitals, long term care facilities, and other health care settings to ensure that antibiotics are used only when necessary and appropriate
According to WHO,
Antimicrobial stewardship is a systematic approach to educate and support health care professionals to follow evidence-based guidelines for prescribing and administering antimicrobials
In 1996, John McGowan and Dale Gerding first applied the term antimicrobial stewardship, where they suggested a causal association between antimicrobial agent use and resistance. They also focused on the urgency of large-scale controlled trials of antimicrobial-use regulation employing sophisticated epidemiologic methods, molecular typing, and precise resistance mechanism analysis.
Antimicrobial Stewardship(AMS) refers to the optimal selection, dosing, and duration of antimicrobial treatment resulting in the best clinical outcome with minimal side effects to the patients and minimal impact on subsequent resistance.
According to the 2019 report, in the US, more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur each year, and more than 35000 people die. In addition to this, it also mentioned that 223,900 cases of Clostridoides difficile occurred in 2017, of which 12800 people died. The report did not include viruses or parasites
VISION
Being proactive
Supporting optimal animal and human health
Exploring ways to reduce overall use of antimicrobials
Using the drugs that prevent and treat disease by killing microscopic organisms in a responsible way
GOAL
to prevent the generation and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Doing so will preserve the effectiveness of these drugs in animals and humans for years to come.
being to preserve human and animal health and the effectiveness of antimicrobial medications.
to implement a multidisciplinary approach in assembling a stewardship team to include an infectious disease physician, a clinical pharmacist with infectious diseases training, infection preventionist, and a close collaboration with the staff in the clinical microbiology laboratory
to prevent antimicrobial overuse, misuse and abuse.
to minimize the developme
Medical Technology Tackles New Health Care Demand - Research Report - March 2...pchutichetpong
M Capital Group (“MCG”) predicts that with, against, despite, and even without the global pandemic, the medical technology (MedTech) industry shows signs of continuous healthy growth, driven by smaller, faster, and cheaper devices, growing demand for home-based applications, technological innovation, strategic acquisitions, investments, and SPAC listings. MCG predicts that this should reflects itself in annual growth of over 6%, well beyond 2028.
According to Chris Mouchabhani, Managing Partner at M Capital Group, “Despite all economic scenarios that one may consider, beyond overall economic shocks, medical technology should remain one of the most promising and robust sectors over the short to medium term and well beyond 2028.”
There is a movement towards home-based care for the elderly, next generation scanning and MRI devices, wearable technology, artificial intelligence incorporation, and online connectivity. Experts also see a focus on predictive, preventive, personalized, participatory, and precision medicine, with rising levels of integration of home care and technological innovation.
The average cost of treatment has been rising across the board, creating additional financial burdens to governments, healthcare providers and insurance companies. According to MCG, cost-per-inpatient-stay in the United States alone rose on average annually by over 13% between 2014 to 2021, leading MedTech to focus research efforts on optimized medical equipment at lower price points, whilst emphasizing portability and ease of use. Namely, 46% of the 1,008 medical technology companies in the 2021 MedTech Innovator (“MTI”) database are focusing on prevention, wellness, detection, or diagnosis, signaling a clear push for preventive care to also tackle costs.
In addition, there has also been a lasting impact on consumer and medical demand for home care, supported by the pandemic. Lockdowns, closure of care facilities, and healthcare systems subjected to capacity pressure, accelerated demand away from traditional inpatient care. Now, outpatient care solutions are driving industry production, with nearly 70% of recent diagnostics start-up companies producing products in areas such as ambulatory clinics, at-home care, and self-administered diagnostics.
Defecation
Normal defecation begins with movement in the left colon, moving stool toward the anus. When stool reaches the rectum, the distention causes relaxation of the internal sphincter and an awareness of the need to defecate. At the time of defecation, the external sphincter relaxes, and abdominal muscles contract, increasing intrarectal pressure and forcing the stool out
The Valsalva maneuver exerts pressure to expel faeces through a voluntary contraction of the abdominal muscles while maintaining forced expiration against a closed airway. Patients with cardiovascular disease, glaucoma, increased intracranial pressure, or a new surgical wound are at greater risk for cardiac dysrhythmias and elevated blood pressure with the Valsalva maneuver and need to avoid straining to pass the stool.
Normal defecation is painless, resulting in passage of soft, formed stool
CONSTIPATION
Constipation is a symptom, not a disease. Improper diet, reduced fluid intake, lack of exercise, and certain medications can cause constipation. For example, patients receiving opiates for pain after surgery often require a stool softener or laxative to prevent constipation. The signs of constipation include infrequent bowel movements (less than every 3 days), difficulty passing stools, excessive straining, inability to defecate at will, and hard feaces
IMPACTION
Fecal impaction results from unrelieved constipation. It is a collection of hardened feces wedged in the rectum that a person cannot expel. In cases of severe impaction the mass extends up into the sigmoid colon.
DIARRHEA
Diarrhea is an increase in the number of stools and the passage of liquid, unformed feces. It is associated with disorders affecting digestion, absorption, and secretion in the GI tract. Intestinal contents pass through the small and large intestine too quickly to allow for the usual absorption of fluid and nutrients. Irritation within the colon results in increased mucus secretion. As a result, feces become watery, and the patient is unable to control the urge to defecate. Normally an anal bag is safe and effective in long-term treatment of patients with fecal incontinence at home, in hospice, or in the hospital. Fecal incontinence is expensive and a potentially dangerous condition in terms of contamination and risk of skin ulceration
HEMORRHOIDS
Hemorrhoids are dilated, engorged veins in the lining of the rectum. They are either external or internal.
FLATULENCE
As gas accumulates in the lumen of the intestines, the bowel wall stretches and distends (flatulence). It is a common cause of abdominal fullness, pain, and cramping. Normally intestinal gas escapes through the mouth (belching) or the anus (passing of flatus)
FECAL INCONTINENCE
Fecal incontinence is the inability to control passage of feces and gas from the anus. Incontinence harms a patient’s body image
PREPARATION AND GIVING OF LAXATIVESACCORDING TO POTTER AND PERRY,
An enema is the instillation of a solution into the rectum and sig
Explore our infographic on 'Essential Metrics for Palliative Care Management' which highlights key performance indicators crucial for enhancing the quality and efficiency of palliative care services.
This visual guide breaks down important metrics across four categories: Patient-Centered Metrics, Care Efficiency Metrics, Quality of Life Metrics, and Staff Metrics. Each section is designed to help healthcare professionals monitor and improve care delivery for patients facing serious illnesses. Understand how to implement these metrics in your palliative care practices for better outcomes and higher satisfaction levels.
CHAPTER 1 SEMESTER V PREVENTIVE-PEDIATRICS.pdfSachin Sharma
This content provides an overview of preventive pediatrics. It defines preventive pediatrics as preventing disease and promoting children's physical, mental, and social well-being to achieve positive health. It discusses antenatal, postnatal, and social preventive pediatrics. It also covers various child health programs like immunization, breastfeeding, ICDS, and the roles of organizations like WHO, UNICEF, and nurses in preventive pediatrics.