At a time when average hospital’s margins are stagnating, executives should be asking tough questions about the ROI of "indispensable" technologies. Will new technologies prove their worth or drive them further into the red? How do you measure and track ROI?
We need to educate clinicians on financial metrics and finance people need to learn more about the clinical processes and outcomes. One of the historical problems with calculating ROI has been the fundamental culture divide between clinicians and finance. Gone should be the days that clinicians deliver care without knowing the financial cost of that care.
This slide set give practical advice on how to set goals, measure ROI and gives excel templates that are based on years of experience by the authors
Quality Improvement In Healthcare: Where Is The Best Place To Start?Health Catalyst
One of the biggest challenges providers face in their quality improvement efforts is knowing where to get started. In my experience, one of the best ways to overcome that “where do we begin?” factor is by using data from an enterprise data warehouse to look for high-cost areas where there are large variations in how health care is delivered. Variation found through the KPA is an indicator of opportunity. The more avoidable variation that is reflected in a particular care process, the more opportunity there is to reduce that variation and standardize the process. Suppose after performing a KPA you discover three areas of opportunity. How do you determine which one to pursue, especially if it’s your first journey into process improvement? The most obvious answer would seem to be the one with the largest potential ROI. That may not always be the best course to pursue, however. You will also want to take into consideration the readiness/openness to change in each of those areas.
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) and it's relevance in healthcare
(A potential question under health care management topic)
CONTENTS:
1. Definitions
2. Milestones of TQM
3. Rationale for quality in healthcare
4. Five attributes of quality
5. Dimensions of quality
6. Quality measurement
7. Quality management and it's principles
8. TQM view in areas of conflict
9. Deming's 14 points
10. PDCA/ Deming's cycle
11. Quality in health care organization
12. Implementation of quality improvement.
13. Quality assurance process
14. Clinical applications of TQM
15. Success story (chokpot PHC)
Happy learning!!
The Top Five Essentials for Quality Improvement in HealthcareHealth Catalyst
Quality improvement in healthcare is complicated, but we’re beginning to understand what successful quality improvement programs have in common:
Adaptive leadership, culture, and governance
Analytics
Evidence- and consensus-based best practices
Adoption
Financial alignment
Although understanding the top five essentials for quality improvement in healthcare is key, it’s equally important to understand the most useful definitions and key considerations. For example, how different service delivery models (telemedicine, ACO, etc.) impact quality improvement programs and how quality improvement starts with an organization’s underlying systems of care.
This executive report takes an in-depth look at quality improvement with the goal of providing health systems with not only the top five essentials but also a more comprehensive understanding of the topic so they’re in a better position to improve quality and, ultimately, transform healthcare.
Quality Improvement In Healthcare: Where Is The Best Place To Start?Health Catalyst
One of the biggest challenges providers face in their quality improvement efforts is knowing where to get started. In my experience, one of the best ways to overcome that “where do we begin?” factor is by using data from an enterprise data warehouse to look for high-cost areas where there are large variations in how health care is delivered. Variation found through the KPA is an indicator of opportunity. The more avoidable variation that is reflected in a particular care process, the more opportunity there is to reduce that variation and standardize the process. Suppose after performing a KPA you discover three areas of opportunity. How do you determine which one to pursue, especially if it’s your first journey into process improvement? The most obvious answer would seem to be the one with the largest potential ROI. That may not always be the best course to pursue, however. You will also want to take into consideration the readiness/openness to change in each of those areas.
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) and it's relevance in healthcare
(A potential question under health care management topic)
CONTENTS:
1. Definitions
2. Milestones of TQM
3. Rationale for quality in healthcare
4. Five attributes of quality
5. Dimensions of quality
6. Quality measurement
7. Quality management and it's principles
8. TQM view in areas of conflict
9. Deming's 14 points
10. PDCA/ Deming's cycle
11. Quality in health care organization
12. Implementation of quality improvement.
13. Quality assurance process
14. Clinical applications of TQM
15. Success story (chokpot PHC)
Happy learning!!
The Top Five Essentials for Quality Improvement in HealthcareHealth Catalyst
Quality improvement in healthcare is complicated, but we’re beginning to understand what successful quality improvement programs have in common:
Adaptive leadership, culture, and governance
Analytics
Evidence- and consensus-based best practices
Adoption
Financial alignment
Although understanding the top five essentials for quality improvement in healthcare is key, it’s equally important to understand the most useful definitions and key considerations. For example, how different service delivery models (telemedicine, ACO, etc.) impact quality improvement programs and how quality improvement starts with an organization’s underlying systems of care.
This executive report takes an in-depth look at quality improvement with the goal of providing health systems with not only the top five essentials but also a more comprehensive understanding of the topic so they’re in a better position to improve quality and, ultimately, transform healthcare.
Value Based Care is a framework that helps healthcare ecosystem collaborate to provide value to patient for entire care-cycle. It also enables providers to iterate by measuring outcome and cost to maximise value over time.
A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a company is achieving key business objectives. Organizations use key performance indicators at multiple levels to evaluate their success at reaching targets
Patient satisfaction is about the Total Quality of the Patient Encounter (TQE). TQE is the sum of Patient Experience (as defined by CMS) plus Patient Satisfaction as defined by all of the non CMS related touchpoints.
The presentation describes in brief the patients need, expectations and how to develop the patient care and feedback system to obtain maximum patient satisfaction.
How to survive cms's most recent 3% hospital readmissions penalties increase Health Catalyst
Hospital readmissions rates are now at 3 percent, which means that health systems are feeling the financial burden of decreased payments from Medicare. They also need to track two more 30-day readmission rates. While there aren’t any new penalty measures planned for 2016, coronary artery bypass grafts will be added as yet another measure to track in 2017. By using three strategies to reduce readmission rates, health systems will experience better outcomes and decreased penalties. The three strategies include the following: (1) implementing a data warehouse that provides a single source of truth; (2) engaging a multidisciplinary team to lead the improvement efforts; (3) installing a sophisticated analytics platform.
The 3 Must-Have Qualities of a Care Management SystemHealth Catalyst
Care management systems are defined in many ways, but the only effective system comprises three qualities:
1.) It’s comprehensive and includes a suite of tools to address all five core competencies of care management.
2.) It’s inclusive of all EMRs and other data sources to enable thorough communication and analysis.
3.) It’s analytics-driven design facilitates clinical decision making and workflow.
Ultimately, an effective system improves outcomes and becomes an indispensable tool for managing population health.
This article describes what drives successful care management, and reveals a suite of applications that aid care team members and patients through advanced algorithms and embedded analytics. Learn how technology is helping to develop appropriate interventions and improve clinical and financial outcomes.
Value Based Care is a framework that helps healthcare ecosystem collaborate to provide value to patient for entire care-cycle. It also enables providers to iterate by measuring outcome and cost to maximise value over time.
A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a company is achieving key business objectives. Organizations use key performance indicators at multiple levels to evaluate their success at reaching targets
Patient satisfaction is about the Total Quality of the Patient Encounter (TQE). TQE is the sum of Patient Experience (as defined by CMS) plus Patient Satisfaction as defined by all of the non CMS related touchpoints.
The presentation describes in brief the patients need, expectations and how to develop the patient care and feedback system to obtain maximum patient satisfaction.
How to survive cms's most recent 3% hospital readmissions penalties increase Health Catalyst
Hospital readmissions rates are now at 3 percent, which means that health systems are feeling the financial burden of decreased payments from Medicare. They also need to track two more 30-day readmission rates. While there aren’t any new penalty measures planned for 2016, coronary artery bypass grafts will be added as yet another measure to track in 2017. By using three strategies to reduce readmission rates, health systems will experience better outcomes and decreased penalties. The three strategies include the following: (1) implementing a data warehouse that provides a single source of truth; (2) engaging a multidisciplinary team to lead the improvement efforts; (3) installing a sophisticated analytics platform.
The 3 Must-Have Qualities of a Care Management SystemHealth Catalyst
Care management systems are defined in many ways, but the only effective system comprises three qualities:
1.) It’s comprehensive and includes a suite of tools to address all five core competencies of care management.
2.) It’s inclusive of all EMRs and other data sources to enable thorough communication and analysis.
3.) It’s analytics-driven design facilitates clinical decision making and workflow.
Ultimately, an effective system improves outcomes and becomes an indispensable tool for managing population health.
This article describes what drives successful care management, and reveals a suite of applications that aid care team members and patients through advanced algorithms and embedded analytics. Learn how technology is helping to develop appropriate interventions and improve clinical and financial outcomes.
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) overhauls the payment system for Medicare providers. It’s a complex program that requires careful study so physicians can make the best choice for how they want to report. This choice ultimately impacts reimbursement and the potential bonuses or penalties associated with each reporting option.
This FAQ covers both tracks of the new rule, the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), and the Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM), with a background review and a comprehensive list of questions and answers.
It’s a practical guide complete with next steps for strategic and tactical planning.
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: Keys to SuccessHealth Catalyst
Avoidable readmissions are a major financial major problem for the healthcare industry, especially for government payers. To tackle this problem, CMS launched the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). While some hospitals may be able to absorb the financial penalties under HRRP, they still need to track increasingly complex reporting metrics. Most tracking solutions are inadequate for today’s complicated reporting needs. A healthcare enterprise data warehouse and analytics applications, however, are designed to solve the numerous reporting burdens. When used together, they also deliver a robust solution that enables hospitals to track and drive real cost and quality improvement initiatives, all without the need for users to be technical experts.
6 Steps for Implementing Successful Performance Improvement Initiatives in He...Health Catalyst
A systematic approach to performance improvement initiative includes three components: analytics, content, and deployment. Taking six steps will help an organization to effectively cover all three components of success. Step 1: Integrate performance improvement into your strategic objectives. Step 2: Use analytics to unlock data and identity areas of opportunity. Step 3: Prioritize programs using a combination of analytics and a deployment system. Step 4: Define the performance improvement program’s permanent teams. Step 5: Use a content system to define program outcomes and define interventions. Step 6: Estimate the ROI.
Improving Patient Safety and Quality Through Culture, Clinical Analytics, Evi...Health Catalyst
According to the Centers of Disease Control (CDC), an estimated 70,000 patients die each year from hospital-associated infections (HAIs): contrast the CDC statistic with the fact that only 35,000 people die each year in the U.S. from motor vehicle accidents. Learn key best practices in patient safety and quality including: patient safety as a team sport, the added challenges of healthcare being the most complex, adaptive system, and how culture, analytics, and content contribute to improve outcomes and lower costs.
Why Your Healthcare Business Intelligence Strategy Can't WinHealth Catalyst
Business intelligence may hold tremendous promise but it can’t answer healthcare’s challenges unless it’s built on the solid foundation of a clinical data warehouse. Learn the definition of business intelligence, why a clinical data warehouse is needed for any healthcare BI strategy, the various options in data warehousing, which one is most effective for hospitals and the industry and why.
Linking Clinical And Financial Data: The Key To Real Quality And Cost OutHealth Catalyst
Since accountable care took the healthcare industry by a storm in 2010, health systems have had to move from their predictable revenue streams based on volume to a model that includes quality measures. While the switch will ultimately improve both quality and cost outcomes, health systems now need the capability of tracking and analyzing the data from both clinical and financial systems. A late-binding enterprise data warehouse provides the flexible architecture that makes it possible to liberate both kinds of data to link it together to provide a full picture of trends and opportunities.
The Key to Transitioning from Fee-for-Service to Value-Based ReimbursementsHealth Catalyst
The shift from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursements has good and bad consequences for healthcare. While the shift will ultimately help health systems provide higher quality lower cost care, the transition may be financially disastrous for some. In addition, the shifting revenue mix from commercial payers to Medicare and Medicaid is creating its own set of challenges. There are, however, three keys to surviving the transition: 1) Effectively manage shared savings programs to maximize reimbursement. 2) Improve operating costs. 3) Increase patient volumes. With an analytics foundation, health systems will be able to meet and survive today’s healthcare challenges.
4 Best Practices for Analyzing Healthcare DataHealth Catalyst
Meaningful healthcare analytics today generally need data from multiple source systems to help address the triple aim cost, quality, and patient satisfaction. Once appropriate data has been captured, pulled into a single place, and tied together, then data analysis can begin. In this article I share 4 ways to enable your analyst including providing them with
1) a data warehouse
2) a sandbox
3) a set of discovery tools
4) the right kind of direction.
What is the best Healthcare Data Warehouse Model for Your Organization?Health Catalyst
Join Steve Barlow as he addresses the strengths and weaknesses of each of the following three primary Data Model approaches for data warehousing in healthcare:
1. Enterprise Data Model
2. Independent Data Marts
3. Late-binding Solutions
How to Prepare to For the HIMSS Value ScoreAdam Bazer
This presentation provides information on the features and benefits of the HIMSS Value Score, how to prepare your organization for completing a HIMSS Value Score, and who to contact for more information on how to leverage your HIMSS Value Score in your strategic planning processes
OpManager Plus is an integrated network management software that tightly integrates key network management modules such as network monitoring, bandwidth analysis, configuration management, firewall log management, IP address management, and switch port management in one singe exe. In this slideshare you will know 5 ways how OpManager Plus uncomplicates your IT.
3 ways to turbo charge your learning content strategyInfor HCM
Today’s employees want development tools that are easily accessible, continuous, and tailored to their individual needs. Many modern HR professionals are using technology to transform the way learning and development opportunities are offered, supplementing traditional practices with innovative, self-directed approaches that tap into the autonomous and connected realities of our culture.
In this presentation, Donald H Taylor, chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute, and Rob Moore of strategic partner OpenSesame, explore how modern L&D departments are supporting employees’ self-directed learning in three ways: curating existing user-generated content, adopting the minimum-viable-product approach to course creation, and using high quality materials that already exist.
In this presentation you can learn how to close the gap between the desire for training and the ability to engage in it—and free up your own valuable time, too.
Healthcare Analytics Careers: New Roles for the Brave, New World of Value-bas...Health Catalyst
Job titles can be leading indicators of the direction an industry is moving and the same holds true for healthcare. The new healthcare economic model—from fee-for-service (FFS) to value-based—is driving a change in roles and responsibilities for professionals seeking healthcare analytics careers. Motivated by CMS and commercial payers, healthcare organizations are realizing the need to find and hire new types of healthcare professionals, a Chief Population Health Officer or Vice President of Clinical Informatics, who are focused on value. Senior leaders are seeking to build teams that have the ability to bring together analytics, best-practice clinical content, and process improvement to create long-term, sustainable change across their healthcare systems.
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.
When Healthcare Data Analysts Fulfill the Data Detective RoleHealth Catalyst
There’s a new way to think about healthcare data analysts. Give them the responsibilities of a data detective. If ever there were a Sherlock Holmes of healthcare analytics, it’s the analyst who thinks like a detective. Part scientist, part bloodhound, part magician, the healthcare data detective thrives on discovery, extracting pearls of insight where others have previously returned emptyhanded. This valuable role comprises critical thinkers, story engineers, and sleuths who look at healthcare data in a different way. Three attributes define the data detective:
They are inquisitive and relentless with their questions.
They let the data inform.
They drive to the heart of what matters.
Innovative analytics leaders understand the importance of supporting the data analyst through the data detective career track, and the need to start developing this role right away in the pursuit of outcomes improvement in all healthcare domains.
Optimize physician workflow and you’ll contribute to optimizing patient care. But what is it physicians look for to improve diagnoses, decision-making, patient care, and ultimately, outcomes? To answer this, consider what constitutes ideal working conditions in any industry: the right tools, training, and information to maximize productivity and deliver results. Physicians need analytics integrated into the EHR to maximize their efficiency, a common quest among the chronically overworked. And by flowing the universe of global, local, and individual data back into an enterprise data warehouse, a healthcare system can close the analytics loop, and begin to realize true precision medicine.
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.”
Surviving Value-Based Purchasing in Healthcare: Connecting Your Clinical and ...Health Catalyst
Reducing healthcare costs is a major driving force in bundled payments, home-centered medical care, and accountable care organizations. But each new delivery model is built on the premise of reducing revenue per patient. So how can a health system win? Find out what you can do financially survive in today’s environment.
The Top Five Insights into Healthcare Operational Outcomes ImprovementHealth Catalyst
Effective, sustainable healthcare transformation rests in the organizational operations that power care delivery. Operations include the administrative, financial, legal, and clinical activities that keep health systems running and caring for patients. With operations so critical to care delivery, forward-thinking organizations continuously strive to improve their operational outcomes. Health systems can follow thought leadership that addresses common industry challenges—including waste reduction, obstacles in process change, limited hospital capacity, and complex project management—to inform their operational improvement strategies.
Five top insights address the following aspects of healthcare operational outcomes improvement:
Quality improvement as a foundational business strategy.
Using improvement science for true change.
Increasing hospital capacity without construction.
Leveraging project management techniques.
Features of highly effective improvement projects.
Strengthening Financial Performance - Learn how New England Cancer Specialists increased productivity by 36%. Access the complete webinar from within the ppt.
Value-Based Purchasing in healthcare is here to stay. Though the industry has come to terms with this reality, there are still more updates and changes than most of us can keep up with. In a world of accountable care, quality measures, shared savings, and bundled payments, everyone seems to have more questions than answers.
Bobbi Brown, Vice President, Financial Engagements outlines the latest announcements on Value-Based and how to prepare your organization for success in this new reality. Having previously worked in healthcare administration and finance for Kaiser, Sutter, and Intermountain, Bobbi is no stranger to translating complex legislative requirements for complex health systems.
Bobbi discusses the various programs offered by CMS, in particular:
What the programs are
How these programs are measured
What the current incentives are
Results of the programs to date
Organizational changes needed for the shift in programs
Lean Strategies in Healthcare Revenue Cycle ManagementInvensis
Did you know? Revenue cycle inefficiencies accounted for 15% of 2.7 trillion spent on healthcare, or about $400 billion. Join Dr. Steven M Wagner to understand how to align continuous quality improvement through lean method for staff and management to overcome income obstacles in healthcare and help them to learn and experiment with strategies to address them.
Why Most Analytic Applications Will Never Be Able to Significantly Improve He...Health Catalyst
The availability of healthcare IT solutions can be overwhelming and all promise to solve an organization’s most pressing issues. While typical data and analytic applications are excellent at exposing opportunities for improvement that are impacting the bottom line, most are not effective at helping the organization determine what to do to address them and improve outcomes. However, a new approach to creating analytics applications is emerging. Analytics applications that incorporate best practices clinical content along with the best practices visualizations help everyone understand the problem and the solution. These applications also enable clinicians to better understand, adopt, roll out, and execute outcome improvement initiatives with healthcare systems. Health Catalyst has deliberately created a comprehensive, dynamic suite of applications that integrate clinical content and facilitate the orderly implementation of action plans.
CMS Core Measures Compliance: Best Practices for Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting
For many hospitals, the primary challenge with the core measure program is not achieving quality standards, but complying with the complex, time-consuming reporting process and staying current with constantly changing regulations.
The Top Seven Healthcare Outcome Measures and Three Measurement EssentialsHealth Catalyst
Healthcare outcomes improvement can’t happen without effective outcomes measurement. Given the healthcare industry’s administrative and regulatory complexities, and the fact that health systems measure and report on hundreds of outcomes annually, this article adds much-needed clarity by reviewing the top seven outcome measures, including definitions, important nuances, and real-life examples. The top seven categories of outcome measures are:
Mortality
Readmissions
Safety of care
Effectiveness of care
Patient experience
Timeliness of care
Efficient use of medical imaging
CMS used these seven outcome measures to calculate overall hospital quality and arrive at its 2018 hospital star ratings. This article also reiterates the importance of outcomes measurement, clarifies how outcome measures are defined and prioritized, and recommends three essentials for successful outcomes measurement.
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.
In this webinar, you will learn:
How we approach intervention campaigns: a framework
The science of behavior change and how it can be applied to increase the probability of desired outcomes
How Altarum’s ACE Measure can help predict consumer behaviors and design successful intervention campaigns
Speakers:
Ryan Rossier, Medullan
Chris Duke, Altarum
Josh Klapow, ChipRewards
How Specialty Pharmacies Can Use Data to Drive RevenueSara Wilson
Therigy has built a proprietary suite of technology products for specialty pharmacies to deliver best-in-class patient support.
Therigy’s data analytics solutions support the complex data capture and unique reporting requirement in the specialty space.
Healthcare Revenue Cycle: How to Improve Data Timeliness and Reduce Manual WorkHealth Catalyst
With cash flows declining, margins tightening and bad debt increasing, it’s more important than ever for healthcare organizations to maintain their bottom line. Efficient, effective revenue cycle management that ensures timely payment is one key to an organization’s financial health. Learn how this healthcare system: a) improved their data timeliness, b) realized an estimated $380K in annual operational savings, and c) reduced manual work.
Principles and Pracitces of Accountable Care TransformationHealth Catalyst
Facing the most sweeping payment transformation in history, healthcare systems are balancing two competing mandates: build the competencies needed to succeed under value-based payment models while remaining financially viable in the current fee-for-service landscape. Across the next decade, changing payment models will drive a fundamental transformation in care delivery, emphasizing dramatically lower costs and improvements in quality. While this final destination is clear, today’s health care leaders face high stakes and a great deal of uncertainty as they architect the path for their organizations' survival and success not only under value-based payment, but—critically—during the transition period.
Join Marie Dunn, Director of Analytics, as she outlines the key near-term priorities for health care organizations transitioning to value-based payment models, with a particular focus on the importance of leveraging data to drive effective decision making. She will also use Health Catalyst solutions to demonstrate these principles.
Marie will cover:
State of the transition from fee-for-service to value-based payment models
Near-term priorities for organizations looking to build the competencies to successfully manage at-risk contracts, including:
At-risk contract management: monitor performance against contractual requirements and leverage data to drive payer negotiations.
Network management: reduce leakage and improve referral patterns and network composition.
Care management: focus care team efforts by leveraging data to identify the patients in greatest need of support.
Performance monitoring: identify opportunities to improve performance on quality measures, like the ACO quality measures.
Strategies for balancing near-term priorities with long-term efforts to drive care transformation across the delivery system
In a new report, SVB Analytics examines the challenges facing stakeholders in the U.S. healthcare system, the solutions made possible by technology advancements and opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors.
Learn more here: http://www.svb.com/Blogs/Alex_Lee/Digital_Health__Mapping_Digital_Health_Solutions/
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!
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
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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.
A Facility-Focused Guide to Applying Modifiers Corectly.pptxHealth Catalyst
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Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
Report Back from SGO 2024: What’s the Latest in Cervical Cancer?bkling
Are you curious about what’s new in cervical cancer research or unsure what the findings mean? Join Dr. Emily Ko, a gynecologic oncologist at Penn Medicine, to learn about the latest updates from the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) 2024 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. Dr. Ko will discuss what the research presented at the conference means for you and answer your questions about the new developments.
- Video recording of this lecture in English language: https://youtu.be/lK81BzxMqdo
- Video recording of this lecture in Arabic language: https://youtu.be/Ve4P0COk9OI
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These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
Prix Galien International 2024 Forum ProgramLevi Shapiro
June 20, 2024, Prix Galien International and Jerusalem Ethics Forum in ROME. Detailed agenda including panels:
- ADVANCES IN CARDIOLOGY: A NEW PARADIGM IS COMING
- WOMEN’S HEALTH: FERTILITY PRESERVATION
- WHAT’S NEW IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS,
ONCOLOGICAL AND INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES?
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ETHICS
- GENE THERAPY
- BEYOND BORDERS: GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOR DEMOCRATIZING LIFE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
- ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN LIFE SCIENCES
- Prix Galien International Awards Ceremony
The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system
It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
Function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that along with the spermatozoa, constitutes semen
A healthy human prostate measures (4cm-vertical, by 3cm-horizontal, 2cm ant-post ).
It surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder. It has anterior, median, posterior and two lateral lobes
It’s work is regulated by androgens which are responsible for male sex characteristics
Generalised disease of the prostate due to hormonal derangement which leads to non malignant enlargement of the gland (increase in the number of epithelial cells and stromal tissue)to cause compression of the urethra leading to symptoms (LUTS
Ethanol (CH3CH2OH), or beverage alcohol, is a two-carbon alcohol
that is rapidly distributed in the body and brain. Ethanol alters many
neurochemical systems and has rewarding and addictive properties. It
is the oldest recreational drug and likely contributes to more morbidity,
mortality, and public health costs than all illicit drugs combined. The
5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-5) integrates alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence into a single
disorder called alcohol use disorder (AUD), with mild, moderate,
and severe subclassifications (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
In the DSM-5, all types of substance abuse and dependence have been
combined into a single substance use disorder (SUD) on a continuum
from mild to severe. A diagnosis of AUD requires that at least two of
the 11 DSM-5 behaviors be present within a 12-month period (mild
AUD: 2–3 criteria; moderate AUD: 4–5 criteria; severe AUD: 6–11 criteria).
The four main behavioral effects of AUD are impaired control over
drinking, negative social consequences, risky use, and altered physiological
effects (tolerance, withdrawal). This chapter presents an overview
of the prevalence and harmful consequences of AUD in the U.S.,
the systemic nature of the disease, neurocircuitry and stages of AUD,
comorbidities, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, genetic risk factors, and
pharmacotherapies for AUD.