Readmission rates are one of the top measures of hospital quality, with most hospitals even putting their revenue on the line if they have excess hospital readmissions. However, a group of doctors argues in a JAMA Viewpoint article that it is time to move past readmission rates as an indicator of hospital quality and deemphasize…
Primary care practices provide most mental health services that patients receive, in place of, or in collaboration with, mental health specialists. They are also the most common source of preventive services, care coordination, and partnership with other sectors outside health care, such as social services, that are necessary to achieve health equity. The US grossly…
One in three men and one in two women will have a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Mishellene McKinney, MHA, RN, OCN, Vice President, Cancer Care Services, Kaiser Permanente; and Anand Shah, MD, MS, Vice President, Social Health, Kaiser Permanente, discussed this during their presentation, “Integrating Social…
Over the past few years, we’ve witnessed dramatic acceleration in the movement of more healthcare into the home. With healthcare leaders estimating 20-30% of all Medicare spending could shift to the home in the next few years, that momentum is continuing in spite of sluggish permanent payer incentives. Moving care into the home provides value…
Oncology Clinical Pathways Congress took a decidedly more personal turn in Session 3 with “The Focus of Clinical Pathways: The Patient.” First to present in the final session of the first day was Deborah Collyar, President of Patient Advocates In Research and a cancer survivor, with “Patient Perspective in Cancer Care for Pathways and Care…
A coalition of seven organizations has launched a new entity dedicated to improving the health of patients through a value-based care model that focuses on behavioral health and related social determinants of health. Dubbed the Integral Health Network of Southern Arizona LLC (IHNSA), the new organization is a clinically integrated networkdedicated to delivering closely coordinated…
A coalition of seven organizations has launched a new entity dedicated to improving the health of patients through a value-based care model that focuses on behavioral health and related social determinants of health. Dubbed the Integral Health Network of Southern Arizona LLC (IHNSA), the new organization is a clinically integrated network dedicated to delivering closely…
The Holy Grail in healthcare today is a patient-centered, value-based care system. However, achieving this is not easy and some healthcare organizations are better suited than others to achieve this difficult transition away from fee-for-service, according to the Business Group on Health. The organization, which is a nonprofit that advocates for employers, believes that payers may be…
Arizona’s Medicaid agency, the Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), has launched several health information exchange (HIE) initiatives in recent years in efforts to improve health equity for the American Indian population. Health disparities among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people are vast, ranging from greater difficulties affording healthcare to poor maternity care access and high…
Download Slides The COVID 19 pandemic exposed numerous vulnerabilities and weaknesses in our society as whole and especially within our healthcare systems. In this moderated discussion, we will address the factors that contributed to the breakdown of our complex healthcare systems as well as lessons learned from this crisis. Finally, we will provide recommendations for…