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Wed, Dec 09 2009 4:12 PM EST
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The federal definition of meaningful use—the jargon used to describe compliance with health information technology standards—should be released by the end of the month, David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health Information and Technology for HHS, said Wednesday morning.
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Tue, Dec 08 2009 7:13 PM EST
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Harm reduction is a marathon, not a sprint, Henry Ford Health System Chief Quality Officer James Conway said Tuesday. The Detroit-area system has been actively engaged in quality initiatives since 1989, when it began using performance improvement methods borrowed from general industry. So when Henry... [MORE]
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Tue, Dec 08 2009 7:01 PM EST
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One of the interesting side notes that came out of Don Berwick’s wide-ranging keynote this morning was his remark that many attendees had asked him to focus on clinical issues, and not health care reform, during his remarks.
While Berwick wisely ignored that advice and gave a pretty w... [MORE]
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Mon, Dec 07 2009 5:02 PM EST
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Microsystems—you know, that term of art to being used to describe teams of physicians, nurses, housekeepers and other staff that provide direct care to the patient—were the hot topic at the Monday morning session I attended.
The speakers, from Geisinger Health Systems in Pennsyl... [MORE]
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Mon, Dec 07 2009 4:52 PM EST
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I started off this year’s National Forum on Quality Improvement Sunday afternoon listening to health care systems guru Eugene Litvak preach the gospel of managing variability in the operating room. Litvak, a professor of operations management at Boston University’s Health Policy Institut... [MORE]
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