Quality & Safety
The system boosted its overall rating by more than 15 points in just one quarter.
Optimal clinical documentation could go a long way in improving research, education and patient safety.
Data from electronic health records combined with other technologies like analytics can help pinpoint patients at risk and encourage caregivers to intervene before a fall occurs.
ECRI Institute weighed factors like severity, serious injury or dealth with overall preventability.
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The hospital will arm patients with devices that track blood pressure and send vitals through AMC Health’s clinical platform into HealthPartners Epic EHR.
The new program aims to streamline quality measures providers are required to meet, rewarding outcomes rather than micromanaging processes.
Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act turned Medicaid into a lifelong program for people it was never meant to support, Verma says.
The system instituted care management and clinical decision support tools to reduce readmissions of patients with asthma.
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The hospital uses its EHR, analytics and associated IT to foster communications between departments, decrease visits and shorten wait times.