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• Healthcare Outcomes Measurement For Continuous Improvement

  7/27/2018

  Measurement is an increasing priority in order to quantify every aspect of the business and demonstrate tangible value for health plans -- particularly in this digital age. This is especially true for health management programs, where evaluation practices have traditionally been unable to quantify impact.

• Are You Taking The Time To Look Into Your Patients' Eyes?

  2/5/2016

  It’s more important than ever before as the use of computers could take the human element out of care encounters. By Ben Nwoke, MD, MBA, COO, DEMA/DMCG

• Reduce Costs And Improve Outcomes By Measuring Individual Physician Care

  11/20/2020

  Data collection and interpretation are critical pieces in the forward progress of the U.S. healthcare system, especially as performance-based payment models become more popular. According to an American College of Physicians position paper, the use of performance measurement (PM) is “intended to help achieve improved quality, high-value care, better patient satisfaction, improved health outcomes, and lower costs.”

• Crowd-Solving The Employee Retention Crisis: Keeping Nurses Happy And On The Job

  2/1/2018

  Nurses are, in many ways, unsung heroes. They serve in one of the noblest professions, but in many healthcare systems they are overworked and underappreciated. In hospital settings, they are at risk of injury and exposure to dangerous pathogens. The National Healthcare Retention and Staffing Report, produced annually by Nursing Solutions, Inc., found that turnover of registered nurses stood at 16.2 percent in 2016. The rate is much higher for Certified Nursing Assistants and in specific departments such as emergency care and behavioral health.

• Nemours Children's Health System Enhances Patient Experience With HID Global EPCS Solution

  1/17/2017

  HID Global Solution Enables DEA-compliant Electronic Prescriptions of Controlled Substances (EPCS)

• Never Argue With The Data: How A Cartoon Predicted Amazon's Future In Healthcare

  10/1/2018

  Beginning in 2002 and ending a scant four years later, the animated series “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” followed the exploits of Jimmy and his none-too-bright buddy Sheen. And while the animators and writers may not have realized it at the time, they had the prescience to predict Amazon’s ascent to healthcare prominence, or dominance, depending on how you look at it.