According to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, outpatient process measures need a fair balance between measures for underuse and overuse of clinical services. At an attempt to improve ...

At its core business process management is the administrative activities aimed at (1) defining a process, (2) establishing responsibilities, (3) evaluating process performance and (4) identifying ...

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Remember when the Camden Coalition’s hotspotting approach was the new kid on the block? It was simple and made intuitive sense—a compelling strategy to reduce healthcare costs and boost quality for ...

Quality measures (QMs) are performance tools for health plans and clinicians that are intended to assess and influence the quality and quantity of delivered health care. When QMs are thoughtfully ...

Performance on Medicare Star Ratings medication adherence measures is significantly tied to performance on the intermediate outcome and statin process measures. Objectives: To assess the interrelation ...

Out-of-Pocket Costs for Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Patient Outcomes in EGFR- and ALK-Positive Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Literature review identified 226 unique measures from 23 measure ...

Over the past several decades, an appealing idea rapidly gained popularity: The government could advance a health care system that rewarded the quality of care rather than the volume of care. Medicare ...

The committee was charged with identifying measures of quality for the Leading Health Indicators (LHIs), and in this chapter it provides a starter set of measures identified by developing detailed ...