Emerging role: How a CHIO harnesses data for population health

Posted on December 8, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged CHIO, Dirty Analytics, EHR, Health System, Hospital, Patient Engagement, Physician Engagement, Population Health Management, Quality of Care • Leave a comment

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/emerging-role-how-chio-harnesses-data-health

John Showalter, MD

‘The CHIO role is much more about the data—the data integration, the data analytics and looking at how we can use insights to improve care’

http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/chief-health-information-officer-data-analytics-john-showalter/2015-12-08?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvK%252FBc%252B%252FhmjTEU5z14ukkX6a2lMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DTcFkMK%252BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk

Strategies for Managing Aging Clinicians

Posted on December 1, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health System, Hospital, Medical Malpractice, Patient Safety, Physician, Policies and Procedures, Quality of Care • Leave a comment

http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=PHY&content_id=322541

Physicians experience cognitive declines just like anybody else in the workforce. It’s time for hospitals to establish policies that will protect patient safety and prepare the next generation of clinicians.

40 percent of hospitals fail on nursing workforce safe practices

Posted on May 15, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Health System, Healthcare, Hospital, Leapfrog Group, Nursing, Nursing Workforce Safety Practices, Outcomes, Quality of Care • Leave a comment

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/40-percent-hospitals-fail-nursing-workforce-safe-practices/2015-05-15

But Leapfrog survey does find some improvement from previous year

Within three years, the Obama administration wants quality of care to be considered in allocating nine of every 10 Medicare dollars

Posted on April 6, 2015 by henrykotula • Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Healthcare, Medicare, Physician, Physician Reimbursement, Quality of Care • Leave a comment

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/medicare-penalizes-330-large-medical-groups?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRojuK3NZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ESsNrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Out of 1,010 large medical groups that Medicare evaluated under the physician value-based payment modifier, just 14 are getting payment increases this year. But at the same time, only 11 groups will be getting reductions for low quality or high spending.