How to Efficiently Use EHRs in Healthcare Practices

As the HITECH Act’s regulations go into place, healthcare practices must implement eHealth initiatives such as Electronic Health Records (EHR). Besides meeting federal requirements, EHR can, if used properly, provide many benefits for healthcare practices.

5 Keys Ways to Improve Medication Adherence

Improving medication adherence is a constant struggle within the healthcare world. Did you know that it’s estimated that between 20% to 50% of patients are non-adherent? This blog will discuss how technology and communication are helping to improve the growing issue of non-adherence.

Connected Care Evaluation Program Pilot (NCQA)

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is searching for early adopters of its newest delivery system evaluation program, the Patient-Centered Connected Care Recognition (PCCC).

Using Data to Improve Patient Satisfaction Scores

As healthcare becomes more and more a quality driven industry, finding innovative methods of tracking, analyzing and making use of data collected on patient experience is going to be key to patient satisfaction scores. As you are likely already aware, those scores are what has been the driving force behind hospital and provider rankings.

Is the Triple Aim in Sight?

Back in 2007, the healthcare industry was introduced to a little concept called The Triple Aim. The major motivation for which is improving population health through a three pronged framework:

Improving the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction);
Improving the health of populations; and
Reducing the per capita cost of health care.

What HIPAA audits mean for your organization

We’ve talked about HIPAA audits before, but today, we want to go over what a HIPAA audit can actually mean for your organization. There are both positive and negative implications for the increased security around patient health information, so let’s see what exactly they are.

NCQA Celebrates 25 Years

The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. Since its founding in 1990, NCQA has been a major figure in driving improvement in the health care system and is constantly helping elevate the issue of health care quality to the top of the national mind frame.

This year marks the 25th anniversary for NCQA, and to celebrate this legacy, they are hosting several special events throughout the year.

5 Tips For Educating Your Employees on HIPAA Compliance

If you read our most recent blog on HIPAA violations, you know that employee error is one of the five most common HIPAA violations. It could be a lost electronic device or an unintentional error, but either way a breach can drastically effect your organization. Employees that work with patient data are essential to keeping your organization HIPAA compliant. From hold trainings to having a foolproof social media policy, here are 5 tips for helping your employees understand HIPAA compliance.

Addressing Medicare Cuts

Medicare cuts have been crying wolf for almost a decade now; each year the cuts are proposed and then postponed, with the deficits continuing to pile up, meaning the financial impact of any intended “fix” would be astronomical.

Strategies for Payer Negotiation

When it comes to procuring and maintaining your contracts with payers, there is perhaps no skillset greater to possess than that of the art of negotiation. In today’s healthcare market, there’s not only a need to be informed and competitive, but healthcare organizations need to have a very clear understanding of where they stand amid the competition.