Tag Archives: quality care

How will you demonstrate quality?

May 31, 2011 – 9:55 pm

In acute care hospitals today, the safety and quality officers are likely to be very well versed in the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). In fact, some who are newly appointed in this role may very well owe their job to it. That is because this is the law which sets [...]

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Tracking the quality of care of ACOs begins with the caregiver

May 11, 2011 – 4:20 pm

The department of Health and Human Services released their regulations for hospitals and doctors interested in being part of an accountable care organization (ACO). A key aspect of the ACO program calls for organizations to meet certain standards related to their quality of care, but how they expect this care will be evaluated and reported [...]

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