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What Boards Need to Know about the New CMS QAPI Requirement Jun 28
CMS's QAPI program is intended to ensure that hospitals have in place active and effective systems to examine the care they provide, identify problems that contribute to patient harm or poor performance and take steps to remedy those problems with appropriate follow up to ensure performance has improved. In updating this interpretive guidance, CMS is emphasizing its expectation that governing boards must oversee the quality of care provided. During AHA’s webinar, participants will hear from Nancy Foster, Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety, AHA about these new requirements and learn how to prepare your board to meet them.
Improving Quality Through Physician Engagement
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From accountable care organizations to clinical integration, forging a close bond between physicians and hospitals for improved quality results is now an imperative.
Quality measurement: Making it meaningful
America’s hospitals are committed to sharing meaningful, accurate hospital quality information with the patients they serve.
Redefining the Physician’s Role as Care Team Leader
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With training and support, physicians can become effective team leaders.
Patient-focused Care Means Quality Comes First
High-quality, patient-centered care has always been imperative for health care providers and their boards.
A New Framework for Working with Patient and Family Advisers
Boards have a keen interest in quality, and they are helping their hospitals and systems to implement a variety of improvement strategies.
Accelerating Progress Through Leadership Integration
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Sustainable change requires a strategy to align improvement efforts and act on the interdependencies of four performance domains.
Data's Motivating Power
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Analytics can be a tool for constructively engaging physicians in health systems’ transition to value