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HUDDLE FOR CARE - An exciting new resource for improving care transitions, in partnership with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
An interactive website and mobile application for story sharing among care transition innovators and implementers. The site is a collaborative to discuss challenges and develop solutions for transitional care programs that are tailored to specific program and patient needs.
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Preventive Services Recommendations from the US Department of Health and Human Services at healthfinder.gov. These recommendations are generated by the myhealthfinder tool, which provides consumers with personalized, evidence-based clinical prevention recommendations in just a few clicks.
The myhealthfinder recommendations come from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as advised by organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics (through the Bright Futures cooperative agreement) and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine).
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Dr. Marasco is a lifelong resident of Northwest Indiana. He is a graduate of the University of Denver and Rosalind Franklin Univerisity Of Medicine and Science, College of Podiatric Medicine. His training and experience involves the medical, surgical and orthopedic treatment of the foot and ankle, podiatric sports medicine, diabetic foot care and wound management.
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Reguarded as one of the best vein care facilities in Texas. Lubbock Vein Specialists
is committed to providing our patients with comprehensive, personalized
health care, whether for small, unsightly spider veins or larger, more
complex circulatory conditions. We are highly skilled, experienced and
realize the importance of physicians and staff who stay on the edge of
new research, technology and procedures.
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HQSI, working in partnership with the
federal government, has been serving as an important and free resource
to New Jersey’s healthcare community since 1984. Although our name has
changed over the years (you may remember us as The Peer Review
Organization of New Jersey, Inc., or as PRONJ), our mission –
accelerating healthcare quality improvement in New Jersey– has remained
constant. Working together, we can achieve better patient care,
improved population health and reduced healthcare costs through quality
improvement. In so doing, we will achieve a shared goal – ensuring that
every patient receives the right care every time.
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Ascent provides a wide range of services in
support of high quality care management. Formed in 2009 following years
of corporate and practice management experience, Ascent combines
expertise and experience to develop meaningful solutions tailored to
each client's needs. Ascent provides consultative services related to
case management in hospital, payor, and medical group practice settings
to align case management practice within the framework of the
patient-centered primary care home / Accountable Care Organization
rubric. We enhance quality through alignment with healthcare regulations
and accreditation standards to deliver cost-reducing care management
strategies.
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Sports Podiatry Resource, Inc. is a private
practice devoted to the prevention, evaluation and treatment of the
foot and foot-related injury. Treatment may include medication, surgery
and orthotics (prescription corrective devices worn Inside the shoe).
Dr. Robinson specializes in sports-related problems of the foot and
ankle, but he is also available to help with ingrown nails, corns,
bunions or any other foot problems.
Sports Podiatry Resource, Inc. serves the communities of Brookline,
Natick, Boston, Chestnut Hill, Newton, Framingham, Wellesley, Weston,
Needham, Waltham, Dedham and others throughout Eastern Massachusetts
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For over 25 years, Father Martin's Ashley
has been a place where miracles happen. Their sole purpose is to heal
the alcoholic and addict. Ashley’s treatment program integrates 12-step
spirituality with the science of addiction medicine and the art of
therapy.
Their private, non-profit, JCAHO accredited, 85-bed, inpatient
alcoholism and drug addiction treatment center is nestled on a
picturesque, 147-acre campus on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay just
outside Havre de Grace, Maryland. Havre de Grace is south of
Philadelphia and north of Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
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Advanced Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Center
is an integrative health practice with facilities in Washington, DC and
McLean, Virginia. The practice is a unique blend of conventional and
complementary medicine that is patient centered and utilizes safe and
evidence-based treatments. The focus is on our patients, who they are,
how they live and what their personal goals may be as well as on how
lifestyle impacts illnesses, injury and chronic medical conditions. In
like manner, believing that two hands are better than one, we utilize
traditional western as well as oriental medicine approaches to similar
conditions.
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KPS Health Plans
is a Washington State nonprofit health care service contractor offering
preferred provider organization (PPO) and consumer driven health plans
(HSA/HDHP). The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Group Health
Cooperative.
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Goehlert & Associates have been
providing Medical-legal and Insurance Review Services to individual
lawyers, firms, Independent Review Organizations (IROs), Health Care
Insurance Corporations and Peer Review Entities for over 15 years.
Particular experience in Emergency and Urgent Care Medicine. Please
visit the Goehlert & Associates website.
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Visit Lake Primary Care Associates website to learn more about Dr. Gail Dudley, Osteopathic Medicine and useful health information.
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Complimentary online Patient Safety course (no CME credit offered). The course lead is Dr. Aly Feroze, CHCQM, he has served at National Health Service UK and the World Health Organization. Academic guidance is provided by Dr. Richard Heller, FRCP (UK), FFPH (UK), Emeritus Professor University of Manchester, UK and University of Newcastle, Australia; and Dr. Judith Strobl, Consultant in Public Health, UK. Courses are free and available to any health care professionals or students for online self-study. Access is via a simple online self-registration. Patient Safety course is under "Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights" section.
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Medical Peer Review Services, L.L.C. (MPRS)
partners with your healthcare organization to provide comprehensive,
unbiased quality and medical necessity external peer review. Our board
certified, actively practicing physicians can quickly render solutions
on complex care management issues using evidence based medicine and
practice guidelines. MPRS reviews, responds, resolves.
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CIMRO, a URAC accredited Health Utilization
Management organization with greater than 35 years experience, conducts
independent peer review nationwide. We offer unbiased opinions
regarding the utilization and quality of medical services as part of
healthcare facilities' internal QI activities. Our nearly 700
credentialed peer reviewers provide determinations utilizing current
standards of practice. Our full range of review services include
standard of care patterning, sentinel/adverse events, mortality, medical
imaging/radiology overreads, experimental/investigational, and fair
hearing expertise.
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The National Association of Independent
Review Organizations (NAIRO) was formed by the majority of
URAC-accredited independent review organizations (IRO). The need for
uniform regulations from state to state and a uniform application
process is what brought NAIRO together. The primary objective of NAIRO
is to simplify the regulated independent review organization application
process and independent medical peer review requirements among the
states.
NAIRO is dedicated to protecting the integrity of the independent
medical peer review processes. Utilizing the expertise of hundreds of
board-certified clinicians throughout the country, NAIRO members embrace
an evidence-based approach to independent medical peer review, in order
to resolve coverage disputes between enrollees and their health plans.
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DRD Consulting, Inc., formed in 2004,
provides innovative effective consultative services to a variety of
stakeholders, focusing on organizational and personal development and
quality management.
DRD Consulting Inc. emphasizes the accurate assessment of individuals
and organizations. DRD assists organizations to compare their current
state to their desired state and to design and implement programs to
close gaps. DRD consultants include seasoned physician executives,
expert nursing professionals, quality management professionals, hospital
CEOs, attorneys, human resources professionals and financial analysts.
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Quality minded, tech savvy and financially
competent, the DRD team includes individuals with medical, healthcare
IT, billing, strategic planning and coaching expertise. We've been in
your shoes. We understand the interface between what you need to do to
take care of patients and what you need to do to be profitable, happy in
your work and with a reasonable work life balance. We can show you what
you need to know to make your practice work for you and your patients -
we can train you, your staff and your colleagues to accomplish your
goals. We will show you how to make your practice work for you, instead
of the other way around. Medical practice can be fun again, and still
pay the bills!
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced it has launched a new Web site, Patient Safety Network (PSNet), which is a national "one-stop" portal of resources for improving patient safety and preventing medical errors.
PSNet is the first comprehensive effort to help health care providers,
administrators, and consumers learn about all aspects of patient safety.
The site provides a wide variety of information on patient safety
resources, tools, conferences. PSNet users can customize the site
around their unique interests and needs by creating a "My PSNet" page.
PSNet is the latest patient safety improvement endeavor by AHRQ,
which leads the federal government's effort to improve patient safety
and reduce medical errors. AHRQ's mission is to improve the quality,
safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
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Train for Patient Safety offers an array of
training and education solutions which assist healthcare professionals
and organizations in implementing cost effective initiatives to improve
patient safety, reduce medical errors and enhance healthcare quality.
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The National Forum for Health Care Quality
Measurement and Reporting (National Quality Forum or NQF) is a
not-for-profit membership organization created to develop and implement a
national strategy for health care quality measurement and reporting.
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HIMSS (Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society) is the healthcare industry's membership
organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal
use of healthcare information technology and management systems for the
betterment of human health.
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The American Health Quality Association
represents Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and professionals
working to improve the quality of health care in communities across
America. QIOs share information about best practices with physicians,
hospitals, and nursing homes. Working together with health care
providers, QIOs identify opportunities and provide assistance for
improvement.
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Centers for Disease Control
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PubMed, a service of the National Library
of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back
to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes
links to many sites providing full text articles and other related
resources.
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Obtain access to NLM for literature
searches, research information, thousands of images and FREE direct
access to MEDLINE. This valuable website should be bookmarked STAT!
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The Association of American Medical
Colleges is a non-profit association founded in 1876 to work for reform
in medical education. Originally representing only medical schools, the
AAMC represents the nation's 125 accredited medical schools, nearly 400
major teaching hospitals, more than 105,000 faculty in 98 academic and
scientific societies, and the nation's 66,000 medical students and
97,000 residents.
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Providing clear advice and practical
solutions to easily achieve full compliance and accreditation through
mock surveys, electronic support, and on-site consultations. Assistance
in areas of State licensure, CMS (formally HCFA) compliance, JCAHO and
AAAHC accreditation, and practical implementation of needed
improvements.
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Steven Littman, MS "Employing state of the
art technology and advanced analytic methods, Health Care Analytics
delivers innovative solutions for measuring and managing health care
cost and quality."
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The American Association of Physician
Specialists, Inc. (AAPS), is a national organization representing
thousands of physicians in all specialties and types of practices
throughout the United States.
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