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October 2012

Updating quality measures

The cover story, we examine the disconnect between the current set of quality measures and rapidly evolving IT standards. Also, a look at the high cost of chronic disease.

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Cover Story

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Cover Story

The Quality Disconnect

Hospitals are under pressure to provide payers and others with more immediate access to quality measures. But the data that's being collected now is not aligned with how it should and could be collected.
October 1, 2012
John Morrissey
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Hospitals are under pressure to provide payers and others with more immediate access to quality measures. But the data that's being collected now is not aligned with how it should and could be collected.
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Features

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Clinical management

Closing the gaps in the nation's trauma system

To build a better way to care for severely injured, every hospital must play a part, whether an official trauma center or not. How can that happen?
October 1, 2012
Geri Aston
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To build a better way to care for severely injured, every hospital must play a part, whether an official trauma center or not. How can that happen?
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Editor's Notes

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Editor's Note

Experimenting with Medicaid

The National Governors Association annual meeting showed that there are quite a few differences in opinion when it comes to the Medicaid population.
October 1, 2012
Mary Grayson
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The National Governors Association annual meeting showed that there are quite a few differences in opinion when it comes to the Medicaid population.
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AHA Voices

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AHA Voices

Governance Practices in an Era of Health Care Transformation

As hospital boards navigate between today's fragmented, volume-focused health care system and one that is becoming more integrated and value-driven, there are plenty of issues that keep trustees up at night.
October 1, 2012
John R. Combes
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As hospital boards navigate between today's fragmented, volume-focused health care system and one that is becoming more integrated and value-driven, there are plenty of issues that keep trustees up at night.
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Inbox

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Most Wired

Understanding care patterns

Great strides have been made by surveyed hospitals to meet the meaningful use requirement to maintain an up-to-date problem list as structured data for more than 80 percent of patients admitted to the hospital and emergency department.
October 1, 2012
H&HN Staff
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Great strides have been made by surveyed hospitals to meet the meaningful use requirement to maintain an up-to-date problem list as structured data for more than 80 percent of patients admitted to the hospital and emergency department.
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QuickTake

QuickTake

Losing Medicare cuts threaten to have devastating impact on the economy and jobs.
October 1, 2012
H&HN Staff
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Losing Medicare cuts threaten to have devastating impact on the economy and jobs.
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Fixing the cycle

Bolster the revenue cycle, boost the bottom line

Allegiance Health, Jackson, Mich., has found ways to add value financially through everything from getting bills out the door faster, to tightening up processes.
October 1, 2012
Marty Stempniak
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Allegiance Health, Jackson, Mich., has found ways to add value financially through everything from getting bills out the door faster, to tightening up processes.
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People & Business

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Web Extras

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