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Teaming with OFMQ: A Successful Crew
By: Lisa Wynn, RN, BC, MA- Quality Improvement Director | |
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I like using rowing as an analogy for our work with healthcare providers. At OFMQ, we get a sense of "team-ness" working with you. But it's not a sport we are in. We are talking about people's lives, about the health of our state, and making a difference.
Teamwork Produces Results:
- Nursing homes eliminate restraints
- Hospital increases hand hygiene compliance to 97 percent
- Physician raises breast cancer screenings to 92 percent
- Nursing home reduces pressure ulcer rates by 80 percent
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What's Next for the Quality Improvement Organization Program in Oklahoma
New projects to begin August 1, 2011 | |
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Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality will begin a new phase of Medicare's Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program with new projects slated to begin August 1.
As a quality partner with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, our efforts align with three broad aims set forth by CMS as the foundation of the program:
- Better health care
- Better health for people and communities
- Affordable care through lowering costs by improvement
Read more about new quality improvement initiatives for Oklahoma. Click here.
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800+ Oklahoma Providers Sign Up to Work With OFMQHIT
Over $500,000 Paid to Oklahoma Physician Practices
OFMQHIT is the only group in Oklahoma dedicated to working with physician practices and small hospitals on choosing and implementing EHR systems, reaching meaningful use, optimizing the use of EHR systems and helping providers collect incentive payments. For more information on how OFMQHIT can help you, visit www.ofmqhit.com. | |
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| | Oklahoma Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Success: Jonathan Kolarik |
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Quality in the News |
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National Quality Improvement Resources
Established by the Affordable Care Act, the Center for Innovation is a new engine for revitalizing and sustaining Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and ultimately for improving the health care system for all Americans. The Innovation Center has the resources and flexibility to rapidly test innovative care and payment models and encourage widespread adoption of practices that deliver better health care at lower cost.
National News
Outpatient Colonoscopies at Ambulatory Surgical Centers As Safe As at Hospitals
Local News
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This material was prepared by Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Oklahoma, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. OFMQ-1237-OK-0611 |
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