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State Organizations Partner to Improve Oklahoma's Heart Health
A groundbreaking partnership among 15 Oklahoma organizations is developing a plan to help ease the burden of cardiovascular disease, one of the leading killers in Oklahoma. Working with providers and citizens throughout the state, the partnership seeks to reduce cardiac risk factors including hypertension, smoking and high cholesterol while increasing heart-healthy behaviors. For a list of partners, information on how to get involved and to read more, click here. |
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Your QIO: A National Program Based in Your Local Community
Medicare's Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is the largest federal program dedicated to improving health quality at the local level. As the QIO for Oklahoma, OFMQ serves as a trusted and objective partner in continuous quality improvement, committed to better patient care, better population health and lower costs through improvement. Read more about how the QIO program is making a difference.
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CMS Calls for Rapid Wide Scale Change in Healthcare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that operates the Quality Improvement Organization program, recently hosted the largest ever gathering of quality improvement professionals by the federal government. OFMQ was there. Read more. |
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Today's Security and Privacy: HIPAA...And A Lot More
Patient security and privacy is no longer just about HIPAA. Today with the growing use of electronic health records, and information exchange, the environment is radically different. Federal regulations are tougher, penalties are steeper, technology evolution is faster and the risk level to patient data and safety is much greater. Learn more about OFMQHIT's Security and Privacy services. |
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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-1377-OK-0112 |
