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Your Update to All Things Beacon and Meaningful Use |
Greetings!
Welcome to the IC3 Beacon Community bi-monthly newsletter. We hope you find this series of emails educational and informative as we keep you updated on recent program activities. We look forward to working together helping you achieve your Beacon Aims and goals.
BEACON COMMUNITY UPDATE |
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What is Patient-Centered Care?
By Janet Tennison, PH.D., Project Coordinator with HealthInsight
Hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and medical providers truly want to promote and provide patient-centered care (PCC). PCC has become the focus of medical care in the past few years-many organizations have committed to making it a top priority. We see it included in mission, vision, and value statements; entire websites now exist promoting PCC practice; the number of articles written about it have increased substantially in the past five years. <<FULL ARTICLE>> |
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Last Chance to Register!
The Patient Centered Care in Action Learning and Action Networks Kick-Off Event
Deadline to Register: May 16th
Join HealthInsight's Quality Improvement Program, IC3 Utah Beacon Community, and Regional  Extension Center for our first Learning and Action Network series.
We invite you and your colleagues to this landmark event in Salt Lake City where we will jump-start our community collaboration to promote the best in patient-centered care.
We will start the day with a morning plenary followed by learning and action networks in the afternoon.
Three Learning & Action Network choices for afternoon tracks:
- Cardiac Health
- Care Transitions
- Health Information Technology
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Learn More About the Standards for Glycemic Control
The New England Journal of Medicine recently reviewed standards for glycemic control. This article provides a great , reinforcing review on the importance of individualized review of glycemic goals, as well as the importance of cost, safety, long term side effects, and the mitigation of complications of diabetes. <<FULL ARTICLE>>
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Don't Forget to Follow IC3 Utah Beacon On Twitter
The IC3 Utah Beacon Community has officially launched their own Twitter page! Follow @IC3UtahBeacon to learn more about upcoming events, as well as local and national updates about your Beacon Community.
If you have a Beacon-specific message you would like tweeted, please contact Heidi Smith at hsmith@healthinsight.org. |
