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Register Today for the Patient Centered Care in Action Regional Event
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On Thursday, April 25, 2013, join your local healthcare peers and colleagues in a half-day interactive Learning and Action Networks Regional Event brought to you by HealthInsight. This event will be held in Logan, Moab, and St. George. HealthInsight staff will be in person in each city to help you discover better solutions for patient centered care. Together, we interact, discuss, and share as well as hear from speakers via telehealth in Salt Lake City. Click here to register When: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Registration starts at 8:30 AM Where: This event will be held in Logan, Moab, and St. George
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Computerized Discharge Tool Cuts Readmissions for Heart Failure Patients
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"Hospitals that used a computerized system for discharge of heart failure patients found 30-day readmission rates fell 2.5 percent compared with hospitals that did not use the system, according to research from Intermountain Healthcare. The study also found 10-fold increase in compliance with quality care measures." Read the full article at FierceHealthIT
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Patients With Lower Activation Associated With Higher Costs; Delivery Systems Should Know Their Patients' 'Scores'
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Judith H. Hibbard, Jessica Greene and Valerie Overton
"Patient activation is a term that describes the skills and confidence that equip patients to become actively engaged in their health care. Health care delivery systems are turning to patient activation as yet another tool to help them and their patients improve outcomes and influence costs. In this article we examine the relationship between patient activation levels and billed care costs." View the abstract on HealthAffairs.org
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Joint Commission Offering Free
'Improving Transitions of Care' Videos
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"Given the extent of adverse events, readmissions, and associated costs to the health care system, there is now increased attention on improving transitions of care. In fact, more and more hospitals are understanding the importance of this issue, and are taking steps related to care transitions that are both improving quality of care and having a positive financial impact. Accordingly, this complimentary program in the Improving Transitions of Care series will explore the current national landscape for transitions of care, and identify where gaps in care are likely to occur." Click here to download the free videos *Please note that you must register to download these free resources 
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About Our Work
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This information is provided by HealthInsight, a private, non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to improving health and health care. HealthInsight serves as the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization in Utah and leads an initiative to improve care coordination and reduce hospital readmissions across settings of care.
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Sincerely,
Larry Garrett, HealthInsight
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"Shining Stars
Across the Nation"
Webinar Series
Presented by
CFMC, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Colorado
When?
2nd & 4th Thursdays
1-2 PM MT
Who?
QIOs, healthcare providers, partners, HHS, and consumers
Register
For information:
Call 866-639-0744
Visit Qualitynet Website
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Learning & Action Network: Discovery Learning Series
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2nd & 4th Wednesdays
3-4 PM (ET)
Who?
Healthcare Providers, partners & supporters
For more information, please visit the events section on www.healthinsight.org
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