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You know your patient’s weight.
You know their “real” age.
You’ve even seen them naked.
Then why is it too personal to ask how much they drink, smoke or if they’re feeling depressed.
It is time to get personal with your patients.
Knowing more about their struggles and habits can help you identify how to best integrate their medical
Value-Added Activities in Antibiotic Stewardship
Because antibiotic stewardship is so closely associated with clinical quality, the Quality Payment Program (QPP) includes several process measures related to appropriate antibiotic use. Antibiotic Stewardship is a proven strategy to improve clinical outcomes; promote patient safety; prevent adverse drug events and curtail the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
MIPS Quality Measures
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When Nutrition Becomes Personal: A Retired Nurse’s Story
Have you noticed a subtle difference on your grocery’s shelves? New Nutrition Facts labels are starting to show up on some of your favorite packaged foods. This change reflects new scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease. The new
Make Exercise a New Vital Sign in Your Practice
Physical inactivity has been established to be an independent risk factor for many chronic diseases and conditions that threaten the health of the nation. Additionally, older adults are at particular risk for leading sedentary lifestyles.
June is good time to add exercise as a new vital sign
The United States is in the midst of a prescription opioid overdose epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 44 people in the United States die every day from prescription opioid overdose and many more become addicted.
An increasing number of the Medicare population are taking prescription medications and seeing multiple providers, which makes medication safety essential to improving care coordination and the health of patients and Medicare beneficiaries.
Qsource is improving medication safety and coordination of care by preventing adverse drug events (ADEs), increasing patient engagement and reducing harm.
We focus on the
In 2011, RWJF launched Care About Your Care to focus attention on what people can do to provide and receive better health care. The conversation has centered around improving care transitions to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions, and how nurses, care coordinators, doctors, consumers, caregivers, patients and others can work together to achieve this.
There are many ways to keep in touch with the work Qsource is doing in Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Top Five Most Downloaded Patient Resources 2015
Qsource aims to help patients get the information, skills, and confidence they need to manage their health and healthcare. These are the top-five, patient-focused resources downloaded from www.atomAlliance.org in 2015
Qsource works with healthcare patients and providers in five states to advance quality improvement goals established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. These are the top 10 most downloaded resources on www.atomAlliance.org in 2015.
