June 2, 2016
I previously used the example of Chronic Kidney Disease to highlight how good data and IT is essential to constructing and running any successful disease management program. In this post, I am going to describe the rationale for and the
May 19, 2016
In medical school, doctors learn how to take care of patients one at a time. But, we are not taught how to care for populations. The latter is important, because many patients can fall between the cracks of care without
May 10, 2016
Quality measures have been around for a long time. Before the move towards global payment, most contracts in the “Pay for Performance” era included both ambulatory and hospital-based quality measures. As provider organizations and ACOs transition to global payment, quality
