Tag: healthcare delivery
ISO 9001 Can Bring ‘Big Picture’ Approach to Healthcare
Tweet Quality in Healthcare – ISO 9001:2008, the Gold Standard ISO 9001:2008 is the international standard for quality management in over 160 countries for manufacturing and services including Healthcare. Although ISO 9001:2008 has been widely adopted by hospitals and primary care facilities in these countries it has been slow to be adopted in the USA. [...]
Survey Finds Disconnect on Emerging Healthcare Business Models
Tweet Transforming Healthcare: Emerging Business Models KPMG’s recently released report, Transforming Healthcare: Emerging Business Models, reviews the results and findings of a survey of over 200 senior executives at leading U.S. healthcare systems, health plans and pharmaceutical organizations. The survey found that the largest percentage of respondents said their current business model was somewhat sustainable over the [...]
New Research Looks at Strategies for Delivering Better Healthcare
Tweet 10 Strategies for Improving Quality in Care and Reducing Costs The Institute of Medicine (IOM) describes themselves as an independent, nonprofit organization that works outside of government to provide unbiased and authoritative advice to decision makers and the public. Established in 1970, the IOM is the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, [...]
ACOs and Meaningful Use
Tweet Connecting the dots between Accountable Care Organizations and Meaningful Use. Gregg Masters is the co-founder and CEO of XanateMedia.com and a 30 year seasoned veteran adviser to joint venture verticals including hospitals, provider sponsored health plans, managed physician networks, and affiliate managed care. He is the publisher of ACOwatch.com & JustOncology.com. He hosts several [...]
October 1, 2014, the health care industry will adopt the ICD-10 code set. While you should prepare for this transition, your medical billing, practice management and EHR vendor should be working hard right now with you to adapt your system. 
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