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From the editor Dear Healthcare Intelligence Network Client,
Our recently completed study of telehealth and telemedicine identified an uptick in the last three years in videoconferencing for clinical uses like real-time remote diagnostics. New data from UC Davis Children's Hospital bears this out: researchers there found that telemedicine consultations with pediatric critical-care physicians significantly improve the quality of care for seriously ill and injured children treated in remote rural EDs. Overall, researchers found that cases involving a telemedicine consultation received significantly higher quality-of-care scores than did those involving a telephone consultation or no consultation. More ideas to replicate come from a report by the Florida Hospital Association (FHA). At the end of a five-year initiative involving more than 160 Florida hospitals, readmissions dropped 15 percent, surgical complications were reduced by 14.5 percent and millions of dollars in costs were saved. The hospitals' hands-on work focused on improvements to hospital culture, care transitions and communication, The FHA said. A communications gap of sorts has been identified by athena health. Its fourth annual Physician Sentiment Index™ (PSI) exposed a general sense of unfamiliarity with the accountable care model among three-quarters of physicians; even more unsettling is the finding that one-quarter of doctors said they "don't know" if they participate in a pay- for-performance program. With more than 400 public and private ACOs under construction, a great way to get up to speed on ACO trends is to take our third annual Accountable Care Organizations survey and receive an executive summary of the results. Your colleague in the business of healthcare,Cheryl Miller Editor, Healthcare Business Weekly Update Please send comments, questions and replies to [email protected].
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Additionally, the ACO’s Physician Advisory Network, made up of its leading physicians, tracks patterns and trends within the ACO and helps the care team to adhere to best
practices in evidence-based medicine. Monthly webinars with the physician advisory network and its EMR specialists provide opportunities for evaluation and training in these
best practices.
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This resource focuses on and describes different networks that link hospitals and their services to patients outside their territory. This reference work not only focuses on the
technology that is integral to the function of a telehealth network, but also its users, and the collaboration that is necessary to be successful.
This resource delivers a detailed analysis of CMS’s Medicare ACO Shared Savings Program as well the short- and long-term financial opportunities afforded by ACOs and an inside
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