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Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert

San Francisco, California
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To serve as an advocate for non-profit hospitals and the value of those hospitals. To support collaboration among those hospitals to improve quality and safety and reduce costs. To discuss issues in an open forum that impact the ability of those hospitals to successfully improve the... Full Bio
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Premier’s HEN has robust data and measurement capabilities by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Modern Healthcare has published an important article about the push for healthcare quality across the U.S. The article points out that the federal initiative is showing sign ... Read on »
How data and Premier are changing the face of healthcare by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Premier's Keith Figlioli, senior vice president of Healthcare Informatics, discusses how data and analytics are changing the face of healthcare. Recently appearing at IBM's ... Read on »
President talks healthcare in State of the Union address by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy During last night’s State of the Union address the President discussed changing the way government pays for Medicare. Here is an excerpt from the address: The president note ... Read on »
Texas Health Resources receives national award for innovation in healthcare by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Texas Health Resources has received the 2013 Richard A. Norling Premier Alliance Excellence Award for its leadership in accelerating care quality and cost improvements among ... Read on »
F.R.E.E. receives Premier Cares Award, $100,000 for helping uninsured adults gain mobility by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The Foundation for Rehabilitation Equipment and Endowment (F.R.E.E.) has been honored by the Premier healthcare alliance with the 21st annual Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares A ... Read on »
Healthcare leaders discuss Partnership for Patients initiative by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Some of the best leaders in healthcare have come together to work on reducing preventable harm and preventable readmissions, while also improving outcomes, and safely reduci ... Read on »
Billings Clinic accredited as accountable care organization by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Great progress to report in terms of Billings Clinic and their effort to become an accountable care organization (ACO). Billings Clinic is one of the first four healthcare o ... Read on »
Premier’s Blair Childs offers his perspectives on the year ahead in DC by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In a recent interview in Healthcare Informatics, Premier’s Blair Childs talks about the year ahead in healthcare. Here is an excerpt from the interview: The longer-term issu ... Read on »
Avoiding hospital readmissions by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Dr. Harlan Krumholz has written a thoughtful perspective on the battle of hospital readmissions. He explains that healthcare workers will need to explore new approaches to m ... Read on »
Susan DeVore discusses the future of healthcare by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Susan DeVore, president and CEO of the Premier healthcare alliance, discusses the future of healthcare. Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,700 U.S. ... Read on »
Drug shortages a serious issue for many U.S. hospitals by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy As we begin 2013, the drug shortage issue across the country continues to be a serious matter for numerous healthcare systems. In a recent interview with leaders at the FDA, ... Read on »
Dirty medical needles put thousands at risk by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy A recent article in USA Today, discusses the problem of some clinicians putting patients at risk by using dirty medical needles. Gina Pugliese, with the Premier Safety Insti ... Read on »
Susan DeVore leads healthcare changes across the nation by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Susan DeVore, president and CEO of the Premier healthcare alliance, is a well-known name in healthcare. If you have never heard her speak about the healthcare transformation ... Read on »
Majority of states opt out of running state-based exchanges by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Only 18 states and the District of Columbia will be running their own insurance exchanges, according to a blog posted today by Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Hum ... Read on »
Working to reduce the risks of child birth by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Healthcare systems across the United States are working to make the experience of child birth safer. Health systems that are members of the Premier healthcare alliance are m ... Read on »
Improving care for moms and babies and reducing injuries during birth by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Initial results from one of the nation’s largest and most sophisticated perinatal improvement initiatives suggest hospitals can reduce harm to babies and mothers, and lower ... Read on »
Trading hospital cost reductions for flexibility by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Recently IHI convened a group of approximately 150 healthcare delivery and policy experts for Out of the Blocks: Where Does Health Care Go from Here? In a new post on the He ... Read on »
Unique device identification addresses dangerous blind spot in healthcare by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Recently, Mike Alkire, chief operating officer with the Premier healthcare alliance, wrote a detailed article for Infection Control Today about the importance of unique devi ... Read on »
North Mississippi Health Services named a 2012 Baldrige National Quality Award winner by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is the nation's highest Presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement and visionary leadership. T ... Read on »
Healthcare leaders named top in clinical informaticists by Modern Healthcare by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Modern Healthcare has recognized medical professionals who excel at using patient care data to improve both the clinical and financial performance of their healthcare organi ... Read on »
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