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Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert

San Francisco, California
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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Medicaid, a radical suggestion for reform by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Monday, July 23rd, 2012 By Ed Howe Former CEO, Aurora Health Care Medicaid, neither as it exists today nor how it changes under th ... Read on »
Premier members selected for Medicare Shared Savings Program by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Wednesday, July 11th, 2012 All eight members of Premier's Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Application Cohort have been selected for ... Read on »
The implications of the Supreme Court decision by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Thursday, June 28th, 2012 As widely reported, the Supreme Court of the United States delivered its decision today on the Affordable Care Ac ... Read on »
Physicians and hospitals, thousands linked in new healthcare database by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Monday, June 25th, 2012 Today the Premier healthcare alliance made PremierConnect available to its members, in what is being called the lar ... Read on »
Forbes’ Financial Technology blog discusses importance of Premier’s data by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 PremierConnect™ and Premier’s QUEST collaborative are featured in Forbes' Financial Technology blog in an articl ... Read on »
Where does accountable care start? by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Thursday, June 14th, 2012 Hospitals considering accountable care strategies have plenty of options to choose from, but deciding where to be ... Read on »
World’s largest virtual healthcare community launched by Premier by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Thursday, June 7th, 2012 America’s largest healthcare performance improvement alliance has launched the world’s largest virtual healthcare ... Read on »
The New York Times spotlights QUEST® members as leaders in healthcare by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Monday, June 4th, 2012 The lead editorial in Sunday’s New York Times describes Premier’s QUEST results as a leading example of how health s ... Read on »
Premier Cares Award honors healthcare not-for-profits by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Friday, May 25th, 2012 The application period for Premier's annual Cares Award competition is now underway until July 31. This is Premi ... Read on »
iPad helps doctor improve work, connect with more patients by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Thursday, May 24th, 2012 It is amazing to see how technology is changing the work physicians do each day. A great story below about how one ... Read on »
Vote for the 100 most influential people in healthcare today by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 Leaders and members of the Premier healthcare alliance have been named to a prestigious healthcare list highlight ... Read on »
Premier healthcare alliance named a “Champion for Change” by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 The Premier healthcare alliance has been recognized with the 2012 " Champion for Change " award from Practice Gree ... Read on »
Facebook reveals help for those needing organ transplants by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 Mark Zuckerburg reveals an organ transplant Facebook tool. The CEO explains that this potentially life-saving tool i ... Read on »
The ABCs of becoming an ACO by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Friday, April 27th, 2012 Healthcare leaders from Aurora Health Care and the Premier healthcare alliance recently shared details on what it ... Read on »
Adventist Health System focuses on preventing harm, reducing cost by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 Adventist Health System has taken steps to improve care for the 4 million people it serves each year by joining ... Read on »
Healthcare program collaborates to improve cardiac care by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 The Saint Thomas Chest Pain Network began in 2006 with a vision to mitigate the rates of heart disease and ca ... Read on »
Supreme Court, healthcare and American exceptionalism by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Thursday, March 29th, 2012 By Mike Stephens Former CEO, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian The U.S. Supreme Court has just completed ... Read on »
Premier and CaroMont Health named healthiest employers by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 Friendly competitions that compare steps taken, employee sports leagues, on-site exercise classes and discounted ... Read on »
Doctor with Levine Cancer Institute discusses benefits of aspirin by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 Dr. Jean Chai, with the Levine Cancer Institute, appeared in a story on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams dis ... Read on »
Fast-track approval needed for Unique Device Identification by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 Unique Device Identification (UDI)  is the missing link to protect patient safety. Although the law requiring U ... Read on »