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1. Health Plan Patient Safety Initiatives | PSNet
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   July 10, 2024 - In the United States, insurance status can determine a patient’s access to safe, high-quality health … CMS, which is the largest payer of health care services in the United States, uses a subset of the … Health plans offer a means to finance healthcare expenses, and the plans determine which healthcare services … professionals by serving as a bridge linking a patient’s health care services. … are essential for a safe health care system.

2. In Conversation With...Amy Helwig about Health Plan Patient Safety Initiatives | PSNet
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   July 10, 2024 - , we often think of strategies that can be implemented at the health care organization or health care … In the United States, insurance status can determine a patient’s access to safe, high-quality health … CMS, which is the largest payer of health care services in the United States, uses a subset of the … professionals by serving as a bridge linking a patient’s health care services. … are essential for a safe health care system.

3. African Partnerships for Patient Safety: Lessons Learned | PSNet
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   December 01, 2014 - Health-care-associated infection in Africa: a systematic review. … Health services for patient safety 5. Health care–associated infections 6. … RW : So are you saying that getting people into the health care system is such a challenge in certain … with the National Health Care Report at AHRQ and then again at the OECD afterwards said that variation … In terms of empowering patients, families, and communities to be more involved in their health care,

4. In Conversation With... Jack Westfall, MD, MPH | PSNet
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   September 28, 2022 - look out over the windowsill, open the door, and look at what’s going on in the community related to … , local in their hospital, or state, or national efforts to improve patient safety. … a patient’s care across the healthcare system. … There are three components to improving access to comprehensive, quality healthcare services: adequacy … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Six Domains of Health Care Quality.

5. Primary Care and Patient Safety: Opportunities at the Interface | PSNet
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   September 28, 2022 - There are three components to improving access to comprehensive, quality healthcare services: adequacy … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Six Domains of Health Care Quality. … And then we look at assets in the community. … look out over the windowsill, open the door, and look at what’s going on in the community related to … , local in their hospital, or state, or national efforts to improve patient safety.

6. In Conversation with…William B. Weeks, MD, MBA | PSNet
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   May 01, 2009 - It may make a difference to a large health care system, but not to smaller providers. … In addition, if one health care system were to do that in, say, Miami, the others would be thrilled because … them with some of the language and the ways that the financial guys look at things. … interactions with the health care system occur in the outpatient setting. … and public reporting are essential for a safe health care system.

7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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   December 14, 2022 - / https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/disparities-in-health-and-health-care … a cultural and language appropriate manner. … We also have a goal to advance resiliency in the health care system, which has been a big lesson of … I was previously the Chief Quality Officer at a major healthcare system, and I used to have a large … Can we effectively look at data by race, or ethnicity, or language, or many other factors?

8. In Conversation With... Dr. Michelle Schreiber on Measuring Patient Safety | PSNet
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   December 14, 2022 - We also have a goal to advance resiliency in the health care system, which has been a big lesson of the … I was previously the Chief Quality Officer at a major healthcare system, and I used to have a large Excel … Can we effectively look at data by race, or ethnicity, or language, or many other factors? … While studies have shown that there are disparities in healthcare delivery , opportunities exist to … Health Care Safety During the Pandemic and Beyond—Building a System That Ensures Resilience.

9. In Conversation With… Edward Kelley, PhD | PSNet
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   December 01, 2014 - RW : So are you saying that getting people into the health care system is such a challenge in certain … with the National Health Care Report at AHRQ and then again at the OECD afterwards said that variation … health care. … In terms of empowering patients, families, and communities to be more involved in their health care, … Health-care-associated infection in Africa: a systematic review.

10. In Conversation with Edwin Boudreaux about Suicide Prevention | PSNet
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    March 25, 2025 - If you look at the month before death, up to 40% of them have seen a healthcare provider. 1 What is … Often in health care, we get deep into the details of what that protocol looks like. … in tone, or body language— which can provide vital insights into a patient’s mental state. … Variation in patterns of health care before suicide: a population case-control study. … [Available at ] Suicide Prevention in Health Care Facilities Environmental Safety Recommendations.

11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    September 28, 2022 - Where are the hot spots and the cold spots around the country in terms of access? … look out over the windowsill, open the door, and look at what’s going on in the community related to … I have to hire a nonbillable person in my practice who is paid out of the billable services, and the … time, we have both a high-level and detailed look at their care. … , local in their hospital, or state, or national efforts to improve patient safety.

12. Measuring Patient Safety | PSNet
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    December 14, 2022 - While studies have shown that there are disparities in healthcare delivery , opportunities exist to … Health Care Safety During the Pandemic and Beyond—Building a System That Ensures Resilience. … We also have a goal to advance resiliency in the health care system, which has been a big lesson of the … I was previously the Chief Quality Officer at a major healthcare system, and I used to have a large Excel … Can we effectively look at data by race, or ethnicity, or language, or many other factors?

13. Suicide Prevention | PSNet
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    March 24, 2025 - in tone, or body language— which can provide vital insights into a patient’s mental state. … Variation in patterns of health care before suicide: a population case-control study. … [Available at ] Suicide Prevention in Health Care Facilities Environmental Safety Recommendations. … If you look at the month before death, up to 40% of them have seen a healthcare provider. 1 What is … Often in health care, we get deep into the details of what that protocol looks like.

14. Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People Who Use Substances | PSNet
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    October 30, 2024 - and limit their access to essential services. … to further integrate harm reduction into healthcare systems. … We live in a society where health care is mostly paid for by employers, so some folks are nervous to … Past negative experiences in health care make people very hesitant to go back.  … Care Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators View More

15. In Conversation with Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar about Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People Who Use Substances | PSNet
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    October 30, 2024 - We live in a society where health care is mostly paid for by employers, so some folks are nervous to … Past negative experiences in health care make people very hesitant to go back.  … in healthcare services. … to further integrate harm reduction into healthcare systems. … Care Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators View More

16. Strengthening the Business Case for Patient Safety | PSNet
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    May 01, 2013 - Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services … (and other payers) to embrace the tenets of any learning health care system. … But what I'm thinking about is much more experimentation and research at the sharp end of health care … improving quality, reducing harm, or reducing health care costs.

17. In Conversation With... Libby Hoy and Stephen Hoy | PSNet
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    March 10, 2021 - Services (CMS), AIR, and small rural and critical access hospitals out here in California. … to take on as policy at a national level. … it would help you to look at your discharge plan and how it's received by your patients and families … If we look at readmissions in the QIO program, we bring in that active partnership to work on those interventions … To support measure developers in these efforts, in April 2020 CMS released a toolkit for developers

18. Meaningful Measurement in Patient and Family Engagement | PSNet
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    March 10, 2021 - To support measure developers in these efforts, in April 2020 CMS released a toolkit for developers … Services (CMS), AIR, and small rural and critical access hospitals out here in California. … to take on as policy at a national level. … it would help you to look at your discharge plan and how it's received by your patients and families … If we look at readmissions in the QIO program, we bring in that active partnership to work on those interventions

19. Patient Safety: A Perspective from Office Practice | PSNet
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    May 01, 2009 - care system occur in the outpatient setting. … It may make a difference to a large health care system, but not to smaller providers. … In addition, if one health care system were to do that in, say, Miami, the others would be thrilled because … them with some of the language and the ways that the financial guys look at things. … Assuming that we don't go to a national health care plan, my sense is that bigger employers will do this

20. Patient and Family Centered I-PASS (Family-Centered Communication Program to Reduce Medical Errors and Improve Family Experience and Communication Processes) | PSNet
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    February 26, 2025 - A team of parents and healthcare professionals adapted the I-PASS framework 5 to provide a formal structure … rounds: a national multi-site mixed methods study. … Utilizing co-production to improve patient-centeredness and engagement in healthcare delivery: lessons … Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. … Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or of the submitter