Contact: Barbara Schwartz 516-209-5403 bschwartz@ipro.org (Lake Success, NY. December 9, 2019) — IPRO software developers and quality improvement professionals have created exciting new technologies that will enhance data-driven management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) by physicians, patients and care partners. IPRO’s intuitive and freely-available mobile applications interface with the federal government’s massive “Blue Button 2.0 Initiative,”… Continue Reading
IPRO Selected as a Recipient of QIN-QIO Task Order 1 Award Under the 12th Statement of Work
Contact: Barbara Schwartz 516-209-5403 Lake Success, NY. November 19, 2019 — On November 8, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a five-year contract to IPRO to serve as a regional Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under the recently launched 12th Statement of Work. QIN-QIOs serving under the 12th… Continue Reading
IPRO Honors Healthcare Champions From Across New York State
Contact: Barbara Schwartz 516-209-5403 bschwartz@ipro.org – Lake Success, NY. June 20, 2019 – IPRO’s Annual Quality Awards were presented to physicians, hospitals, nursing homes and dialysis providers from across New York State at the organization’s 35th Annual Meeting, held June 6 in Garden City, New York. This year’s honorees were cited in four major categories:… Continue Reading
IPRO Wins Patient Empowerment Grant
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org – LAKE SUCCESS, New York, December 13, 2018 – IPRO has been awarded a grant through the New York StateHealth Foundation’s (NYSHealth’s) Patients as Partners initiative to strengthen the voices of patients and families in healthcare decision-making. Through this initiative, NYSHealth is supporting projects that seek system improvements, practice innovations, or policy reforms designed… Continue Reading
IPRO Executives Join Healthcare Industry Leadership Teams
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org – Lake Success, NY, November 13, 2018 – IPRO Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Clare Bradley, MD, MPH has been appointed to The PCPI Foundation Board of Directors. PCPI engages physicians, clinicians and key stakeholders to improve care through integrated performance measurement and clinically rich data… Continue Reading
Newsday Names IPRO A Winner Of 2018 Top Workplaces Award
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org – IPRO has been awarded a 2018 Top Workplace honor by Newsday.The award is based solely on employee feedback gathered through an independent third-party survey administrator. The anonymous survey measures several aspects of workplace culture, including alignment, execution, and connection, just to name a few. IPRO was ranked #8… Continue Reading
Expert coalition provides recommendations to reduce adverse drug events from anticoagulants during care transitions
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org Oct 23, 2018 – Expert coalition provides recommendations to reduce adverse drug events from anticoagulants during care transitions – (OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, October 23, 2018) – Anticoagulants, medications that keep the blood from clotting, are heavily prescribed and effective but have been identified as major contributors to adverse drug… Continue Reading
To Err Is Human: Advance Documentary Screening and Discussion
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org – An advance screening of the patient safety documentary To Err Is Human, hosted by The New York Academy of Medicine, United Hospital Fund and IPRO. The film addresses the silent epidemic of medical mistakes – the #3 leading cause of death in the U.S. with up to… Continue Reading
IPRO’s Atlantic Quality Innovation Network Featured in 2017 QIO Program Progress Report
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. – Oct. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – IPRO’s AtIantic Quality Innovation Network (AQIN), the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) for New York, South Carolina and the District of Columbia, is proud to announce that it is featured in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services‘ (CMS’) newly released 2017 QIO Program Progress Report. AQIN… Continue Reading
IPRO-Led Panel Reports Consensus on Anticoagulation Management
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org September 3, 2018. Lake Success, NY. – An IPRO-led multi-disciplinary panel has reached consensus on essential anticoagulation management elements that need to be communicated to downstream providers upon transition between all health care settings. According to the authors of a new article in The Joint Commission Journal on… Continue Reading