IPRO Senior Director Sara Butterfield RN, BSN, CPHQ, CCM is a recipient of the prestigious Ruth F. Wilson Award, the highest honor presented by the Home Care Association of New York State. The award recognizes Ms. Butterfield’s contributions and achievements in improving healthcare quality, her dedication to fostering communication and cooperation in the homecare community,… Continue Reading
IPRO Supports Hospital Sepsis Report
The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has released the nation’s first public performance report to analyze hospital-specific management of sepsis involving adults and children, including risk-adjusted mortality data. The NYSDOH report is the culmination of a three year effort at data collection, measurement and analysis -under the auspices of a statewide clinical advisory… Continue Reading
Please Congratulate IPRO Senior Director Kathleen M. Terry, Ph.D.
Please congratulate IPRO Senior Director Kathleen M. Terry, Ph.D, and Consultant Gary S. Phillips, co-authors of a landmark sepsis study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, May 21, 1017. Researchers analyzed the association between early treatment in emergency rooms and outcomes for patients hospitalized with sepsis or septic shock in New York hospitals…. Continue Reading
EDC Foot Care Campaign
Lower extremity amputation rates related to diabetes have been gradually increasing each year since 2009, says a new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Quality Innovation Network National Coordinating Center (QIN NCC). The data, gathered from Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, found that of the… Continue Reading
IPRO Annual Meeting Set for June 6
Nationally recognized health policy experts Susan Dentzer, Carl Flatley, DDS, MSD and Marcus Friderich, MD, MBA are featured speakers at IPRO’s 33rd Annual Meeting, to be held Tuesday June 6 at the LaGuardia Marriott Hotel in East Elmhurst, NY. Chief Executive Officer of the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation, Dentzer works closely with foundation… Continue Reading
National Policy Expert to Address IPRO Annual Meeting
Nationally-recognized health policy expert Susan Dentzer will keynote IPRO’s 33rd Annual Meeting, to be held Tuesday June 6 at the LaGuardia Marriott Hotel in East Elmhurst, NY. Chief Executive Officer of the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation, Dentzer works closely with foundation leaders to carry out the organizational mission of improving the health and… Continue Reading
Hospitals Urged to Post Surgical Volume Data
Hospitals should make surgical volume data routinely available as a means of informing patients and families about potential risks and benefits, according to healthcare quality expert Peter Pronovost, MD, in a recent posting on thehealthcareblog.com. He notes that three major health systems—Johns Hopkins, the University of Michigan and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center—have agreed to a “Volume… Continue Reading
IPRO VP Chosen for National Medicaid Expert Panel
IPRO Vice President Virginia Hill has been selected to serve on an expert panel that will advise the federal government on developing a Medicaid managed care quality rating system. A federal rule published last May authorized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to create the rating system. The Technical Expert Panel convened by project… Continue Reading
New Study Credits HIT for Hospital Quality
A new study from experts at the U.S. Agency for Health Care Research & Quality finds that adoption of health information technology (HIT) has had a positive effect on declining rates of hospital adverse drug events (ADEs). The AHRQ study credits “meaningful use” (MU) of health information technology with 22% of the reduction in hospital… Continue Reading
IPRO Supporting CMS Payment Program
IPRO has been awarded a special contract from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to help physician practices in New York, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia prepare for and participate in the new Quality Payment Program, established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). This technical assistance,… Continue Reading