The December 2018 issue of Health Affairs is dedicated to Telehealth, a broad range of technologies used to connect clinicians to each other and to their patients. Distinguished authors examine the broad reach of telehealth and also highlight significant areas of unrealized potential.
This Webcast from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will provide an overview of the CAHPS surveys. Speakers will explain how CAHPS surveys focus on patients’ priorities and build on current research in survey development and administration. Speakers will also review recommended guidelines for administering CAHPS surveys and discuss the ways in which organizations are using survey results.
With heightened pressure for providers to assume greater risk as part of the shift toward value-based care, the importance of meeting quality targets and ensuring cost effective care delivery is now at the core of their shifting business models.
On November 29, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness will host a public workshop, Pain and Symptom Management for People with Serious Illness in the Context of the Opioid Epidemic. The workshop aims to explore the tension between efforts to address the opioid epidemic and the resulting impact on access to pain medications for people facing serious illness.
During the recent midterm elections, the power structure in Washington shifted. In the Senate, Republicans will maintain control and will gain seats; in the House, Democrats will have a thin majority in the 116th Congress. We are pleased to report that the bipartisan Members of Congress supportive of our policy priorities either were not up for re-election or maintained their seats. We congratulate them on their victories.
URAC hosts the second annual Telemed Leadership Forum in Washington, DC, on April 3-5, 2019. This 2-1/2-day event is designed for physicians and leaders in hospitals and health systems, health plans, academic medical centers, telehealth providers and networks, as well as government regulators and policymakers.
Real World Strategies to Implement and Scale Telehealth Programs
Incorporating telehealth and remote patient monitoring practices into disease management has been shown to increase access to care, improve outcomes, and decrease health care costs. Join the 6th Annual Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring Summit to hear best practices for integrating technology into clinical care to meet the demand for efficient, high quality care.
There are many paths to becoming a successful PCMH—they do not all look alike and generally depend upon the local circumstances, preferences and quality landscape in a particular region. NCQA has identified several attributes that contribute to PCMH success:
