Newsletter
Spotlight on Quality
A Newsletter about Ohio's Healthcare Quality Improvement
Fall 2008 | VOL. 6 NO. 4
Opening Ceremony
Last month, around the same time as the 2008 Olympic opening ceremonies, the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program embarked on a new three-year contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As a result, some of Ohio KePRO’s services for healthcare providers have changed. With this first edition of Spotlight on Quality, we introduce key issues that will be the focus of the CMS QIO program for the next three years.
Tapping into your Electronic Health Record’s Full Potential
An electronic health record is a substantial investment. In addition to monetary costs, an electronic health record system requires that all employees learn how to do their job differently. It’s a change – and change is always scary. So once your practice has implemented an electronic health record and gotten most of the bugs out of the system and processes – it’s time to make sure that your practice is making the most of its investment.
Ohio physician practices with a CCHIT-certified electronic health record may be eligible to participate in a two-year project to improve care management processes with the assistance of quality improvement specialists from Ohio KePRO.
Also in this edition:
- Calendar and reminders
- Regulatory Update
- Ten Ways to Beat the MRSA Superbug
- Reconsidering Physical Restraint Use in the Nursing Home
- Drugs to Avoid with Elderly Patients
- Medicare to Refuse Payment for Preventable Occurrences in October with More to Follow
- Preventing Pressure Ulcers in the Acute Care Setting
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