But healthcare organizations seem committed to the ... spoke at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s annual quality forum about strategies to engage physicians in improvement initiatives.

CMS has awarded contracts to 14 organizations as part of a restructuring of the Quality Improvement Organization Program. Each QIN-QIO will work on strategic initiatives, focusing reducing ...

Medicare's Quality Improvement Organizations had a banner year, according to a 2015 progress report that shows the organizations exceeded recruitment targets for six initiatives, prevented ...

Quality improvement organizations involved in CMS' Quality Innovation Network claim recent funding cuts are forcing them to significantly reduce staff and prevent them from fulfilling new ...

The 13 quality improvement organizations that are part of CMS' Quality Innovation Network are halting operations and laying off staff as they wait for the agency to renew their multimillion-dollar ...

A Comparison of Medicare Fee-for-Service and a Group-Model HMO in the Inpatient Management and Long-Term Survival of Elderly Individuals with Syncope Follow-Up Among Women with an Abnormal ...

Medicare readmissions have dropped nationwide, by 12.55 percent, according to CMS data, but communities with Quality Improvement Organizations saw a slightly larger drop in Medicare readmissions.

Organizations using a TQM system engage in incremental improvements continuously to affect the quality of the business's processes and products. A continuous improvement approach requires ...

These awards acknowledge exemplary healthcare quality improvement projects completed by healthcare organizations or providers in partnership with the IPRO Quality Innovation Network – Quality ...

"[Quality improvement] has the best outcome for the team and ultimately for the patient, so it's mission critical for an organization," she says. Scanlon shared four ways she's created success in ...

BLUE BELL, Pa., April 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program, one of the largest federal programs dedicated to improving health quality for Medicare ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...