From Tableau, this whitepaper provides five best practices for implementing population health management using data.  Healthcare reform is fueling the shift away from fee-for-service models toward pay-for-performance, value-based care paradigms. In order for healthcare organizations to successfully transition, there is an acute need for actionable analysis of data derived from individual patients and populations. 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites you to join a webinar on January 12 at 1:30 PM ET to learn more about the Quality and Cost performance categories included in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

Web Conference on Improving Health IT Safety through the Use Natural Language Processing to Improve Accuracy of EHR Documentation

This tool is intended to aid grantees in their reporting of the clinical measures reported on UDS Tables 6B and 7. There is a separate data entry sheet included in this spreadsheet for each of the clinical measures which permit for a sample.  In addition, this tool contains output forms which can be used for data entry into the UDS form (in the EHB) and a summary of the results.

Nine articles chosen to help leaders frame a business case for quality and health information technology initiatives to their peers and leaders.