Trends in Engaging Specialists in Value-Based Care
By Kelly Raffel, MBA
Value-based care, a healthcare delivery model in which providers are paid based on patient health outcomes and the quality of services rendered, has the potential to reduce overall healthcare costs and transform the healthcare industry. Physician engagement is crucial to the ultimate success of these models.// Read More
Approach to Congestive Heart Failure Readmission Reduction in a Community-Based Setting: A Field Report
By Asim Kichloo, MD, FACP; Patricia Frith, DO, MMS; Shanmukha Chandrala, MD; Sukhbir Randhawa, DO; Jasmine Dowker, RN; Ronda Fitzgerald, RN, BSN, CPQH; Stephanie Park, RN, BSN; Kristy Perez, LPN; Mario F. Victoria, MD, MMM, CPE, FAAP, FAAPL, CPE
This article examines how a midsize community hospital designed a readmission reduction project with the goal of decreasing readmissions for patients with a primary diagnosis of congestive heart failure.// Read More