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The Joint Commission Establishes President's Fellowship for Healthcare Quality and Safety

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Giovedì, Marzo 14, 2024
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OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Joint Commission has established The President’s Fellowship for Healthcare Quality and Safety, a prestigious program for a highly qualified healthcare professional to collaborate with The Joint Commission to advance healthcare outcomes globally.

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  • OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Joint Commission has established The President’s Fellowship for Healthcare Quality and Safety, a prestigious program for a highly qualified healthcare professional to collaborate with The Joint Commission to advance healthcare outcomes globally.
  • The new fellowship, which reports directly to Joint Commission enterprise President and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, aligns an accomplished fellow’s specific background and achievements with key Joint Commission initiatives while supporting the Fellow’s career development as an influential leader in quality and safety.
  • “Establishing The President’s Fellowship for Healthcare Quality and Safety is an exciting way to introduce fresh perspectives to The Joint Commission’s efforts to support healthcare organizations’ delivery of safe, high-quality, equitable and compassionate care,” says Dr. Perlin.
  • Applications from mid-career healthcare professionals for The Joint Commission’s 2025 President’s Fellowship for Healthcare Quality and Safety (which spans the calendar year) are currently being accepted.

Phreesia’s Hilary Hatch Again Named to the 2024-2025 NQF Leadership Consortium

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Martedì, Febbraio 27, 2024
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Phreesia is proud to announce that its Chief Clinical Officer Hilary Hatch, PhD, has been selected to participate in the National Quality Forum (NQF)’s 2024-2025 Leadership Consortium .

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  • Phreesia is proud to announce that its Chief Clinical Officer Hilary Hatch, PhD, has been selected to participate in the National Quality Forum (NQF)’s 2024-2025 Leadership Consortium .
  • Dr. Hatch is one of only 29 healthcare leaders included in the prestigious group, underscoring her dedication to healthcare quality and patient-centered care.
  • She was first named to the group for a two-year term in 2022.
  • “Participation in the Leadership Consortium is more than just an honor for us as individuals or for the organizations we represent.

The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum Join Forces to Improve Healthcare Quality, Safety, Equity, and Value

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Mercoledì, Agosto 16, 2023
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OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum (NQF) today announced a strategic affiliation to accelerate improvements in health for all people.

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  • OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois, Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum (NQF) today announced a strategic affiliation to accelerate improvements in health for all people.
  • NQF will join the Joint Commission enterprise, while maintaining its independence in convening and developing consensus-based measures, implementation guidance, and practices that benefit all stakeholders.
  • This will allow both The Joint Commission and NQF to build upon their shared expertise in measuring quality and rationalizing the measurement landscape, so the focus shifts from competing measures to advancing key outcomes.
  • Our goals are shared across the patient, consumer, payer, purchaser, and provider communities: Safer, higher value, more equitable, and more compassionate healthcare,” Dr. Perlin commented.

Phreesia’s Hilary Hatch Named a “Disrupter” in PM360’s ELITE 100

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Martedì, Maggio 16, 2023
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Phreesia is pleased to announce that Hilary Hatch, PhD, Phreesia’s Chief Clinical Officer, has been named as one of the 2023 PM360 ELITE 100 by healthcare-marketing trade publication, PM360.

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  • Phreesia is pleased to announce that Hilary Hatch, PhD, Phreesia’s Chief Clinical Officer, has been named as one of the 2023 PM360 ELITE 100 by healthcare-marketing trade publication, PM360.
  • This year’s ELITE 100 were chosen from among 500 submissions across 19 categories.
  • The PM360 ELITE Awards recognize individuals and teams who have made a significant impact on the healthcare industry.
  • Winners are selected by the PM360 editorial staff based on their career accomplishments and the influence they’ve had on the industry.

Net Health's PointRight® Analytics Solution First to Receive Quality Measure Endorsements by National Quality Forum

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Giovedì, Marzo 30, 2023
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PITTSBURGH, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Net Health, a leading provider of cloud-based software for specialty medical providers, today announced its PointRight® solution received two endorsements by the National Quality Forum (NQF). The endorsements include the PointRight® Pro 30® all-cause, risk adjusted rehospitalization (NQF #2375) and the PointRight® Pro Long Stay™ all-cause adjusted long-stay resident hospitalization (NQF #2827) measures.

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  • PITTSBURGH, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Net Health , a leading provider of cloud-based software for specialty medical providers, today announced its PointRight® solution received two endorsements by the National Quality Forum (NQF).
  • There are currently no other long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) EHR or analytics vendors who have developed NQF-endorsed quality measures.
  • "Earning these two endorsements further demonstrates Net Health's commitment to providing accurate performance analytics through its PointRight solutions."
  • "These endorsements validate Net Health's goal of delivering quality predictive analytics, enabling providers and payers to align on value-based care initiatives."

South Africa Introduces EMEA’s First National Qualification in Robotic Process Automation to Support Tech Skills Creation

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Martedì, Marzo 14, 2023
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UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a leading enterprise automation software company, has collaborated with the Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT SETA) in South Africa to develop the first national qualification in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

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  • UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a leading enterprise automation software company, has collaborated with the Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT SETA) in South Africa to develop the first national qualification in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.
  • “Automation adoption has led to the creation of new roles; however, the need for qualified automation talent is acute.
  • For this reason, the introduction of the national qualification in RPA is well positioned to help address the current shortage of RPA skills in South Africa.
  • Further, being a recognised qualification, means that it builds on the individuals’ educational achievements,” said Ugan Maistry, CEO, FIRtech.

New Reports: Harnessing Measurement and Technology to Promote Equity, Reduce Burden

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Giovedì, Febbraio 2, 2023
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Today, the Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC) released three new reports seeking to reduce disparities through measures of health equity, burden through digital measurement, and fragmentation through the voluntary alignment of measurement processes across payers.

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  • Today, the Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC) released three new reports seeking to reduce disparities through measures of health equity, burden through digital measurement, and fragmentation through the voluntary alignment of measurement processes across payers.
  • The global pandemic revealed stark disparities in disease prevalence, hospitalization, and deaths in minority populations from COVID-19.
  • To address these inequities, the CQMC recommended stratifying existing measures by patient demographic factors to confirm the presence of disparities in care.
  • Finally, the CQMC identified existing measures that could be added to the core sets to promote health equity.

The National Quality Forum (NQF) Endorses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) New Blood Culture Contamination Quality Measure

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Mercoledì, Febbraio 8, 2023
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SEATTLE, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. ("Magnolia Medical"), inventors of the Steripath® Initial Specimen Diversion Device® (ISDD®) family of products, today commended the NQF Consensus Standards Approval Committee (CSAC) for its formal endorsement of the new CDC Quality Measure 3658, entitled: Adult Blood Culture Contamination Rate; A national measure and standard for clinical laboratories and antibiotic stewardship programs.1

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  • The NQF's recent endorsement of this important new measure reflects the diagnostic significance of blood cultures in the detection of bloodstream infections, including sepsis.
  • The planned use of this measure is to support hospital-specific quality improvement projects, public reporting, and regulatory and accreditation programs associated with the suspected sepsis patient population.
  • Standardizing how blood culture contamination is defined, tracked, monitored, and reported will benefit millions of patients and save our healthcare system billions of dollars under the new standard of care.
  • The CDC Guidelines also provided eight evidence-based practices for reducing blood culture contamination rates, including the use of Initial Specimen Diversion Devices® that divert the initial 1 to 2 mL of potentially contaminated blood prior to blood collection.6,7

North American Partners in Anesthesia recognized as a 2022 Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award recipient by the National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission for National Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality

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Martedì, Gennaio 24, 2023
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MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) has been recognized with the prestigious John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for 2022 in the National Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality category.

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  • MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) has been recognized with the prestigious John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for 2022 in the National Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality category.
  • Dr. Eisenberg chaired the federal government's Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force and personally led AHRQ's grant program to support patient safety research.
  • NAPA's ARA program was developed through its NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute (NAPSI), one of only 99 national Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) listed by AHRQ.
  • We also congratulate Dr. Jason S. Adelman, recipient of the Individual Achievement Award, and Parkland Health, recipient of the Local Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality Award.

Phreesia’s Zeeshan Butt Named to NQF’s MAP Clinician Workgroup

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Venerdì, Settembre 16, 2022
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Phreesia is proud to announce that Zeeshan Butt, PhD, a Director of Clinical Content, has been selected to serve a three-year term as a member of the National Quality Forum (NQF)s Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) 2022-2023 Clinician Workgroup .

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  • Phreesia is proud to announce that Zeeshan Butt, PhD, a Director of Clinical Content, has been selected to serve a three-year term as a member of the National Quality Forum (NQF)s Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) 2022-2023 Clinician Workgroup .
  • MAP is a diverse, multi-stakeholder group that includes leaders and experts from health plans, suppliers, provider organizations, community health agencies and other entities.
  • The Clinician Workgroup will provide recommendations on issues related to the selection and coordination of measures that would impact clinicians, particularly in the office setting, such as those in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
  • Butt is a licensed clinical health psychologist and Phreesias resident expert in patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and clinical quality measurement.