on December 20, 2012 |
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Topics: Orthopedics, Service Lines, Quality, Performance Improvement, Benchmarking, Management Tools, Public Reporting
Manasi Kapoor, Oncology Roundtable
The Center for Advancing Palliative Care (CAPC) recently launched the first ever national palliative care registry to help develop industry-wide operational standards, and demonstrate the scope and impact of palliative care programs nationwide.
Participating organizations receive customized reports and are included in GetPalliativeCare.org’s provider directory.
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CAPC launches first ever palliative care registry—how does your program stack up?
on October 26, 2012 |
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Topics: Oncology, Service Lines, Quality, Performance Improvement, Finance, Metrics and Analytics, Management Tools
Megan Bailey, Oncology Roundtable
Researchers at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville have created a tool to calculate the financial impact of poor care quality and help administrators make cost-effective investments.
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What is the financial impact of poor care quality?
Lindsay Conway on April 24, 2012 |
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Topics: Oncology, Service Lines, Strategic Alignment, Management Tools, Performance Improvement, Organizational Models, Workforce
Recently an Oncology Roundtable member asked me: How do you measure the degree of oncology service line integration? It’s an interesting question because so many cancer programs are working towards the goal of better communication and coordination across sub-specialties, but “integration” is a somewhat nebulous goal. For that reason, I like the idea of trying to make it more concrete by developing a set of objective measures.
While I can’t provide a definitive answer for how to measure integration, I wanted to share my thoughts. I would love to hear your opinion as well. You can add them to this post by typing into the box at the bottom of this page under the heading “Tell Us What You Think.”
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How do you measure oncology service line integration?
