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Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive needs. Although these children represent a small percentage of the general population, they have increased healthcare utilization and represent a disproportionate amount of health care spending. Care…
Injectable extended-release formulation of naltrexone marketed as Vivitrol is a recent significant addition to substance use disorder pharmacotherapy for alcohol and for opiate dependence. It is especially helpful due to the lack of abuse potential and for its ability to block the effects of other…
Diagnostic care for patients referred within the institution for suspicious lung lesions was variable, complicated and inefficient. Particular demographic groups are at higher risk having a prolonged time from initial presentation to diagnosis, or being lost to follow up completely.
Many patients who find themselves in a situation where they are experiencing worsening symptoms often do not know if they should call the doctor or go to the hospital. The Call Me! Campaign is exactly as it sounds – a campaign to encourage patients to call at the first sign their condition…
The Care Tracker program at Signature Healthcare collates data from multiple sources, including billing claims, Meditech data from hospital/inpatient, the outpatient electronic medical record, and provider data. Using internal logic it presents data based upon age, sex and disease state to the…
Boston Children's Hospital and its associated pediatric primary care physicians organization collaborated to establish an ambulatory patient safety program in response to increasing malpractice claims and patient safety concerns in the pediatric ambulatory setting. The patient safety program uses a…
As part of an effort to ensure that all primary care practices across the network are recognized as Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) by 2018, Partners HealthCare implemented practice redesign workshops. The Patient-Centered Medical Home, developed by the National Center for Quality Assurance,…
New England Quality Care Alliance, a physician network, implemented a medication prior authorization pilot program in January 2015. The purpose of the program is to alleviate physician and practice administrative burden and to improve the quality of care. The program uses Certified Pharmacy…
Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician's Organization implemented a new Population Health Management program in primary care practices to improve chronic disease management and delivery of preventive services for over 160,000 primary care patients.
Through this initiative, Highland Healthcare Associates IPA seeks to improve the physician's experience in providing patient care to positively impact both the physician's and the patient's experience of care. The organization seeks to address physician burnout and dissatisfaction,…