Quality Update Spring 2010

Stratis Health publishes the Quality Update Newsletter twice a year. The electronic publication is an update on healthcare quality topics and issues for Minnesota's health care leaders. In this publication we aim to provide Minnesota "thought leaders" with news, issues, and perspectives on health care quality and patient safety.

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Quality and Value in Health Reform

A few provisions related to quality and value made their way into the final health reform legislation. From Jennifer P. Lundblad, Stratis Health President and CEO.

Health Care Reform Brings Enhanced Opportunity for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care

Recently passed legislation has a great deal of language that will enable new forms of service delivery and greater collaboration and integration of services across the entire health care continuum. Perspective from Stratis Health Board of Directors chair Dale Thompson, president and CEO of Benedictine Health System.

Bringing Health Care Consumers Into Their Own Care

Implementing shared decision making in Minnesota.

Kanabec Hospital Prepares for Meaningful Use
Recognized as first Critical Access Hospital in nation to reach HIMSS stage 6 designation.

Leveraging REACH Services to Achieve Meaningful Use

REACH is the latest resource available to providers working to achieve meaningful use of their electronic health records (EHR) and earn incentive payments.

Rural Palliative Care Emerging as a Health Care Priority

Palliative care, named among top six priorities for the American health care system, is taking root in rural Minnesota.

Looking at the numbers: health care homes readiness in Minnesota

This report looks at how ready Minnesota clinics are to become health care homes, assessing if they have the criteria under the five state standards in place.

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