The 2017 NCQA Quality Talks provided attendees with a glimpse into how technology and other innovations are continuing to push quality in healthcare forward. While pushing at these boundaries, the talks also provided the very timely reminder that patient care should always be focused on the most important measure of quality: the patient.
Susanne spoke with Dr.s Sugol and Silen Pahlavan of ABC Pediatric Clinic in Houston, Texas, to learn about how they handled Hurricane Harvey and what they learned from the experience.
This issue is all about disaster planning. We bring you tales from the front from a practice in Houston, Texas, that exemplifies how to make the best out of a bad situation. We offer advice on disaster planning, employee policies, personal survival tips and how to secure your data. We hope that you’ll use this issue as a guide for how to plan and implement measures that will keep you safe when the next storm rolls in (and enjoy the supplemental on Patient Centered Medical Home).
What’s In, What’s Out, and what to expect from the new standards.
If your practice is racing toward the finish line to become recognized as a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) under the 2014 program of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) by September 30th, we wish you a speedy and successful finish!
In a move designed to make PCMH more adoptable, NCQA overhauls its standards and gets more involved with practices. Amanda Ciadella tells us what we need to know about the new program.
The transition to a Patient-Centered Medical Home can be challenging; Tiffany Lauria weighs the hard work necessary to gain recognition against the benefits of PCMH.
We talked to three practices about their recent experiences in achieving NCQA’s PCMH Program.
Here they share their successes, trials and tips.