Congratulations to the Cordata clients recognized as Healthgrades’ Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence. Recipients are hospitals rated in the top 5% in the nation with the lowest risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates across at least 21 of 32 common conditions and procedures. Patients treated in hospitals receiving the Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence Award have, on average, a lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the designation.
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Topics:
Cordata Health,
Awards,
Healthgrade,
Hospital
Congratulations to Tift Regional Medical Center (TRMC), a Cordata customer since 2012, for earning special accreditations from the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) for its oncology center and breast health program. The American College of Radiology (ACR) also designated TRMC as a center of excellence in low-dose CT lung cancer screenings.
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Topics:
Cordata Health,
oncology,
Certification & Accreditation,
Tift Regional
Gary Winzenread, CEO and President of Cordata Healthcare Innovations, recently contributed an article to Beckers’ Health IT & CIO Review. The article, “Confidence, Compliance and the Cloud: 6 Lessons Learned from a HIPAA Audit,” highlights some of the challenges involved in achieving HIPAA compliance for a small, agile organization.
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Topics:
health IT,
Cordata Health,
CEO,
Certification & Accreditation,
Healthcare,
Compliance,
HIPAA
This is the third and final post in my series on the three categories of reports cancer centers should review on a monthly basis. The first post in the series focused on accreditation reporting and provided links to the standards to meet for five of the most important cancer center accreditations. The second post focused on the operational metrics that cancer centers should track, which included navigator to patient ratios,navigator time spent and lag times.In this final post,I will review the financial reports every cancer center should review.
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Topics:
Katrina Clement,
financial data,
Cordata Health,
Oncology Ontrack,
Reporting/Analytics,
Certification & Accreditation
We at Priority Consult are celebrating National Health IT Week from September 16 – September 20. Health IT is, of course, a topic that is near and dear to our hearts. We know from personal experience that health IT provides great value for patients, clinicians and hospitals. Electronic health records (EHR), however, have a complicated relationship with users and may be in peril as healthcare reform looms over the industry.
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Topics:
Michael Graham,
EHRs,
health IT,
software,
Spine,
Cordata Health,
Oncology Ontrack
This is the second part of my series on the three categories of reports cancer centers should review on a monthly basis. The first post in the series focused on accreditation reporting and provided links to the standards to meet for five of the most important cancer center accreditations. The final post in this series will review the financial reports every center should review.
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Topics:
Katrina Clement,
Cordata Health,
operational metrics,
Oncology Ontrack,
Reporting/Analytics
A few weeks ago, we heard from Tom Rosenberger of the Mayfield Clinic and Spine Institute on the importance of incorporating social media as part of your overall marketing strategy .While further researching this topic, our team found a fantastic presentation on SlideShare ,created by Chris Boyer, AVP, of Digital Strategy at North Shore-LIJ Health System.I had the pleasure of working with Chris while establishing Priority Consult Spine at the Inova Spine Institute
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Topics:
Tom Rosenberger,
Michael Graham,
Chris Boyer,
Spine,
Cordata Health,
Inova Spine Institute,
social media,
marketing
There are three categories of reports that cancer centers should review on a monthly basis: accreditation, operational and financial. Cancer centers with navigation programs often find it easiest to produce accreditation reports; however, operational and financial reports are just as critical to running a successful cancer program. Cancer centers that effectively create each of these reports will find it easier to: justify new hires, understand the inefficiencies within their programs and achieve necessary accreditations. All of this leads to quality patient care.
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Topics:
Katrina Clement,
Cordata Health,
NQMBC,
CoC,
oncology,
Oncology Ontrack,
Reporting/Analytics,
Certification & Accreditation
Blogs are a great way to learn about almost any subject. I particularly like the mix of facts and opinions that the best blogs offer. Blog posts are (usually) short, to the point, entertaining and tend to focus on new information and discoveries. They allow writers to report and reflect on information more quickly than almost any other medium. These characteristics of blogs also mean that they are more accessible for patients who wish to follow current trends and research findings.
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Topics:
blog recommendation,
Cordata Health,
Oncology Ontrack
How To Develop a Spine Center – Part 2
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Topics:
spine center,
Spine,
Cordata Health,
stakeholders
