Quality Measures

AI Algorithm Can Predict Mortality Based on Body Measurements

August 1, 2023 - According to a new study, an artificial intelligence (AI) can assess non-contrast low-dose CT chest scans for cancer screenings and predict outcomes such as lung cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and all-cause mortality. Although AI continues to grow in healthcare, its application and use in certain areas remains understudied. New research...


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Researchers Develop Health Equity Data Dashboard for Medicare Plans

by Shania Kennedy

Research recently published in The American Journal of Managed Care describes the design and evaluation of a dashboard that presents health equity performance data to Medicare Advantage (MA)...

CHOP Develops Error-Reduction Tool for Stem Cell Transplant Reporting

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed an application to automate the determination of engraftment, a key outcome after hematopoietic stem cell...

Experts Propose Quality Measures for Veterans at High Risk for Adverse Outcomes

by Shania Kennedy

In a consensus statement published this week in JAMA Network Open, a panel of 14 health experts and veterans identified what quality measure concepts are important to improve care for veterans at high...

NCQA Completes First Data Aggregator Validation Cohort 

by Erin McNemar, MPA

The National Committee for Quality Assurance announced the successful conclusion of its first Data Aggregator Validation cohort as well as the validation of ten clinical data streams and...

Johns Hopkins, IBM Offer Health Equity Metric to Reduce Disparities

by Jessica Kent

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, and IBM Watson Health are partnering to develop a health equity measure that will incentivize healthcare...

Leveraging Internal Data, Analytics for Quality Improvement

by Emily Sokol, MPH

At Southern Illinois Healthcare and Care New England, internal data and analytics has empowered the organizations and pushed the quality improvement programs forward. These programs are contingent on...