PROVIDER SOLUTIONS
Better Care, Smarter Spending, Healthier People
Quality Insights has long been a go-to resource for providers and stakeholders seeking to improve quality. We can help identify the source of quality-related issues and offer solutions based on best practices, staff expertise and years of experience.
We provide educational resources and tools, baseline and ongoing performance data, collaborative learning opportunities, and one-on-one technical assistance. We also engage patients and families in the quality improvement process.
Our provider and community-based projects impact key health priorities, including:
- Appropriate use of antibiotics
- Avoidable hospitalizations and readmissions
- Appropriate opioid utilization
- Care for chronic kidney disease
Quality Insights’ initiatives are resulting in substantial improvements in care quality. The table below summarizes our most recent project successes.
Initiative |
Description |
Results |
Care Transitions Project
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Established community coalitions and collaborated with 860 healthcare providers in 14 settings-- including hospitals, clinicians, nursing homes, and home health agencies—to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions
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Reduction of 7,498 readmissions resulting in a cost savings to Medicare of $86 million
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Nursing Home Initiative |
Recruited and supported 1,201 skilled nursing facilities in efforts to improve care for issues of prevalence among residents with Medicare
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< 5,242 fewer beneficiaries on antipsychotic drugs;
< 2,260 more getting flu shots
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Home Health
National Campaign |
Partnered with home health agencies nationwide in broad-scale quality improvement initiatives |
20,152 averted hospitalizations resulting in a cost savings of $221,672,000
Establishment of the nation’s first cardiac data registry for home health agencies
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Quality Insights also excels at helping individual providers identify quality improvement needs and make lasting improvements. Our academic detailing program features:
- One-on-one education for health care professionals provided by trained clinical educators
- Evidence-based, non-commercial and vendor neutral information vetted by academic groups, research centers and clinicians
- A wide-range of proven educational resources, tools and techniques.
- Ongoing follow-up and support customized for each participant
This effective and convenient way for providers to stay up-to-date on the latest research findings and best practices leads to improved clinical care based on best available safety, efficacy and cost-effective data.
Recent academic detailing programs deployed by Quality Insights include:
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination
- Preventive Lung Cancer Screening
Contact us to learn more about our academic detailing program and how we can leverage our successful outcomes to meet your quality improvement goals.
Customized Technical Assistance
In addition to collaborative projects and academic detailing, Quality Insights’ 360-degree support is guiding tens of thousands of clinicians seeking to successfully participate in CMS’ Quality Payment Program.
Visit our project Web sites for the latest information and opportunities to participate and collaborate with our quality improvement programs.