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GAO Appoints New MACPAC Chair, Commissioners
May 9, 2017 ||Penny Thompson, principal at Penny Thompson Consulting and former deputy director of CMS' Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, was named MACPAC chair.
view more »New Parkland Clinic Will Continue Ron Anderson’s Legacy
Dec 14, 2016 ||The new 227,420-square-foot clinic will build on the former CEO's vision of ensuring health care for the most vulnerable among us.
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PHOTOVOICE Students Use Photography to Advocate for Safety
Aug 6, 2015 ||The youth empowerment project is one of many local safety initiatives run by Parkland Health & Hospital System’s Injury Prevention Center.
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Our View: Medicare HRRP Must Account for Social Complexities
Mar 31, 2015 ||Socioeconomic factors affect health and health care outcomes. Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program must account for this to avoid unfairly penalizing hospitals that care for large volumes of vulnerable patients.
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Improving Outcomes and Saving Lives in Real Time: How Hospitals Can Use Predictive Analytics Across the Care Continuum
Jan 13, 2015 ||
Address sepsis and readmissions
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Improving Birth Outcomes with the Nurse-Family Partnership
Nov 25, 2014 ||
Learn how the Nurse-Family Partnership has improved outcomes for moms and babies across the country
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Anderson, former longtime CEO of Parkland Health & Hospital System and devoted advocate for the poor and underserved, died on Sept. 11 after a battle with cancer. Parkland will erect a statue in his honor and name the new hospital's medical and surgical outpatient clinic after him.
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Using case studies and related research, America's Essential Hospitals describes how waiver-based incentive programs support essential hospitals' delivery system reform.
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Awards by America's Essential Hospitals recognize congressional lawmakers who have worked or trained in member institutions and demonstrate leadership on Capitol Hill for vulnerable patients and essential hospitals.
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Automating Risk for Readmissions Reduces Rates, Saves Money
Jul 29, 2013 ||An electronic medical record–based model helped Parkland reduce readmissions and costs
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Winners recognized for successful, creative programs that boost patient care and meet community needs
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This session reviewed key driver diagrams and highlighted an electronic risk assessment model – derived from clinical and nonclinical factors – that helps predict which patients are at risk for 30-day readmission within 24 hours of admission.
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Essential Hospitals Establish Medical Homes
Feb 1, 2010 ||
About America’s Essential Hospitals
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