Do you know what makes us happy at Net Health (besides having wonderful co-workers and copious amounts of coffee at our disposal)? Knowing that 14 out of 15 of the top-ranked U.S. health systems rely on a Net Health solution on a daily basis. That feels good. Let’s back up a sec for some context. […]
Wound Care
Understanding Your Merit-based Incentive Payment System Performance Feedback Report
After taking the time to diligently document and report your Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) measures and activities, it is important to review your Performance Feedback Report detailing the category scores for your MIPS data submission. The scores provide you with payment adjustment information (excluding voluntary submitters) and details about measures and activities. Clinicians participating […]
Merit-based Incentive Payment System 2019: Promoting Interoperability Details and Measures
In the February 2019 Practice Points column, Merit-based Incentive Payment System 2019 Changes, we reviewed the final changes to the 2019 Quality Payment Program Final Rule1 under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In this column, we will focus on the Promoting […]
Patient Awareness Week 2019
Studies suggest that 400,000 deaths in the US each year may be attributed to medical error, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates that at any time, 1 in 25 hospital patients contract an infection in a health care setting. One of the most common errors in both inpatient and outpatient setting? Medication […]
Misdiagnosis of Wounds
Wound healing is a complex process that uses specific cellular and biochemical actions to achieve wound closure. These processes (homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and maturation) occur over defined periods of time. They are often taken for granted as the wound innately granulates, contracts, and epithelializes under optimal conditions. A wound begs the clinician’s attention when the […]
Wound Care Workflow Analysis and Design
The most critical step to a successful specialty electronic health record (EHR) implementation is conducting workflow analysis. In addition, smart workflow synchronization with your specialty EHR is key to driving compliance within your wound care department. Hear from Cathy Thomas Hess, BSN, RN, CWCN, as she details the importance and benefits of workflow analysis and design for […]
Merit-based Incentive Payment System: 2019 Changes
Terminology Changes The CMS has created new MIPS terminology that more accurately reflects how clinicians and vendors interact with the QPP, namely MIPS. The new MIPS terms include Collection Type, Submitter Type, and Submission Type. Collection type: a set of quality measures with comparable specifications and data completeness criteria including, as applicable, electronic clinical quality […]
Wound Expert® 7.0 is ONC-Health IT, Drummond Group certified!
Hey, we know compliance isn’t sexy. But you know what is? The feeling we get when we’re certain our clients have the tools needed to do their jobs with confidence and peace of mind. Our team worked incredibly hard to hit a recent benchmark. Here’s the scoop! WoundExpert® version 7.0 has achieved ONC-Health IT (Office of […]
2019 Checklist: Organizing Your Department for the New Year
Welcome to 2019! Launching into a new year brings an opportunity to review the work plan created and implemented by you and your team. The underpinning for the work plan must reside in the data collected within the medical record. The medical record demonstrates the clinician’s ability to plan, coordinate, and evaluate patient care. Proper […]
Review, Reconcile, and Optimize Your Workflows
The end of the year is a perfect time to reflect on processes implemented in the past year and look forward to improving processes in the new year. One key process is workflow optimization. Workflow is a set of chronological, organized processes and tasks designed to efficiently meet a goal through interaction with people and […]