This episode continues a three-part series on clinical quality: why it is still elusive and what practices and organizations can do to overcome the massive challenges around quality improvement. This program focuses on those challenges but also the benefits in the drive toward quality in health care.

Guest speakers:

Angela Hunt, RN, MBA, CCDS

Principal, Clinical Documentation

Vizient

Rick May, MD

Senior Principal, Clinical Quality Improvement

Vizient

Moderator:

Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM

Senior Principal, Clinical Operations and Quality

Vizient

Show Notes:

[00:38] Issues affecting quality

[01:37] Documentation issues – not just finance

[02:55] Thinking differently – prime importance of quality, reduced patient days

[05:06] Other benefits

[06:11] Effect on private payers

[07:07] Workforce – a brewing catastrophe

Links | Resources:

Advance clinical operations and quality (Vizient) Click here

AHA Leadership Roundtable: The Future of Health Care Quality (Aug 3, 2022) Click here

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To contact Angela Hunt: [email protected]

To contact Dr. Rick May: [email protected]

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