Research and Markets : Physician Profiling and Performance: Assisting in Implementing Reliable Risk-Adjusted Physician Profiling and Reporting Systems.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c22210) has announced the addition of Physician Profiling physician profiling Managed care A method of cost containment that focuses on the patterns of health care provided by a single physician or group, instead of on specific clinical decisions; the resulting profile is then compared to other norms based on and Performance: Changing Practice Patterns Under Managed Care, Volume II to their offering Analyzing practice patterns to determine physicians' performance is not new. But changing physicians' behavior remains a challenge for most health systems that are working to improve quality of care. Some key questions that arise include: - When profiling, how do you cut costs and improve service while working effectively with physicians? - Technological advances will drive the future of profiling in managed care. How can you make best use of computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. medical records and tap into integrated data from disparate sites such as the pharmacy, laboratory, hospital, and office? - Can clinical and financial profiles of physician practices be tailored to meet the needs of small- and medium-sized practices? - How do you get them to buy in to your directives so that you can remain comfortably within your managed care contract payments? - How do you collect, analyze, and present data that physicians will believe? The answers to these questions and much more can be found in the in the newest edition of Physician Profiling & Performance: Changing Practice Patterns Under Managed Care, Volume II. This report will help you: - implement reliable, risk-adjusted physician profiling and reporting systems; - collect and distribute cost, utilization, and outcomes data that support your organization's goals and break down your physicians' natural resistance to change; - identify best practices and benchmarks to show "it can be done" and motivate physicians to higher levels of performance. This one-of-a-kind, hands-on advisory is jam-packed with usable USable is a special idea contest to transfer US American ideas into practice in Germany. USable is initiated by the German Körber-Stiftung (foundation Körber). It is doted with 150,000 Euro and awarded every two years. , tried and true strategies that you can put to work in your organization today, including sample profiling reports. Contents include the following: - 'Scorecard' increases accountability for coding, documentation - Touchpoint docs respond to feedback data - Use claims data to spotlight weaknesses in delivery of care - System uses profiling tool to raise the bar on clinical practice - Combine profiling, best practice to improve outcomes - Data interface bridges the gap between hospital and physicians - When it's better not to case-mix your outcomes data - Wrestle down drug costs with profiling, education - Medicaid HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, uses provider profiling to boost quality - Use these simple formats to develop financial profiles - Involve nurses and patients to change physician behavior - Conduct physician outlier outlier /out·li·er/ (out´li-er) an observation so distant from the central mass of the data that it noticeably influences results. outlier an extremely high or low value lying beyond the range of the bulk of the data. analysis to gain control of costs - Enhance profiling with new risk adjustment tools - Physician profiles just a starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the to encourage behavior changes Behavior change refers to any transformation or modification of human behavior. Such changes can occur intentionally, through behavior modification, without intention, or change rapidly in situations of mental illness. - IN group uses profiling to succeed at capitation CAPITATION. A poll tax; an imposition which is yearly laid on each person according to his estate and ability. 2. The Constitution of the United States provides that "no capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census, or contracting - Failure to gain acceptance of clinical guideline guideline Medtalk A series of recommendations by a body of experts in a particular discipline. See Cancer screening guidelines, Cardiac profile guidelines, Gatekeeper guidelines, Harvard guidelines, Transfusion guidelines. sheds light on barriers to implementation - Boost physician productivity with performance data - Retooled physician report card drills deeper into referrals, case mix - Training, benchmarking focus doctors on boosting customer service skills - Use these examples to set up your physician profiles - Combine profiling reports, education to help change docs' prescribing patterns - 'Clinical roadmaps' emphasize evidence, teamwork (product, software, tool) Teamwork - A SASD tool from Sterling Software, formerly CADRE Technologies, which supports the Shlaer/Mellor Object-Oriented method and the Yourdon-DeMarco, Hatley-Pirbhai, Constantine and Buhr notations. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c22210 |
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