Quality Watch
Quality Watch
Quality Watch, formerly a printed IPRO newsletter focusing on healthcare policy and corporate initiatives, has been re-launched as a monthly podcast. Within each 20-minute episode will be highlights of federal and state policy changes, company news, an interview with a healthcare quality improvement expert, and Data Watch, a brief look at newsworthy healthcare data points. Quality Watch will be …Social links:
Quality Watch Episode 7 State-Directed Payments
Jennifer Edwards, DrPH, MHS, Vice President, Strategy Solutions at IPRO, shares her insights on State-Directed Payments, a strategy used by state Medicaid programs to support provider-driven improvements in access and quality of care.
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Quality Watch Episode 6: IPRO at 40
In recognition of IPRO's 40th anniversary, our guest is Ted Will, founder and CEO of IPRO, who looks back at 40 years of healthcare quality improvement. We also take a look at recent healthcare quality improvement headlines and crunch some numbers in our Data Watch segment.
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Quality Watch Episode 5: Vaccination Rates in Long-Term Care Facilities
Today's guest is Melanie Ronda, MSN, RN, LTC-CIP, CPHQ, Director of QIN-QIO T1 & 3 and Infection Preventionist at IPRO. Melanie addressed the rates of vaccination in long-term care facilities, and some strategies for overcoming vaccine hesitancy, particularly among older adults.
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Quality Watch Episode 4: Harry Feder Reflects on a 50-Year Career
"You save one life, you save the world." - Harry Feder, our latest Quality Watch Podcast guest. Harry decided recently to retire from his role as IPRO's COO after a remarkable 50-year career in healthcare, 37 of them at IPRO. In this episode, he reflects on half a century of healthcare quality impr…
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Quality Watch Episode 3: Ending the AIDS Epidemic in NYS
Since 1991, IPRO has worked with the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute on a broad project with the goal of decreasing new HIV infections in New York State to less than 750 per year. Hear how it is going from the team leading this work for IPRO.
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Quality Watch Episode 2 School-Based Health Centers
In all 50 states and the District of Columbia, school-based health centers provide primary and preventive care for children who would otherwise lack access to that care. In New York State, IPRO works under contract with the Department of Health to monitor school-based Health Centers across the stat…
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Quality Watch Episode 1 Kidney Transplant Compare
In this episode, hear about Kidney Transplant Compare, a new app developed by the IPRO End Stage Renal Disease Network (ESRD) Program to allow patients to compare transplant centers in order to select the one best suited to their needs. To learn more about IPRO, visit www.ipro.org. To learn more …
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