Quality Watch Episode E15 Evaluating Prison Healthcare Quality

Our guest is Dr. Clifford Prasad, Assistant Vice President of Federal and State Healthcare Assessment at IPRO, who takes us behind the scenes into New York State's prison system, where he and his team travel to help evaluate the quality of care provided to incarcerated men and women.

Quality Watch Episode Episode 13 CMS QIN-QIO Project

For four decades, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been focused on improving the quality of healthcare provided to Medicare recipients across all care settings. To do this work, CMS relies on the Quality Improvement Organization – or QIO program to measure and improve …

Quality Watch Episode 11 FHIR

CMS recently introduced regulatory changes that affect the way state Medicaid programs collect, maintain, and share provider information with beneficiaries. Underpinning these changes is the requirement that, by January 1, 2027, states implement a Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources – or FHI…

Quality Watch Episode 9 Patient and Family Advisory Councils

Patient Family Advisory Council exist in 51.36% of hospitals, according to the most recent data from the American Hospital Association. Similar initiatives exist within nursing homes, rehab facilities and provider groups, underscoring the essential role of the voice of the patient in designing and …

Quality Watch Episode 8 TEFCA with Matt Roberts

In late 2023, the Trusted Framework and Common Agreement, more commonly known as TEFCA – was established as a nationwide policy and technology framework for health information sharing. TEFCA was created by the US Health and Human Services Agency to remove barriers to information sharing among provi…

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.

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. 

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…

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.

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…