T test in Excel for Hospital Performance Data: Approach

Post 1: Imagine you are in a pinch and need to run an analysis quickly and produce meaningful results. You throw your data into Excel, thinking all you need to do is enter some formulas and make it pretty. And then, after opening up with Excel and toying with your dataset, you realize this might...Read more

Act now before losing precious website data

Freedman HealthCare Staff

May 9, 2018

Technology

Website managers have long appreciated the tremendous power of Google Analytics (GA). One of its most useful features is the fact that visitor traffic data is retained forever. You can log into GA and request data going back to when GA was first installed on your site. I’ve routinely worked with website data that’s at...Read more

Why Physician Offices Shouldn’t be Bingo Parlors

Mary Jo Condon, MPPA

May 4, 2018

Leading an APCD

A thought-provoking blog by Sachin H. Jain in Forbes online this week suggests that the maxim “All healthcare is local” will soon be replaced by “All healthcare is social.” It sounds good, right? Research clearly shows loneliness negatively impacts health. So, why not find ways to support people, especially seniors, in improving their health by...Read more

CMS Revises Meaningful Use

Freedman HealthCare Staff

May 3, 2018

Leading an APCD

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced changes to its “Meaningful Use” program, an initiative started in 2009 with the passage of the HITECH Act. This legislation originally aimed at increasing the adoption of electronic medical records (EHR) by providing nearly $36 billion worth of incentives to providers across the U.S. As...Read more

Purchasers and Employers are Joining the Trend: Aligning Provider and Consumer Incentives Pays Off

Freedman HealthCare Staff

April 20, 2018

Leading an APCD

The Maine Health Management Coalition, a long-time, successful business coalition focused on healthcare cost and quality transparency, recently changed its name to the Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine. The re-branded organization will provide a collective voice and buying power for purchasers to lower costs and drive better outcomes. Their transition reflects a growing trend in...Read more

Advancing Greater Awareness of Price Transparency Tools and Information: What Congress Can Do

Freedman HealthCare Staff

April 18, 2018

Analytics and Reporting

The Senate’s Health Care Transparency Initiative recently asked stakeholders for feedback. As part of Freedman HealthCare’s response outlining recommendations to maximize the opportunity of APCDs, this post focuses on the most effective methods to connect consumers with this data. Current Approaches to Publicize Price and Quality Transparency Websites: Launch events Ongoing social media postings Press...Read more

Resources Are a Consistent Challenge APCDs Face: What Congress Can Do

Freedman HealthCare Staff

April 17, 2018

Analytics and Reporting

The Senate’s recently asked stakeholders for feedback. This is the fourth in a brief series of posts sharing Freedman HealthCare’s recommendations to maximize the opportunity of APCDs and alleviate barriers to the broad sharing of actionable health care data. This post focuses on how Congress could support APCDs in securing necessary resources. FHC works closely...Read more

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T test in Excel for Hospital Performance Data: Approach

Act now before losing precious website data

Why Physician Offices Shouldn’t be Bingo Parlors

CMS Revises Meaningful Use

Purchasers and Employers are Joining the Trend: Aligning Provider and Consumer Incentives Pays Off

Advancing Greater Awareness of Price Transparency Tools and Information: What Congress Can Do

Resources Are a Consistent Challenge APCDs Face: What Congress Can Do

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