TKA & THA Implants: Cost vs Value Analysis
Do higher implant costs equate to more value in total hip and knee replacements? Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total […]
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CMS Proposes Bundled Payments for Joint Replacements
5 Key Points from the Proposed CMS Changes Medicare spent more than $7 billion for hospitalizations alone last year on
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Meaningful Use and PQRS Measures: PROs Past, Present, & Future Role
Patient-reported outcome (PRO) data now plays a key role when it comes to Meaningful Use When the incentive first started
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Adequate Pre-Op Education Proves to Substantially Improve Surgical Outcomes
Patient Education improves Outcomes A Gallup poll asked patients to rate their level of agreement with 3 statements related to
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Why CODE Technology Rocks at Collecting Outcomes
Clinical Outcomes Data and Engineering (CODE) Technology is passionate about collecting patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures — and we believe we’re
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What are Patient Reported Outcomes?
Each PRO tool has a unique scoring system that quantifies the results as a single number (or several numbers, in some cases). PRO surveys are used to record patients’ functional status before a surgery/intervention, and then again at specific intervals after the surgery/intervention. Rather than using an x-ray or a range-of-motion test to determine the ‘success’ of an intervention, PRO’s ask the patient for his or her own perspective.
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Collecting Outcome Data
Collecting surveys well is the foundation of a successful PRO program Once you know from whom you are going to
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Meaningful Use and PRO Data
Once you’ve built a data-set with at least a year’s worth of data, you can start utilizing it to improve your practice, negotiate better insurance and managed-care contracts, and satisfy Meaningful Use requirements.
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Patient-Reported Outcome tool selection: 4 Things to Consider
So you are ready to start collecting PRO data… now you’ve got to make some key decisions- what PRO tools
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Why CODE Rocks at Collecting Patient-Reported Outcomes
Clinical Outcomes Data and Engineering (CODE) Technology is passionate about collecting patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures — and we believe we’re
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How To Start a Patient Reported Outcomes Program
What You Need to Know in the Beginning to Launch a Successful Patient-Reported Outcome Program Once you know from whom
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Top 5 Most Common Mistakes Made in Patient-Reported Outcomes Programs
While collecting patient outcomes, you may make mistakes like keeping only overall survey score, choosing more than 1 answer and asking too much.
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