Wisconsin Collaborative for Quality Healthcare

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e-Newsletter Archive

2011  

Winter 2011

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  • From the President & CEO: Accomplishments and opportunities: taking stock & looking ahead
  • The Analyst's Perspective: Measuring cost and quality in Wisconsin — the diabetes value metric
  • New to the board — Jeanan Yasiri
  • WCHQ adds project manager

Fall 2011

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  • From the President & CEO: The quest for better decisions — communicating comparisons to consumers
  • The Analyst's Perspective: Payer Specific Reporting for the Diabetes Value Metric: A New Departure for WCHQ
  • New to the board — Mark Moody
  • Working in Partnership with Patients - Creating a culture of patient-centered care

Summer 2011

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  • From the President & CEO: Making the business case for public reporting
  • The Analyst's Perspective: Beginning to explore disparities in quality
  • New to the board - Peter T. Geiss, M.D.
  • Wisconsin Health Reports - engaging consumers with a storytelling approach

Spring 2011

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  • From the President & CEO: Navigating a new era
  • The Analyst's Perspective: Population health: Adding to our repertoire
  • New to the board - Julie Willems Van Dijk
  • Member Spotlight: Bellin Health
2010  

Winter 2010

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  • From the President & CEO: Looking ahead — the era of patient experience to begin
  • WCHQ welcomes new Chief Quality Officer
  • The Analyst's Perspective: Exploring resource use reporting
  • Member Spotlight: Marshfield Clinic
  • What our readers are saying

Fall 2010

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  • From the President & CEO: Day-to-day efforts shine amidst backdrop of major initiatives
  • Wanted: Your Feedback
  • The Analyst's Perspective: Member organizations' quality measures point to statistically significant improvement
  • Member Spotlight: Luther Midelfort

Summer 2010

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  • From the President & CEO: Contemplating our future
  • WCHQ launches readmissions rate pilot project
  • Wisconsin’s health information exchange plan development underway
  • The Analyst’s Perspective: WCHQ bolsters analytic capabilities with addition to staff

Spring 2010

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  • From the President & CEO: Health information exchange takes a front seat
  • WCHQ’s interactive Online Community launched
  • WCHQ to publicly report Society of Thoracic Surgeons data
  • HIPAA revisited
2009  

Winter 2009

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  • From the President & CEO: Sharing our vision with Capitol Hill
  • The new RBS tool: Make data reporting easier & generate revenue
  • From skepticism to commitment

Fall 2009 (Inaugural Issue)

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  • From the President & CEO: Participation has its rewards
  • New project to develop diabetes value metric
  • WCHQ approved as registry for 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
  • At a Glance: WCHQ Web site utilization statistics