Acumentra Health in the News

Conference: Quality means giving the right care every time. The Scribe (Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland), May 16, 2008 (PDF)

Highlights from the Patient Safety Alliance hospital quality conference cosponsored by Acumentra Health and Northwest Physicians Insurance Company; names winners of hospital quality awards.

Organization to review Washington's Medicaid managed care. The Scribe (Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland), December 21, 2007 (PDF)

Acumentra Health won the bid to provide External Quality Review for the Washington Department of Social and Health Services.

Acumentra Health assists Oregon Medicaid in integrating projects. The Scribe (Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland), December 21, 2007 (PDF)

Describes technical assistance contract with Oregon Department of Human Services.

Oregon doctors gravitate toward e-medicine. Portland Business Journal, December 14, 2007 (PDF)

Discusses reasons for Oregon's high EHR adoption rate and challenges due to lack of connectivity between various systems.

Oregon receives full Medicare funding for hospitals. The Scribe (Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland), November 16, 2007 (PDF)

All of Oregon's Medicare Fee-for-Service hospitals succeeded in submitted validated records documenting standards-based care, a prerequisite for receiving the full Annual Payment Update.

Christopher earns certification in healthcare compliance. The Scribe (Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland), August 3, 2007 (PDF)

Laurie Christopher, Acumentra Health's Standard Data Systems Processing administrator and compliance officer, earns Certification of Healthcare Compliance.

Acumentra says hospitals' scores rise. The Scribe (Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland), July 20, 2007 (PDF)

Describes improvement in care provided by hospitals participating in the Patient Safety Alliance collaborative.

State hospitals take further step toward error reduction. The Scribe (Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland), March 16, 2007 (PDF)

Kickoff of IHI's 5 Million Lives Campaign, cosponsored in Oregon by Acumentra Health and five other healthcare organizations.

Acumentra Health appoints associate medical director. The Scribe (Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland), March 2, 2007 (PDF)

Appointment of Ruth Medak, MD, FACP, as associate medical director of Acumentra Health.

Electronic records player, by Robin J. Moody. Portland Business Journal, February 16, 2007

Profile of Nan Robertson of The Robertson Group, EHR implementation advisor to Acumentra Health's Doctor's Office Quality–Information Technology (DOQ–IT) initiative

Acumentra Health leads campaign to improve Oregon's home health, by Cliff Collins. The Scribe (Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland), February 2, 2007 (PDF)

Oregon's role in the 2007 Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign, focusing on reducing acute care hospitalizations among Oregon home care patients.

Alliance again tackles patient safety: Jan. 19 PSA conference looks at immunization, communication and more, by Jon Bell. The Scribe (Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland), February 2, 2007 (PDF)

Highlights of the conference, cosponsored by Acumentra Health, that culminated the first year of work by Oregon's Patient Safety Alliance hospitals.

New approach, by Carrie Vaughan. HealthLeaders, January 24, 2007 (PDF)

Summary of goals and outcomes of the Oregon Rural Collaborative, a joint project of Acumentra Health subsidiary HealthMetrix and the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network, funded by the Oregon Department of Human Services.

Project helps providers, patients narrow cultural divide—The Scribe (Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland), January 19, 2007 (PDF)

Acumentra Health's Culture & Medicine Project assists medical practices in assessing and improving intercultural communication and delivery of care.

Progress readily apparent in battle against medical errors, by Jon K. Mitchell, Portland Business Journal, January 2007

Op-ed: collaboration of Oregon's Patient Safety Alliance hospitals to apply evidence-based protocols for safer inpatient care.