Acumentra Health in the News

Health care reform: bending the cost curve.The Oregonian, February 20, 2010

OpEd by Jon K. Mitchell, FACHE, president and CEO of Acumentra Health, discussing quality improvement as a means to improve value received from healthcare expenditures. Discusses costs of avoidable hospital readmissions and describes Acumentra Health's projects to reduce healthcare-associated infections and pressure ulcers.

Using EHRs for data and quality improvement: Acumentra Health's EHR Preventive Care Initiative. Medicine in Oregon (Oregon Medical Association magazine), Winter 2010

Describes Acumentra Health's Medicare-funded initiative that helps Oregon primary care practices optimize their use of electronic health record systems to ensure that patients receive needed preventive services such as vaccinations and cancer screening; quotes associate medical director Ruth Medak, MD, as well as physician champions from two participating practices.

Outreach program raises profile of colon cancer among African Americans. The Oregonian, November 4, 2009

Describes efforts to increase screening that can detect and prevent colorectal cancer; associate medical director Ruth Medak, MD, is quoted regarding the preventive value of colonoscopy; a colorectal cancer screening toolkit developed by Acumentra Health is mentioned and linked.

Regence drives successful EMR pilot. Insurance & Technology, July 29, 2008

Describes a yearlong initiative funded by Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, connecting Grande Ronde Hospital, a clinical laboratory, medical practices, and local pharmacies; Acumentra Health provided evaluation and recommendations.

MCMC recognized with quality award. The Dalles Chronicle, July 9, 2008 (PDF)

Patient Safety Alliance member Mid-Columbia Medical Center received two quality awards from Acumentra Health for achieving high performance in key measures of medical and surgical care.

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.

 

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