{"title":"Measuring outcomes. The search for answers.","authors":"C Solberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Outcomes are among the most precious gems in healthcare right now. Finding the necessary data and using it to save both money and lives, however, can be a challenge. The National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) has released a set of guidelines for collecting and measuring outcomes. But even officials with NCQA insist that information technology is the only realistic way to find this valuable resource.</p>","PeriodicalId":80002,"journal":{"name":"InfoCare : information strategies for healthcare networks","volume":" ","pages":"72-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21045367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quality is the house specialty.","authors":"K Davis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80002,"journal":{"name":"InfoCare : information strategies for healthcare networks","volume":" ","pages":"ss15-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21044414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"That was then, this is now: new ways to collect the data.","authors":"S J Schoenfelt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the task of surveying managed care members remains highly untechnical, advances in technology offer health plan officials alternatives and assistance with the traditional telephone and mail systems. Three of the largest HMOs in Minnesota tackle member satisfaction surveying with traditional methods. But in different ways, each organization depends on technology for collecting, sorting or disseminating the data.</p>","PeriodicalId":80002,"journal":{"name":"InfoCare : information strategies for healthcare networks","volume":" ","pages":"61-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21044419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrated health systems: building the perfect IT beast.","authors":"P J Marsh, W M Turks","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The evolution of managed care, from strictly paying for to actually providing care, has shifted the focus of information technology in this industry as well. Today, the perfect managed care information system requires functionality beyond claims processing and back-end HMO operations. The IT goal for integrated health system (IHS) executives should be a hybrid of both payor- and provider-based functionalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":80002,"journal":{"name":"InfoCare : information strategies for healthcare networks","volume":" ","pages":"68, 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21045359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The outsourcing alternative.","authors":"W F Reilly","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80002,"journal":{"name":"InfoCare : information strategies for healthcare networks","volume":" ","pages":"84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21045363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Checking on docs: can high tech help?","authors":"A Kantor","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80002,"journal":{"name":"InfoCare : information strategies for healthcare networks","volume":" ","pages":"10, 12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21044416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovations breathe energy into healthcare market.","authors":"K Davis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80002,"journal":{"name":"InfoCare : information strategies for healthcare networks","volume":" ","pages":"ss9, ss12-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21044418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Merging high tech with quality care.","authors":"M Curtis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Concerns about preserving quality care and services for managed care members continues to grow with the ongoing development of information technologies. In this article, Mitchell Curtis highlights some of the latest innovations that can improve healthcare access and services for everyone.</p>","PeriodicalId":80002,"journal":{"name":"InfoCare : information strategies for healthcare networks","volume":" ","pages":"28-30, 32, 34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consultants or contractors? How to find the right help.","authors":"W J Meyeroff, R E Meyeroff","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80002,"journal":{"name":"InfoCare : information strategies for healthcare networks","volume":" ","pages":"66, 68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barriers & breakthroughs in EDI.","authors":"C Solberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80002,"journal":{"name":"InfoCare : information strategies for healthcare networks","volume":" ","pages":"24, 26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}