Registries and Reputation in an Empowered Patient Era
If you haven’t noticed, we’re in the midst of a movement — driven by patients and their advocates. The push...
Unlocking the Full Power of Registries
Regardless of whether you’re a hospital CEO, CMO, or quality department leader, you are likely familiar with clinical data registries....
Evaluating How Serious Your Vendors Take Cybersecurity
A recent cybersecurity analysis revealed the number of healthcare records exposed in data breaches nearly tripled from 5.5 million in...
Breaking the Mold with Women in Tech
As we approach March and the start of Women’s History Month, I want to take a moment to highlight a...
The Rise of Registries In and Beyond Healthcare Quality
Although there are some regular studies of the government’s healthcare quality initiatives and various surveys of health execs’ concerns about...
“May Interoperability Be Forgot …”
Well…we did it again everyone. Congratulations! We took a perfectly good and innocent word and rendered it completely meaningless. Today’s...
Meeting the Demands of Modern Quality Reporting
If there is a constant in healthcare quality reporting, it’s change. Since Q-Centrix started partnering with hospitals just eight years...
International Infection Prevention Week – Getting Serious about IP
It’s International Infection Prevention Week! I’m writing because too many people are unnecessarily suffering and dying from healthcare-associated infections. This...
Twitter and Q-Apps: Two Industries Under One Philosophy
Sometimes, when you look beyond your own industry, you’ll find a theme that motivates your intentions and inspires your creations....
What’s the best strategy for success in 2016?
Dr. John D. Halamka’s article in MedCity News posed an interesting question. How will hospitals strategically address inevitable health IT issues...