Tuesday, July 19, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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Tomorrow we're hosting our next virtual Journal Club event at 4:00 p.m. ET. Authors Morgan Henderson and Morgane Mouslim will discuss their new study examining how emergency department facility fees for self-pay patients vary according to hospital and regional characteristics.
Since the mid-1990s, the U.S. has introduced a large number of diabetes quality measures. While the growth of quality
measures has increased the burden of measurement, there has not been an associated improvement in the quality of care or well-being for patients.
Jiang and coauthors recommend the adoption and modernization of quality measures along the domains of effectiveness, efficiency and value, safety, timeliness, patient-centeredness, and equity.
Additionally, Jiang and coauthors suggest the optional use of the remaining new and modernized measures for evaluative purposes to identify and address gaps in care quality and outcomes.
Jiang and coauthors look to federal agencies for "redesigning diabetes care quality measurement and reporting [to] support practices and policies at all levels of the health care system to improve the health of people with diabetes."
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