In Search of Value: Grand Rounds with VSSL Director
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On November 14, VSSL Director Dr. Joshua Liao delivered University of Washington Department of Medicine Grand Rounds via a presentation...
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VSSL Voices: Gaining Exposure to Health Systems Work During Residency
In this installment of our “VSSL Voices” series -- which features team members, friends, and supporters of the Lab -- we learned more...
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MIPS Value Pathways: A Worthy Effort, but More Cost Measures Needed for Success
In Health Affairs blog, VSSL team member Dr. Joshua Liao and VSSL Policy and Care Delivery Immersive participant Sophie Miller wrote an...
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The Shift Towards Measuring Low-Value Care: What Can We Learn from Decades Measuring Quality?
There is wide recognition that promoting healthcare value involves decreasing ‘low-value’ services—care without clinical benefit, little...
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Can "Nudges" be Used to Guide Cancer Screening Decisions?
In a recent article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology with collaborators at the Perelman School of Medicine...
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What Happens When Hospitals "Co-participate" in Multiple Value-Based Payment Models At the Same Tim?
As value-based payment models continue to scale up nationwide, the issue of "co-participation" -- i.e., situations in which provider...
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Publication: Pathways to Support Population-Based Payment Models
Clinical pathways can be a key strategy for succeeding in value-based payment models. However, in contrast to their place in inpatient...
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Publication: Time to "Cool Off" on Hotspotting in Primary Care?
Health care "hotspotting" -- defined by some as "the strategic use of data to reallocate resources to a small subset of high-needs,...
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In the News: When Value-Based Payment Models Overlap
Modern Healthcare recently published an article -- featured online and in print -- about the issue of overlap between new, value-based...
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VSSL Voices: New Role with the HCA
VSSL member Christopher Chen, MD, MBA recently transitioned from his existing role as Hospitalist and Medical Director of Value...
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A Value-Based Framework for Defining and Operationalizing Care Pathways
Care Pathways are an important tool in the translation of evidence-based medicine to the delivery of high quality, high value care....
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Introducing: VSSL Views
Health systems play an integral role in the nationwide shift towards value-based payment and care. In particular, they must evaluate and...
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