We deal with a lot of data here at Azara. I mean a lot of data. We gather information from hundreds of unique sources and collate this data into the numerous reports and measures that our customers use in the DRVS application. In a perfect world,...
Addiction, the opioid epidemic, overdose, are words seen and heard daily across various news venues and often in a negative context. It’s a complex problem – driven by the legal and illegal drug trade that gave rise to the current epidemic. If you...
As 2017 comes to a close, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year. Wow, what a year it has been! From a geographical standpoint, the Azara team has visited DRVS users, prospects and partners across 36 states. Our team is not just...
Each year, health center program grantees report on their performance using the measures defined in the Uniform Data System (UDS). It’s the time of year when the DRVS support team starts to receive UDS questions and provide assistance to our users....
Much of the focus in data reporting and quality improvement projects is on which measures to track and for which patients, however, an equally important criterion is which period type to track and understanding the results that choice will yield....
One of the most basic components of most clinical quality measures (CQM's) is a check of the patient's age. For an indicator like the Breast Cancer Screening measure, of course, we only want to include women within a clinically relevant age range....
