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....
Jim Lee talks about his recent experience at Massachusetts digital health innovation events.
I love charts, and luckily for me, my job at Azara involves creating a lot of charts. The best kinds of charts are those that have multiple story lines and inspire further investigation and thought, and I believe the following two are spectacular...
Colorectal cancer screening is not anyone’s idea of fun – provider or patient. Colorectal cancer screening measure results are not easy to increase because it requires patients to do their part and it's a measure most Community Health Center’s...
