The title of this blog reads like click bait but it is quite possible to get a bump in at least 3 different measures with 5 minutes of work. How? Azara DRVS value sets have been updated recently to include new mappings that can be mapped in Mapping...
Last year, while we were still hunkered down in pandemic land, I read an article that suggested we should consider treating behavioral health visits like we do dental visits – twice a year for prevention. While I’m sure we are still a ways away from...
In 2021, we introduced one of our partners, Upstream USA, in an article about inequalities in access to women’s health services. Upstream is a non-profit working to expand opportunity by reducing unplanned pregnancy across the U.S. They work...
In recent weeks the Biden administration announced it is trying to make better sense of COVID hospitalization numbers. The issue, which is not new, is that medical records and reporting make it very hard to distinguish between patients who come to...
Clinical interoperability, or the sharing of information across health systems, has become a buzz word in today’s world. Consider a typical patient who receives health care from their primary care doctor, sees a specialist to whom they may be...
Hello from a warm and rainy Boston!I cannot believe we are headed into March and approaching the two-year mark from when the pandemic struck and we decamped the Azara offices to support you from the safety of our homes.I once again want to...
