Episodes

When Exchanging (and Trusting) Data Grows Up

September 18, 2024 |17:38

Health Information Exchanges and Qualified Health Information Networks are vital to building better health care. But these concepts are new to many people in health care We’ll learn about data exchange from one of the field’s leaders, Laura McCrary, President and CEO of KONZA National Network.

The New Rules of Data Sharing

September 5, 2024 |15:00

Federal officials recently announced new rules for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). That’s big news for data interoperability. It also elevates the exchange of HEDIS quality data to an eminent position. Two NCQA experts explain what it all means.

The Move to Digital Quality Measurement

August 22, 2024 |23:11

Digital quality measurement promises better measures with less burden. But how do we get to that better future? Rebecca Jacobson, a physician-informaticist and CEO of Astrata, thinks about that a lot. She shares what she has learned about incentives, the real vs. expected pace of change, plus the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats she sees in many firms’ digital strategies.

The US Playbook to Address Social Determinants of Health

August 8, 2024 |18:05

How do we move beyond “admiring” problems caused by social determinants of health, to truly addressing problems? The US Playbook to Address Social Determinants of Playbook offers a way. The lead author of that whole-of-government strategy joins us on Quality Matters.

One State’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Better Behavioral Healthcare

June 27, 2024 |24:00

Join us for an insightful conversation with North Carolina Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kody Kinsley, as he shares how growing up without health insurance influences his drive to improve health care access and affordability in his home state.