MN Community Measurement greatly appreciates the health care providers who submit data on quality, patient outcomes and patient experience to us for the purpose of measurement and reporting. Your contribution is vital to our larger community, as well as MNCM’s ability to accelerate the improvement of health by publicly reporting health care information. To do so, it’s important that we support to your success as well…
Med-Scribe provides a web-based document management system that allows management of all parts of the transcription process, saving clinics and physician groups time.
Think twice before you leap into more medical testing or to letting your doctor order more screenings for you. You may not want to just say no. But you need to ask this smart, important question: Why? In this month's issue, we talk about the why, and the why not. Excess medical screens: big risks, big costs We Americans spend $3 trillion a year on health care, nearly one in six dollars of our entire economy. But our system, some experts say, suffers…
Enterprise Medical Recruiting is a nationwide physician recruiter that connects the most progressive hospitals, clinics, and medical groups with the most qualified, career-minded physicians, healthcare executives, and advanced practice providers. Our clients consist of hospitals, academic medical centers, integrated delivery systems, and physician groups across the country.
Working at Purdue We are people dedicated to serving the needs of our customers and of society. As pioneers in modern pain treatment, we shape the markets we serve through our portfolio of innovative medicines. Today we are catalyzing a new future for the company to compete, win and grow in the healthcare marketplace. We do this through our people, for Purdue employees are our chief…
Consumers are looking for more convenient ways to get basic medical care, and retailers are filling the gap with walk-in clinics and other services. That’s forcing traditional health care providers to react.
Bills of any kind can be displeasing. But medical bills have a special capacity to outrage. Doctors, hospitals, and insurers have made the process as confusing, paper-laden, and aggravating as possible with dubious practices like “surprise” and “balance billings.” They put us under financial stress when we or our loved ones already are sick, injured, and vulnerable. They almost seem designed to cause the greatest grief…
Depression is more than feeling sad or “blue.” When sad feelings are intense, last for more than a few days, and/or interfere with daily activities, its depression – a very treatable medical condition. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depression is a serious medical illness affecting 18.8 million American adults, or 9.5 percent of the adult population in a given year. More…
October 29, 2015 – The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and MN Community Measurement (MNCM) released first-time results from two new clinic measures that found most clinics are successfully providing lifestyle counseling to obese children, but less than half are screening adolescents for depression. When clinicians did screen for depression, they found 9.7 percent – or 4,300 of 43,400 young people screened – had indications of…
A cornerstone of MN Community Measurement (MNCM) is being the primary trusted source of health care information for patients and providers. Information on health care cost, quality and patient experience helps patients engage more readily with their care; clinics decide where to focus quality improvement efforts; and public health officials and policymakers understand the impact of clinical care on our overall health. We engage patients through…