3.15.11 - CMS Target Measures Met at 28 month Benchmark of 9th SoW contract.

3.6-12.11 - National Patient Safety Awareness Week - Chasing Zero - A 4-part video where actor and patient safety advocate Dennis Quaid and other families share their personal stories of medical errors and efforts to improve patient safety. WATCH A PREVIEW OF THE VIDEO.

3.1.11 - "One on One with eQHealth CEO Gary Curtis" featured in March/April Health Care Journal of Baton Rouge

2.2.11- Medicare proposes new rules for notifying beneficiaries of their right to lodge quality of care complaints - Providers would be required to give all beneficiaries written notice of their rights. READ MORE

12.30.10 - CMS launches first phase of Physician Compare website

12.22.10 - Electronic health records incentives registration starts Jan. 3, 2011 - CMS, ONC Outline Resources to Assist Eligible Providers

12.10.10 - eQHealth's CARE TRANSITIONS program awarded for Innovation by CMS.

12.9.10 - Medicare demonstrations illustrate benefits in paying for quality health care

12.3.10 - Video of presentation by eQHealth Director of Quality, Laurie Robinson, at CMS National Conference on Care Transitions, Baltimore

11.16.10 - New Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Announced

11.11.10 - Diabetes is leading cause of blindness in adults

10.18.10 - Letter to the Editor from eQHealth project director, Scott Flowers - "Improving state health care quality"

MEDIA CONTACTS

Robert Johannessen, Corporate Director of Communications
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Lisa Stansbury, Director of Communications
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NEWS ARCHIVES

9.28.10 - October 17-23 is National Healthcare Quality Week. Download a poster from the National Association for Healthcare Quality for your facility here.

8.20.10 - eQHealth helps rebuild health in post-Katrina New Orleans

8.11.10 - Hospital MRSA Infection Rates Plunge 28 Percent

7.1.10 - eQHealth Solutions and CMS respond to June JAMA article on SCIP Measures

7.1.10 - The Remington Report, July/August issue features the Baton Rouge Care Transitions project.

5.4.10 - Mother educates about medical errors at eQHealth Summit (Link to story in The Advocate, Baton Rouge)

5.4.10 - Rapides Regional earns Platinum Award (Link to story on TownTalk.com)

4.26.10 - 2010 Louisiana Medicare Quality Summit Wrap-Up plus Award Winners

4.01.10 - eQHealth Quality Improvement Specialist's mission trip to Haiti featured in Baton Rouge magazine

12.27.09 - eQHealth Solutions featured in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) "Nonprofit plans expansion"

12.01.09 - Catholic Sisters Learn to Live Well with Diabetes (pdf file*)

10.20.09 - $1 Million Diabetes Education Grant Awarded to LHCR
African-American Medicare Patients to Benefit

10.14.09 -eQHealth's Chief Medical Officer, Ron Ritchey, MD on WRKF Public Radio speaking about the "Care Transitions" program. (Link to WRKF MP3 file)

10.1.09 - Patient Coaches Improve Quality, Cut Costs - Louisiana Medical News.com article on the Care Transitions project.

9.11.09 - Project to Reduce Unnecessary Hospitalizations Showing Success -
Baton Rouge project reports 80% improvement

6.4.09 (Baton Rouge, LA) - WAFB-TV Healthline story on Care Transitions coaching at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.
Click for video - Click for transcript

3.10.09 - Care Transitions project featured in The Advocate, Baton Rouge*

3.4.09 - ARRA Stimulus Package Resources