Andreea Balan-Cohen

Health economist, translating research into practice. Views are my own, RTs are not endorsements.

[Dr. Mary Andrawis @MaryAndrawis]

Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, CDC: Data modernization of NHSN– focus on expanding capacity for fully automated reporting to allow expanded monitoring of safety events while reducing data collection burden. #CMSQualCon22

[Dr. Mary Andrawis @MaryAndrawis]

'data for action, not for counting.' - Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, CDC, talking about developing new measures that are focused on providing actionable insights for providers. #CMSQualCon22

[Janice Tufte @Hassanah2017]

Loved hearing @AHRQNews Jeff Brady Director, Center for #QualityImprovement and #PatientSafety say that "System solutions are needed to address system problems" Advance LHS Research>Evidence>Action -Content to Quality and Engaging Patients and Families #CMSQualCon22

[Andreea Balan-Cohen @BalanCohen]

Dr Jeff Brady: patient safety offers a model for quality improvement @AHRQNews #CMSQualCon22

[Andreea Balan-Cohen @BalanCohen]

Dr Jeff Brady from @AHRQ: quality improvement is hard but possible. Need organizational culture and data (as a learning system) #CMSQualCon22

[IPRO @IPROorg]

40% of seniors read at or below a fifth-grade reading level. That's why it's essential to use plain & empathetic language to communicate with Medicare beneficiaries. #CMSQualCon22

[Andreea Balan-Cohen @BalanCohen]

1) S. Fry et. al (Panel presentation) Cultural Competence: Using Plain & Empathetic Language to Communicate with Medicare Beneficiaries
2) W. Gary, D. Sangria, and S. Fry (Panel presentation) Health Equity; Lessons from the Field @westat Avar #CMSQualCon22

[Andreea Balan-Cohen @BalanCohen]

Please join my colleagues from @Westat during the Beneficiary and Family-Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) conference track. Exciting presentations on health equity and cultural competency in services provided to people with Medicare #CMSQualCon22 1/2

[Justine @justine7611]

Wow, dental expenditure is just 4% of all health expenditure in the US -- 40% being spent out of pocket. Addressing this (with more preventative dental care access) represents a real opportunity for reducing overall health expenditure in the US! #CMSQualCon22 @ChalmersDDSPhD

[Mike Wasserman @wassdoc]

“An erosion of trust.” If we don’t hear concerns and work to rebuild trust, we won’t achieve equity. #CMSQualCon22

[Soojin Jun 전수진 @jun_soojin]

#CMSQualCon22 Who would not like #plainlanguage and #empathy in #healthcare? Anyone? Check out https://t.co/CuU1ZrCaLb to see #Beneficiary and #Family-Centered Care #Quality #Improvement Orgs (BFCC-QIOS) and see participating orgs in your state! @LivantaCares @QIOProgram

[NCQA @NCQA]

@CMSinnovates looks to advance #healthequity in new and existing models, evaluate models specifically for their impact on #healthequity. When models are successful, how do we spread and scale to benefit across the nation? #CMSQualCon22

[Chiquita Brooks-LaSure @BrooksLaSureCMS]

Thank you to everyone who joined me for the 1st day of @CMSGov #cmsqualcon22. Quality & equity are perfect complements to each other—they reinforce, strengthen, & advance one another. Together we can create new solutions to health system challenges & improve the quality of care.

[Janice Tufte @Hassanah2017]

Data Report to Identify Health Disparities & discussing disparities is an excellent opportunity to discuss #HealthEquity awareness. Equity is about more than race, share with small rural to large urban hospitals that equitable care = better care for everyone @CMSGov #CMSQualCon22

[Andreea Balan-Cohen @BalanCohen]

Dr Purva Rawal from CMMI discusses how to better integrate beneficiary perspectives into CMMI models #CMSQualCon22