Quality is more than just a buzz word.  Healthcare organizations around the world are motivated to deliver the best quality care possible to their members and patients -- but they need effective tools to help them achieve this goal. 

These organizations must choose from an array of products that offer assistance for quality programs -- but the Milliman Care Guidelines® do more than just help. They are driven by quality, enabling more than 1,000 clients to drive quality within their own organizations.

 

  

 

The foundation for the Care Guidelines’ quality focus is a full-time clinical staff that adheres to a rigorous evidence-based hierarchy and methodology. These doctors, nurses and other clinicians cite more than 15,000 unique references in the current seven-product Care Guidelines series, having assessed and updated more than one-third of them in the most recent annual update.

This dedication to evidence-based medicine supports healthcare organizations in their efforts to provide quality care by reducing the underuse, overuse and misuse of medical resources – but there is more to it than that...

  

 

The Care Guidelines equip clients with a range of tangible tools and resources that can drive quality care:

  • Nationally recognized Quality Measures from the Hospital Quality Alliance, NCQA HEDIS® and The Joint Commission are integrated and flagged within the Care Guidelines’ workflow
  • Crosswalk documents outline exactly how the Care Guidelines support the accreditation requirements and quality improvement activities of national agencies, including NCQA, URAC, CMS, IHI and NQF
  • Interactive software documents variances from best practice elements, including integrated Quality Measures
  • Care pathways incorporate evidence-based care elements, recovery milestones and Quality Measures, promoting proactive care and discharge planning
  • Patient education information for clinicians and printable patient discharge handouts are provided in several Care Guidelines products  
  • Care Guidelines software makes annotated bibliographies, references, footnotes and abstracts easily accessible through hyperlinks and “pop-ups”
  • Evidence-based goal lengths of stay and other best practice data enable clients to establish performance benchmarks and to track improvements
  • Web-based, handheld and other software options provide easy access to quality-oriented content in variety of healthcare settings
  • Care Management Tools facilitate safe transitions of care

 

 

Learn more about how the Care Guidelines are quality driven – including demonstrations and documents – contact your Milliman Care Guidelines representative, call 888.464.4746, or click here to contact us.