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Strategies Physicians Apply To Value-Based Patient Care For Quality Reimbursement, Sadia Chaudhry-Zutshi
Strategies Physicians Apply To Value-Based Patient Care For Quality Reimbursement, Sadia Chaudhry-Zutshi
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Low-quality value-based patient care negatively impacts physicians’ ability to maintain private solo practices. Physicians who lack strategies to apply value-based patient care may lose their ability to stay in a private solo practice. Grounded in the complex adaptive system theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies used by private solo physicians that provided value-based patient care. Participants were four physicians in solo private practice who successfully applied value-based patient care to maintain their private solo practice. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and organizational documents and analyzed using thematic analysis. Three themes emerged: (a) …
Strategies To Implement An Electronic Medical Records System In Health Care Organizations, Ashley Knott
Strategies To Implement An Electronic Medical Records System In Health Care Organizations, Ashley Knott
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Despite the 2009 mandate from the U.S. Government that healthcare organizations adopt and implement electronic medical records (EMR) systems to avoid fines and take advantage of the benefits EMR systems provide, adoption of EMR systems in the United States has been low. Since 2011, medical facilities have received incentive payments if they demonstrated “meaningful use” of certified EMR systems; however, medical facilities unable to demonstrate meaningful use beginning in 2015 have faced up to 5% penalties. Grounded in the diffusion of innovation theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies that hospital project managers use …