Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a connective tissue disease with disproportionate incidence in people of color and low socioeconomic status that involves both acute inflammation and chronic systemic damage. There is growing evidence to suggest that smoking is also associated with cumulative chronic damage in lupus. This retrospective cohort study from HIP Investigator Dr. Christie… Read more »
The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) is a voluntary, non-profit consortium of healthcare provider organizations committed to public reporting in an effort to bring meaning to performance measurement information that improves the quality and affordability of healthcare in Wisconsin, in turn improving the health of individuals and communities. Physician groups, hospitals, and health plans… Read more »
The Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality, affordability, safety, and efficiency of health care in Wisconsin by providing high quality, reliable, integrated claims data to all stakeholders seeking to transform healthcare. Through their partnerships with providers, purchasers, and consumers, WHIO has been able to create one of… Read more »
Quartz provides the management and administrative services for Unity Health Insurance, Gundersen Health Plan, and Physicians Plus, who joined forces under the Quartz name in 2017. Quartz focuses on community-based health care and broad access to primary and specialty physicians for 275,000 customers in southwest Wisconsin and beyond, including UW Health, Gundersen Health System, UnityPoint… Read more »
Although Wisconsin ranks highly in overall health care quality, the state performs poorly with respect to health disparities. To eliminate health disparities in Wisconsin, it is critical to understand where disparities exist. Measuring disparities in health outcomes and care allows for benchmarking of current performance and monitoring changes over time. Measurement also allows stakeholders to… Read more »
In his interview at the 2020 American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, the influential author Malcolm Gladwell recounted the many ways in which the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic has held an unflattering mirror up to the deep inequities that exist in our society. He challenged medical professionals to do more to help underserved communities—not just… Read more »
Engaging communities can increase the speed of translating health and health equity research into practice. Effective engagement requires a shared understanding of neighborhood health care quality and outcomes. Creating this shared understanding can be challenging without timely and accurate local health data, or ways to provide the data that are directly applicable to improving community… Read more »
COVID-19 vaccination may be off to a slow start, but soon supply levels will rise and processes will be streamlined. Thoughtfully designed outreach with well-crafted messages will be of the utmost importance to ensure enough people are vaccinated to put us on the path to population immunity and long-term protection from the disease. As decision-makers… Read more »
UW Health is the nationally recognized, integrated health system of the University of Wisconsin – Madison, with approximately 1,500 physicians serving more than 600,000 patients each year in the upper Midwest and beyond. Its faculty and researchers engage in research, education, and clinical care at UW Health’s clinic locations, University Hospital, UW Health at the… Read more »
COVID-19 vaccination may be off to a slow start, but soon supply levels will rise and processes will be streamlined. Thoughtfully designed outreach with well-crafted messages will be of the utmost importance to ensure enough people are vaccinated to pave the way to population immunity and long-term protection from the disease. With this in mind,… Read more »
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