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03-18-2010

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EDUCATION - VBCH Health Summit May 27, 2010

REGISTER TODAY!  Join us May 27, 2010 at the Downtown Richmond Mariott for the VBCH Health summit featuring speakers Leah Binder, Chief Executive Officer, The Leapfrog Group, and Spencer Byrum of Convergent HRS, LLC.  VBCH members get one complimentary registration!  Visit the Exhibit Hall to see the lastest innovations for your health and wellness needs. 
Click Here for the full details and to register.

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EDUATION - March 17 - Norfolk -- -REGISTER TODAY!

Join us in Norfolk for this ODU Hampton Roads Economics Club educational series.  The March topic on health care featurs Jake Glover of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) to talk on “The Business Perspective and ROI on Health and Wellness Initiatives."   Click Here for details and to Register

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HOSPITAL QUALITY USING LEAPFROG HOSPITAL SURVEY ++

Do you know that children have a 30% greater chance of a medication error?  Let's change that.  Improving hospital quality Virginia-wide is a goal of the VBCH.  Learn more by visiting these links:

VBCH Hospital Report with health plan networks...Click Here

Purchasers Click Here                    Hospitals Click Here 
Leapfrog Hospital Survey updates on Twitter ...Click Here

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JOIN VBCH TODAY ---WE NEED YOUR VOICE !

Employers are benefiting by Value Driven Health Care - from wellness in the workplace, to disease management, and from health plan evaluation & design to hospital quality and contracting.  Join your peers in discovering the benefits of joining an employer-member based coalition on health improvement.  Join the Virginia Business Coalition on Health.....TODAY....there's no better time. 

Contact VBCH at vbch@myVBCH.org or phone 757.552.0913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today's Health Headlines
"[Hospital] Transparency Should Not Be a Luxury; It Is a Matter of Life and Death: What Purchasers and Consumers Can Do"

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May 6, 2006
The Virginia Business Coalition on Health (VBCH), formerly the Hampton Roads Health Coalition (HRHC)(1983-Present), announces its Virginia-wide expansion.
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Click Here to download the Virginia Type Two Diabetes Report for 2009 publication.

Value Driven Health Care

VBCH-Proud Member and Data Partner of The Leapfrog Group:
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for The Leapfrog Hospital Survey Results (then click on "Consumers"
CENTRAL LINE INFECTION RATES: To view infection rates at Virginia Hospitals, scroll righ for column "Reduce ICU Infections".  Click the "I" and the pop-up window will show the rates for each hospital that reported CLABSI rates,

Click Here for the Consumer Reports (Mar 2010)/Leapfrog story on Central Line Infections

Click Here for the Leapfrog Central Line Infection information:

Find information about infections at www.safercare.net and www.ihi.org
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VBCH-Proud Member of NBCH
NBCH Logo Click Here to visit NBCH - a voice of the VBCH and other coalitions nationwide ...30M Covered Lives!
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eValue8 is a national partnership to evaluate health plan quality, and is implemented locally by VBCH.  Click Here to learn more and get involved
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Click Here to learn about HealthMapRx....a diabetes coaching program launched in Virginia
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VBCH-Proud Member of the NQF:
NQF Proud Memberl Click Here for the link to the: "National Priorities and Goals"
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...Click Here for the NCQA Physician Directory Search ...Physician Recognition for Diabetes, Heart, Back Pain and Physician Practice

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