5 Things Hawaii: Kelley Withy, Topical Agenda, Castle Medical Center

| Dec 6, 2017

I hope you had a relaxing Thanksgiving weekend before the holiday season gets a little too busy! I always find this time of year to be a good reminder to say thank you to everyone who is working to move the health system forward. So, mahalo nui for all that you do and (as always) thanks for reading our stuff.

Here’s 5 Things We’re Watching in Hawaii health care and health policy.

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1. Video:  Dr. Kelley Withy on measuring quality

Dr. Kelley Withy is the Director of the Hawaii/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. She is also a professor at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. She joins us in this edition to talk about finding solutions for healthcare providers.

“We have quality metrics but one thing, for example one thing I heard is that the five Medicaid insurance companies request that their quality metrics be reported in a different way. Same numbers, different patients, different reporting methodology…Why can’t they report it the same way for all the insurance companies?”

See the video and full article here: https://stateofreform.com/5-things/hawaii-5-things/2017/12/5-things-hawaii-kelley-withy-topical-agenda-castle-medical-center/