Industries We Serve
Pharmaceutical and Biotech Companies
Challenge: With limited resources the challenge for continuing medical education (CME) and medical affairs departments is to determine valid and compliant ways to address challenges, in:
- Keeping medical professionals up-to-date on the profession's knowledge base
- Improving skills and enhancing competencies of professional practice that enhance patient health
- Demonstrating the impact of educational programming on clinician performance and patient health
Solution: Through our assessment services we can help:
- Document educational needs on an independent basis
- Develop a strategic educational plan to optimize resources on actionable informational needs described by community-based healthcare professionals & their patients
- Examine trends and changes in practice patterns, needs, and preferences by establishing baseline data
How:
Medical Education and Communication Companies
Challenge: The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) is requiring medical education provider to demonstrate the impact of educational programming on clinician performance and patient health.
The requirements for medical education providers to develop and implement a valid and scalable evaluation process seem daunting.
Solution: Through our assessment services we can help:
- Independently gather data in a valid and consistent method
- Measure the impact of education on performance improvement and patient health
- Demonstrate the value of programming with Quality of Education Index® metrics
- Determine efficient and cost-effective approaches to designing education
How:
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Government and Not-for-profit organizations
Challenge: Despite the enormous investment made in healthcare, the US ranks amongst the bottom on many health indicators and pays more per capita for healthcare than any other developed nation. Many factors attribute to this gap or chasm in healthcare; namely access, cost and variability in the delivery of care. Improving the quality of healthcare delivery in a cost-effective manner requires objective, independent assessment to determine what works and what doesn't.
Solution: Through our assessment services we can help:
- Identify barriers that prevent the delivery of quality care
- Determine the most cost-effective approaches to improving quality of care
- Measure the impact of performance improvement and educational interventions
DUNS: 105920297
CAGE: 53Z98
How:
- Baseline Assessment
- Geographic Assessment
- Performance/Outcomes Assessments
- Structured Focus Groups/Nominal Group Technique ("NGT")
- Semi-structured Interviews
Medical Device Companies
Challenge: Limited resources and various communication channels make it a challenge for medical device companies to determine effective, valid and compliant ways to address educational challenges and how to disseminate the information.
Solution: Through our assessment services we can help:
- Document educational needs on an independent basis
- Develop a strategic educational plan to optimize resources on actionable informational needs described by community-based healthcare professionals & their patients
- Examine trends and changes in practice patterns, needs, and preferences by establishing baseline data
How:
Medical Associations and Societies
Challenge: Many organizations are dedicated to improving the dissemination, adoption and adherence to evidence-based practices; however despite the availability of guidelines and evidence, gaps in the quality of health care have been consistently noted. Various clinician, patient, and system barriers may explain the lack of adoption and adherence to recommended best practices and guidelines.
Solution:Through our assessment services we can help:
- Identify members needs, preferences, and attitudes related to clinical evidence
- Determine barriers to care and guideline adoption
- Measure the effectiveness of various approaches to improving adherence to guidelines or other measures
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Health Insurance and Managed Care Organizations
Challenge: With the rise in healthcare costs and the pressure to improve the delivery of quality healthcare, the need for objective, reliable data is critical. Often times, analysts have to rely on administrative data to examine variability in care and adherence to nationally recognized indicators such as HEDIS. However, this can be difficult without knowing the conditions and factors that may be associated with the variability in care.
Solution: Through our assessment services we can help:
- Determine the level of adherence to nationally recognized measures and guidelines
- Identify and model the factors that are associated with practice variation and patient decisions
- Assess the impact of various strategies and interventions to improve quality of care delivered
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Our services
CE Outcomes, LLC is a full service assessment company dedicated to providing high quality, objective measurement for a variety of organizations in the healthcare industry. We provide assessments that produce meaningful data based on valid, scientific methodologies with the overall goal of improving patient health outcomes.