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100

The % by which avoidable ED visits across the state of NY must decrease by the end of DSRIP for the program to be successful.

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What is a 25% decrease in avoidable ED Visits?

100

The most widely used and best-validated instruments in the primary care setting is this screening tool which improves the accurate identification of adult patients with depression.

What is the PHQ9?

100

Group of organizations that share healthcare-related information electronically according to accepted healthcare information technology (HIT) standards.

What is a RHIO (Regional Health Information Organization) or QE?

100

The implementation of this service can help patients monitor their medical conditions at home, reduce costs of healthcare, result in fewer or shorter hospital stays and improve access to healthcare for rural areas with few physicians.

What is Telemedicine?

100

Totaling in at over $61M, this power couple became Northwell Health's biggest benefactors over the past 30 years.

Who are Donald and Barbara Zucker?

200

The number of states that have had a DSRIP program.

What is 13?

200

Leading cause of death in New York State.

What is heart disease?

200

A NY program that has changed the state’s health care landscape by providing grants to regional alliances seeking to implement interoperable health information technology (IT).

What is HEAL NY?

200

This type of Malware, involved in recent, widespread attacks within the Healthcare sector encrypts your data, holding it hostage.

What is Ransomware?

200

Go to this Northwell-partnered chain when looking for urgent care with the highest assurance of quality.

What is GoHealth Urgent Care?

300

Studies show that Medicaid beneficiaries who receive care in practices with this recognition spent less per year than beneficiaries in comparison practices.

What is NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)?

300

With at least 171 million people worldwide suffering, and the number expected to double by 2030, it is the fastest growing health concern in the world.

What is diabetes?

300

The DOH online system that receives all PPS reports and houses performance dashboards.

What is MAPP (the Medicaid Analytics Performance Portal)?

300

This company's smartphone app promises to make Northwell's Behavioral Health care management more efficient by allowing patients to manage their mental health from the convenience of their own homes.

What is Valera Health?

300

This Northwell medical research institute currently has more than 2,000 clinical research studies being conducted with more than 15,000 participants enrolled each year.

What is the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research?

400

Number of New York State Performing Provider Systems.

What is 25?

400

This term is defined as “the differences that occur by gender, race or ethnicity, education, or income, disability, geographic location, or sexual orientation.”

What are health disparities or Social Determinants of Health?

400

The law intended to prevent inappropriate patient transfer or refusal of treatment for patients in an ED who are unable to pay.

What is EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act)?

400

This company's piece of apparel promises to reduce the rate of NICU admissions for healthy babies, while simultaneously identifying babies at risk of sudden unexpected postnatal collapse.

What is Isansys?

400

These two systems merged in 1997, creating the largest medical system on Long Island.

What are North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center?

500

The percentage of Medicaid payments that must be value based by 2020.

What is 80% of payments?

500

Health is "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. This definition of health is from which organization?

What is the World Health Organization?

500

In April 2013, the New York State Department of Health was awarded a State Innovation Model (SIM) grant by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to develop this.

What is a SHIP (State Healthcare Innovation Plan)?

500

This act of Congress applies HIPPA administrative, physical and technical safeguard requirements to business associated of covered entities.

What is the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act?

500

Launched in 2017, this joint venture with Pamplona Capital promises to redefine revenue cycle and practice management for physicians.

What is "Formativ Health"?