Elevating Care, Optimizing Results (ECOR)
Raising Care Standards for All!
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FOCUS AREAS
1. Patient Safety
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Preventing medical errors, adverse drug events, and hospital-acquired infections.
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Building a “just culture” that encourages error reporting without punishment.
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Improving transitions of care and handoffs.
2. Quality of Care (Clinical Effectiveness)
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Reducing unwarranted clinical variation.
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Implementing evidence-based care practices.
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Closing care gaps in chronic conditions (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, cancer screening).
3. Equity in Healthcare
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Addressing disparities across race, ethnicity, language, income, geography, gender, and disability.
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Ensuring equitable access to high-quality care.
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Address structural and social determinants that affect maternal and neonatal outcomes.
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Patient navigation to reduce barriers to care and improve health outcomes for both mother and baby.
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Integrating social determinants of health (SDOH) into care delivery.
4. Patient & Family Engagement
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Designing care processes around patient preferences, needs, and values.
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Shared decision-making.
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Transparent communication and health literacy.
5. Efficiency & Cost Reduction
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Reducing waste (duplicate testing, unnecessary procedures, prolonged hospital stays).
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Value-based care models (quality outcomes tied to reimbursement).
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Lean and Six Sigma approaches to reduce inefficiencies.
9. Regulatory & Accreditation Readiness
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Continuous compliance with Joint Commission, CMS, ACCME, and other regulatory bodies.
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Embedding quality improvement into everyday operations rather than periodic audits.
10. Population & Preventive Health
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Preventive screenings and immunizations.
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Addressing community health needs through outreach.
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Integrating behavioral health with primary care.
6. Care Coordination & Transitions
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Smooth communication across providers and care settings (inpatient → outpatient → community).
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Preventing readmissions.
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Team-based care models (interprofessional collaboration).
7. Workforce Well-being & Safety
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Reducing clinician burnout (workload, EHR usability, emotional support).
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Ensuring safe staffing ratios.
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Building resilient healthcare teams.
8. Health Informatics & Data Analytics
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Using EHRs, AI, and predictive analytics to guide clinical decision-making.
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Data transparency for accountability (dashboards, report cards).
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Interoperability across systems.