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September 23, 2016

Looking to 2017

On Wednesday, Bree Collaborative members voted on our work for 2017. Along with re-reviewing our Total Knee and Total Hip Replacement Bundle and Warranty our members elected to create workgroups and develop evidence-based recommendations for: – Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias – Hysterectomy – Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Thank you to the many community members who…
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August 15, 2016

Selecting New Topics for 2017

Thank you to all who gave us input on selecting new topics. We discussed all these suggestions at our July meeting, decided on six, and will narrow this down to three final topics in September. The topics coming out of July’s meeting are: – Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia – Addiction – Blood and Blood Product…
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August 1, 2016

From Concept to Contracting: How One Purchaser Uses Bree Best Practice Recommendations to Achieve the Triple Aim

Replacing a joint—especially a knee or hip—is a procedure that millions of Americans need each year. It can give people a mobility and freedom from pain they haven’t enjoyed in years. It’s also a procedure that lends itself to a lot of variation. If best practices aren’t followed, it can lead to complications and hospital…
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July 5, 2016

Why Value-Based Purchasing?

We think of value-based purchasing as a philosophy pushing our health care system to provide better care at a lower cost to help us all live healthier lives. Most of the health care that we receive today is fee-for-service, where clinicians, hospitals, and others are payed for the number of services they provide. Across the…
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June 1, 2016

Looking Back, Looking Forward

Every year our members select three new topics and each year we also spend time reflecting on our previous work, our successes, and how we can improve. This year we will be asking our members to reflect on the Bree Collaborative and would also like to hear from you! Please take a moment to fill…
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July 7, 2015

Looking Forward to July Meeting

To celebrate the four years since the Bree Collaborative began with Washington State House Bill 1311, we are dedicating our July 22nd meeting to looking at where we started, at our successes across the State, and to discussing where we’re headed. We hope you can join us at Cambia Grove in two weeks! Where We…
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June 15, 2015

Shared Decision-Making: Why Does It Matter?

You deserve to be actively involved in your health. Your health care team should treat you as a partner and work with you to decide what type of care or treatment is best. This is why shared decision-making is so important. Shared decision-making is a way for you and your health care providers to talk…
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