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Welcome to Clinical Quality News

This newsletter is part of CieloMedSolutions' ongoing efforts to support clinical best practices education and quality enhancement in patient care. Each month we will share current information on healthcare quality management, evidence-based medicine, registries, pay-for-performance, and supporting technologies. We welcome your feedback and invite you to share this newsletter with your colleagues.

Family Practice's Performance 20% Better than Reported

Tracking clinical data helps practices get more from quality reporting.
Learn how your clinic's compliance ratings compare to actual performance.

10 "Must Haves" in a CQMS

Problems documented in a structured and coded manner, using clinical terminology.
Learn how many providers are finding that a well-chosen CQMS supports their efforts and greatly improves their success.

Ask Cielo

In each issue, a member of Cielo's Medical Advisory Board will answer your questions about clinical quality management, Cielo Clinic, and other topics discussed in this newsletter.
Cielo's Donald E. Nease MD answers the question, "How do I handle patients who don't return regularly for care?"

Who's Using Cielo ClinicTM

Eric Skye, MD
Dr. Skye maintains an active clinical practice as well as numerous teaching roles...

News @ Cielo MedSolutions

New Release of Cielo ClinicTM Touts Enhanced Features
May 19, 2008
Release 1.8.2 provides several enhancements to the Cielo Clinic's robust patient registry and reporting features, as well as improved functionality for maintaining direct patient communications. Highlights include, among others: visual graphs of key information, complete patient history accessible on one screen, and more flexibility in generating call lists and patient letters.

The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Profiles the Success of Clinical Quality Management Systems
April 30, 2008
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has recently profiled the success of ClinfoTracker, now known as Cielo ClinicTM, in its Health Care Innovators Exchange database. The entry details one health system's quality improvements including simultaneously doubling the rate of cancer screenings, tripling the rate of pediatric lead screening and achieving 90% compliance for the majority of HEDIS® clinical measures for diabetes care.

Cielo MedSolutions Appoints Healthcare Industry Advisory Board Members
April 10, 2008
Cielo MedSolutions announces the formation of a Healthcare Advisory Board to assist and support the senior management team by providing high-level guidance and direction regarding strategy, technology and market trends, strategic alliances and product development. The advisory board, comprised of four industry experts, will also provide personal contacts and introductions with potential customers and strategic partners.

Read the full articles online for these and other news stories at www.cielomedsolutions.com/news-pr.asp

Upcoming Webinars

Please join us for A Web-based Software System for Clinical Quality Management, an educational, online presentation discussing the benefits of CQMS.
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A full list of our upcoming webinars is available at www.cielomedsolutions.com/education-calendar.asp

Sign up or request a different date by emailing us at info@cielomedsolutions.com


About Cielo MedSolutions
Cielo MedSolutions (pronounced "see EL oh," Spanish for sky or heaven) is a rapidly-growing provider of web-based healthcare software. Founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2005, Cielo is pioneering a new category of healthcare IT known as clinical quality management systems (CQMS). The company's web-based Cielo ClinicTM supports disease registries, quality improvement, pay-for-performance, and clinical integration initiatives, helping physicians to improve, document and report on clinical care.


For more information on Cielo MedSolutions, CQMS, or Cielo Clinic, please visit our website at www.cielomedsolutions.com



Clinical Quality News

Volume 1 Issue 2 - June 2008


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