SEATTLE, Mar. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MCG Health,
part of the Hearst Health network and an industry leader in
technology-enabled, evidence-based guidance, announces the official
release of its 25th edition of the MCG care guidelines. Many of
this year's updates were designed to help clinicians address the
challenges of providing equitable healthcare and manage persistent
high volumes of COVID-19 patients.
Since their inception in 1988, MCG care guidelines have seen
rapid adoption among hospitals, health plans, government entities,
and other stakeholders in the healthcare community. Through an
annual review process, MCG clinical editors and actuaries perform
comprehensive reviews of the latest published research and claims
analytics. Using a strict, quality control methodology, these teams
develop evidence-based guidelines, plans of care, and utilization
benchmarks. For the 25th edition, MCG physician and nurse editors
reviewed 174,853 scientific articles which led to a total of 47,469
unique citations. Over 6,200 of these citations represent new
evidence within the MCG care guidelines.
With many major health systems focused on programs that address
patient needs such as housing, food security, and access to
transportation (also known as social determinants of health), MCG
is helping clinicians proactively identify these factors. In the
25th edition, MCG Inpatient & Surgical Care and Behavioral
Health Care feature new assessments that help screen patients at
higher risk for an unmet, health-related social need. This
information can help clinicians and case managers activate other
resources in the community to support a patient and their family.
The assessments are available in all inpatient guidelines as well
as each level of care guideline for behavioral health.
Regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, MCG previously released
new Acute Viral Illness guidelines in mid-2020 to help healthcare
professionals effectively manage patients through the pandemic.
Management of inpatient length of stay is crucial when hospital
volumes are high so that limited resources can be focused on those
patients who need them the most. These guidelines and associated
benchmark information have been subsequently updated and
incorporated into the 25th edition of MCG Inpatient & Surgical
Care, Recovery Facility Care, and Home Care.
With the advent of the 25th edition, MCG's embedded software
solution, Informed by MCG, which is leveraged by several of MCG's
strategic alliance partners, can now integrate MCG Medicare
Compliance content.
Of the 25th edition, MCG President and CEO, Jon Shreve, says, "Over the past year, we have
seen a level of courage and selflessness from healthcare
professionals that inspired everyone here at MCG. We must
understand that how care is delivered is critical, and using
vetted, scientific evidence as our true north can do what's best
for the patient and help overcome healthcare inequity."
MCG Health will soon be the last independent and nationally
recognized guideline publisher of its kind in the U.S., once
pending acquisitions of other guideline developers are complete
later in 2021. Since MCG is independently owned by the Hearst
Corporation, MCG Health can pursue an unbiased, evidence-based
approach that does not favor either payers or providers as they
strive to deliver optimal healthcare to patients. Currently, MCG
care guidelines are licensed by nine of the largest U.S. health
plans and over 2,200 hospitals, making them a rare common ground
between the payer and provider communities.
On March 18, 2021, MCG will offer
a free webinar to all MCG clients who wish to learn more about the
changes in the 25th edition. Interested participants can learn more
and sign up here:
https://info.mcg.com/webinar-whats-new-25th-edition.html
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About MCG Health
MCG, part of the Hearst Health network, helps healthcare
organizations implement informed care strategies that proactively
and efficiently move people toward health. MCG's transparent
assessment of the latest research and scholarly articles, along
with our own data analysis, gives patients, providers, and payers
the vetted information they need to feel confident in every care
decision, in every moment. For more information visit
http://www.mcg.com or follow our Twitter handle at @MCG_Health.
About Hearst Health
The mission of Hearst Health is to help guide the most important
care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of
everyone who touches a person's health journey. Each year in the
U.S., care guidance from Hearst Health reaches 85 percent of
discharged patients, 205 million insured individuals, 103 million
home health visits and 3.2 billion dispensed prescriptions. The
Hearst Health network includes FDB (First Databank), Zynx Health,
MCG, Homecare Homebase and MHK (formerly MedHOK). Hearst also holds
a minority interest in the precision medicine and oncology
analytics company M2Gen. Follow Hearst Health on Twitter
@HearstHealth and LinkedIn @Hearst-Health.
Media Contact
Arri Burgess, MCG Health,
2063895405, arri.burgess@mcg.com
SOURCE MCG Health