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Reorganized and built an underperforming team in a 5 state market with a 12 % increase in quality metrics from 2013 to 2015.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

Credit quality continued to be excellent, with key lending metrics improving from the historically strong levels we achieved earlier in the year.»

The model examined common metrics such as user growth and engagement, as well as more bespoke things like «quality of revenue» by putting more weight on money from loyal customers.

Walmart recently announced that as part of moves to cut 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas from its supply chain by the end of 2015, it is demanding stricter quality and environmental standards from its Chinese suppliers, and is looking at factories» air emissions and management disposal of hazardous waste.

To explain it, S&P + is a metric from SB Nation's Bill Connelly, which parses play - by - play data and adjusts for opponent to determine a team's true quality.

The SRS team quality metric and strength of schedule numbers come from the invaluable College Football Reference.

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with ORGANIZE — a non-for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission - driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life for those in need — and Gift of Life Donor Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.

And with U.S. iron ore declining in quality — a drop from as much as 60 percent iron during World War II to as little as 25 percent per metric ton of ore — the energy demand is only increasing.

In the first study, investigators from Inova Health System in Virginia sought to determine the validity of two sources of information for quality metrics — ACS NSQIP clinical data and administrative claims data used for billing purposes.

This includes raw data and metadata for projects, experiments, and samples submitted by investigators, as well as derived analyses and quality metrics automatically generated from running vetted secondary analysis pipelines.

In the case of sequence data, metadata can encompass what organism or cell was sequenced, where it came from, what it was doing, quality metrics, and a spectrum of other characteristics that add value to the sequence data by providing context for it and enabling greater biological understanding of the significance of the sequence.

Another major push comes from the federal Every Student Succeeds Act's encouragement of states to include school quality in their rating systems, with school climate as a key metric in many jurisdictions.

Michael Soskil: We need a shift in focus from accountability measures based on standardized test scores toward metrics that take into account universal access to quality teachers and learning environments, robust curricula that include the arts, as well as student engagement and well - being.

Researchers used composite achievement results from the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, as the performance metric, and weighed those scores against 63 «inputs,» or factors that could influence educational outcomes, such as teaching materials and technology, the quality of school buildings, and teacher training.

CLASS can be an important part of professional development efforts to create high quality learning experiences for children in PreK - 3rd programs by providing a common metric for documenting what goes on in classrooms from grade to grade.

The school moved from the lowest to the highest in the Success network on network - wide «Quality of Education Culture» metrics.

Attorney James Hall, president of the Milwaukee chapter of the NAACP, rattled off a host of statistics about Milwaukee's low ranking on a number of quality - of - life metrics, from the recent finding by the Annie E. Casey Foundation that Wisconsin is the worst state in the nation for African American children, to our sky - high levels of mass incarceration of black men, our nation - leading racial gap in student achievement, our high poverty rate and geographic segregation.

Aside from leverage, the company's other quality metrics score well and we believe that the company's characteristics (both quantitative and qualitative) make it suitable for conservative investors with a long - term view.

This metric distinguishes higher quality, «sit down» restaurants from lower quality, fast food establishments.

Using the quality of «agreeableness» as their metric for assessing the personality types of the study participants, the researchers asked the participants (ranging widely in age) to take personality tests and then identify their favorite types of dogs from a given list.

Of course, whole books can and have been written about the flawed decisions that emanate from our collective willingness of prioritize GDP and the need to establish economic metrics that better account for environmental limits and quality of life.

It scares one sometimes that live feeds of quantitative data via online summarized metrics dashboards are: a) reliant on alogrithms / formulae constructed by humans b) may only reflect a point in time that is transient and needs to be somehow replicated accurately later in the future if needed for evidence c) may draw upon real time data from multiple sources for different parts of the screen (via widgets) d) data source quality needs to be interpreted against the data owner's original meaning of that measurement and criteria.

As might be clear from some of my recent posts and talks, I'm on a quality metrics kick these days.

The search giant has picked apps and games from a variety of categories, focusing on metrics like innovation and app quality.

Ragnar Lifthrasir, blockchain entrepreneur and CEO of velox.RE, a real estate focused blockchain company, stated in a separate tweet that he would like to see metrics such as «anti-fragility, censorship resistance, developer community quality / quantity, total losses from software exploits (e.g..

• Highly experienced in checking and improving the safety and quality metrics of all assigned products and lines, from conception to finishing stages.

* Created practice library and metrics for teams, program including scaling practices for offshore teams following Agile framework based on quality, predictability and engagements * Led teams through transformation and adoption to agile framework and best practices from SAFe, Scrum and Kanban across development and support functions *...

There is evidence that maltreated children are at greater risk for lifelong health and social problems, including mental illnesses, criminality, chronic diseases, disability1 and poorer quality of life.2 A history of child maltreatment is also associated with lower adult levels of economic well - being across a wide range of metrics, including higher levels of economic inactivity, lower occupational status, lower earnings and lower expected earnings.3 Existing research suggests a ripple effect caused by lower educational achievement, higher levels of truancy and expulsion reducing peak earning capacity by US$ 5000 a year4 or an average lifetime cost of US$ 210012 per person1 when considering productivity losses and costs from healthcare, child welfare, criminal justice and special education.

The 1Q2016 report provides monthly data collected by NIC from October 2011 through March 2016 on select metrics, including: occupancy, quality mix, skilled mix, patient day mix, and revenue per patient day by payor source.