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Cerner CEO pledges to zero-out 'noise' from EHRs, population health and revenue cycle

Healthcare It News

That noise she referred to as having to know when your last colonoscopy was instead of your doctor having that at their fingertips. " Feinberg acknowledged the challenges of accountable care. Records should help nurses and doctors avoid errors and suggest what treatments might be best.

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Patients, Nurses and Doctors Blame Health Insurers for Increasing Costs and Barriers to Care

Health Populi

Most patients, nurses and doctors believe that health insurance plans reduce access to health care which contributes to clinician burnout and increases costs, based on three surveys conducted by Morning Consult for the American Hospital Association (AHA). We must shift our True North mantra for improving health care in the U.S.

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A guide to healthcare digital transformation and the digital-first model

Healthcare It News

This solves a critical problem for nurses and doctors, who currently spend most of their time in administrative and clinical information gathering and still lack access to the most appropriate clinical guidelines or an updated 360-degree view of patient information.

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Council of Accountable Physician Practices Elects Joe Kimura, MD, MPH, Atrius Health, to Board of Directors

Accountable Care Doctors

Coalition of Leading Medical Groups and Health Systems Confirms Board Appointments for 2021. The Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), a coalition of visionary medical groups and health systems supporting accountable value-based care, has added Joe Kimura, MD, MPH, to its board of directors.

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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

By one estimate, healthcare improvements accounted for one-third of the economic growth of developed nations over the last century. Achieving health equity presents an urgent challenge that demands attention from all stakeholders. However, actual medical care accounts for 20% or less of what affects population health.

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Improving Population Health Management, One Data Point at a Time

Health Dialog

Health Dialog is full of devoted employees committed to our mission of helping clients improve population health, reduce costs, and engage patients to make the best decisions about their health. What do you do at Health Dialog? What work did you do before joining Health Dialog?

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AHA says OCR's online tracking tool rules need to go

Healthcare It News

In its September RFI, the HELP Committee asked stakeholders for feedback on a number of questions about health data and accountability, including whether accountable entities should have a duty of loyalty to patients and how it could be imposed so as to minimize burdens on those entities.