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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

But there is another hurdle that is just as significant, and that is the lack of quality data on these social determinants. Data-driven insights are crucial in understanding health disparities. By comparing quality-of-care data with population, income, and ethnicity across the U.S.,

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While Virtual Care is “Table Stakes” in Health Care, Consumers Are Growing More Protective About Data-Sharing

Health Populi

While virtual care is ubiquitous across the U.S. health care delivery landscape, patients-as-health care consumers are becoming more savvy and discriminating based on their “maturity” and exposure to various flavors of telehealth. Rock Health polled 8,014 U.S.

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Ribbon Health Raises $43.5M for Healthcare API Data Platform

HIT Consultant

Ribbon is a health data platform that offers the most accurate, up-to-date data on providers, insurance plans, and price and quality of care. These shared experiences and commitment to running toward hard problems drove them to create Ribbon and set out to simplify healthcare for all Americans. Seamless API Layer.

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Why Accurate Data is a Lifeline to Care in the Medicaid Redetermination Cycle

HIT Consultant

In recognition of the procedural burden our existing processes and systems exact, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has encouraged states to use all available strategies to streamline redeterminations and prevent eligible enrollees from losing coverage due to procedural issues.

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Health Tech: Why Design Matters and Ease of Use is Everything

HIT Consultant

As healthcare expands beyond physical clinical settings and into digital channels, the need for data-driven, analytics-enabled, context-rich decision-making is only growing. Because of this, healthcare staff deal with ever-increasing amounts of data. In fact, health data proliferates so quickly, it doubles in volume every 73 days.

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How data transformation can support population health strategies

Cloud Blogs

Prioritizing data transformation There are many data factors that make up the complete picture of individuals and population health which can span health behaviors (e.g., diet, exercise, tobacco use, alcohol, and drug use), clinical care (e.g., access to care and quality of care), social and economic factors (e.g.,

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Health Consumers Expect Healthcare to be Digital (and Secure), Philips Future Health Index Finds

Health Populi

Among consumers who do have access to their electronic health records, 82% rate their health care experience as excellent, very good or good. Among consumers who have access to DHRs, 80% perceive the quality of care in their country as excellent, very good, or good.