Home Health Care

OCTOBER 11, 2023

“When you have the payer and the provider together, you’re also able to invest in the clinical value-based side of it, for example, to decrease hospitalizations,” he said during the panel discussion. Integration and alignment has been a key focus at Humana when it comes to leveraging all of these pieces of the puzzle. “We

Primary Care 113

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Getting ahead of rising patient risks can greatly improve quality of life and reduce the incidence of complications from diabetes, such as preventable foot ulcers. That leaves the needs of the rising-risk diabetes population unaddressed and inaccurately minimizes the costs associated with this small but very high healthcare spend population.

Prevention 109

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Health Populi

AUGUST 22, 2022

And that data will be generated from many sources, frequently siloed and decentralized which can prevent aggregation, mash-up, and analysis. In particular, the volume of health data from wearables, implantables, and other decentralized technologies is growing by 48% annually, according to a recent report from the Swiss Re Institute.

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Life Sciences Secondary Care Prevention Primary Care 117

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Prevention of healthcare disparities : Healthcare providers can help mitigate healthcare disparities by ensuring that the right patient information is available at the right time to all healthcare providers, irrespective of their location or affiliation.

Population Health 59

Population Health Prevention Healthcare Providers Integration 59

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

The latest research notes that the volume of preventive screenings in the U.S. Clinicians continue to be concerned about licensure required which has historically preventing doctors from consulting with patients residing in states in which the doctors are not licensed to practice. Health care happens everywhere.

Doctors 77

Doctors Hospitals Prevention Population Health 77

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

What You Should Know: Bridges Health Partners LLC (Bridges) , a Clinically Integrated Network, and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (Highmark) entered into a multi-year Value-Based Agreement for Highmark’s Commercial membership in Western Pennsylvania. Established in 2017 through a collaboration between Independence Health System, St.

Urgent Care 52

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the next big shifts in patient care will be precision medicine will be "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person," as the Precision Medicine Initiative describes it. A lot of new challenges.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Hospitals and health systems, especially larger ones, are using AI in myriad new ways – including leveraging it for improved patient experience, and for better patient engagement with the goal of reducing health inequities. How did you originally see AI being a fit for improving the patient experience?

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

While critical to a comprehensive approach, primary prevention and broad population health approaches are beyond the scope of this resource.

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Urgent Care Integration Medicaid Primary Care 63

HIT Consultant

APRIL 20, 2022

The overarching goal of VBC is to improve the patient experience, improve population health, and reduce per capita health costs. As part of this VBC mode l, hospitals and health systems must store, track, and analyze a large amount of quality-related data for compliance and reimbursement purposes.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

To improve health outcomes while lowering cost of care, providers and payors increasingly are implementing value-based care (VBC) payment models. VBC contracts are structured to reward proactive and preventive healthcare, measurable positive outcomes (such as lower readmission rates) and reduced spending.

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Population Health Prevention Patient Experience Healthcare 94

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Craig Parker, JD, CPA and CEO, Guideway Care Hospitals, health systems and group practices nationwide are finding value and effectiveness by partnering with an outsourced care guidance resource to extend clinical staff and strengthen care management support. Schedule appointments, screenings, preventive care and annual wellness visits.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 4, 2024

Leveraging AI models to manage plan costs, identify potential emerging risks and high-cost claimants requires a proactive approach that focuses on prevention, early intervention, and the efficient allocation of resources to properly address the health needs of a population.

Healthcare 116

Healthcare Prevention Population Health Integration 116

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cloud Computing Network Infrastructure Patient Engagement Population Health Telehealth Delivering virtual care via community broadband offers big financial and quality of life benefits, says our contributing writer, opening avenues to both digital equity and health equity. Think differently about hospitals.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Population health management has become an important competency for hospitals and health systems. What are some of the challenges facing successful population health management programs today? More and more organizations are looking for ways to improve the health of the populations they serve.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The Palm Springs, California-based Desert Oasis Healthcare is an integrated care delivery model comprising a medical group and an Independent Practitioner Association. We probably offer almost every service that any group our size would offer — we’re kind of like Kaiser without the hospitals,” Hodgkins said. “We

Healthcare 104

Healthcare Primary Care Integration Population Health 104

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

While there is exuberant support for embedding SDoH factors into digitally transforming health care systems, relatively few providers will be leveraging software and other digital technology to identify at-risk patients. Heath plans and providers taking on risk-based payments are tuning into this opportunity.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Their NCQA-accredited case management and population health programs and HITRUST-certified technology platform ensure high-quality care delivery. – Proactive management: Strive’s care team will proactively monitor patients’ health and intervene to prevent complications.

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Healthcare Success

JULY 31, 2023

As a hospital or health system, you know the value of patient engagement. You understand that it’s crucial for improving the overall patient experience and health outcomes for people of all socio-economic classes. But first, a primer on why this is a savvy investment for any hospital or health system.

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Prevention Accountability Healthcare Accountable Care 130

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Natalie Tkachenko, Healthcare Software Solutions Consultant at NIX To obtain test results today, there’s no need to visit the hospital. They also handle large volumes of data effortlessly within their hospitals. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions.

Healthcare 105

Healthcare Doctors Integration Regulations 105

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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. Rural communities may lack easy access to preventive care and screenings. The costs are astronomical. And only 25% of U.S.

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GoMoHealth

JANUARY 12, 2024

As it relates to the revenue side of healthcare, AI aids proactive healthcare by identifying high-risk individuals for preventive interventions and better chronic condition management. Further, AR applications can assist in managing chronic diseases by providing patients with real-time information about their health status.

Healthcare 59

Healthcare Telemedicine Prevention Integration 59

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Access to care is a central focus for healthcare given several factors: a growing population being impacted with chronic conditions, increased resourcing constraints, and growing fatigue and workload among providers. hours/ day to serve their patients if they followed the national recommended guidelines for preventive and chronic care.

Telemedicine 98

Telemedicine Population Health Integration Healthcare 98

NASHP

MAY 3, 2024

The health sector contributes significantly to climate impacts and plays a major role in responding and building resilience to extreme weather events. This demonstration waiver falls within the scope of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ new initiative to address health-related social needs.

Medicaid 58

Medicaid Hospitals Prevention Population Health 58

HIT Consultant

MAY 16, 2023

The quality of these healthcare services is measured by patient outcomes that are based on metrics such as rate of hospital readmission, timeliness of care, and overall patient satisfaction. Population Health Management Tools Another health IT needs includes improvements to current population health management (PHM) tools on the market.

Population Health 52

Population Health Integration Accountability Pharmaceuticals 52

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

One national telehealth organization covering 2,000 hospitals and 81,000 doctors, for example, experienced an 86% decrease in time needed to complete the patient onboarding process, and 92% of providers said they expect to continue video visits post-pandemic. It is the largest integrated health care system in the U.S.,

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Telemedicine Doctors Federal Healthcare Integration 52

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Best in KLAS: Inpatient Clinical Care 340B Management Systems PharmaForce 340B Acute Care EMR: Large ( >400 Beds) Epic EpicCare Inpatient EMR Acute Care EMR: Midsize (151–400 Beds) Epic EpicCare Inpatient EMR Acute Care EMR: Small (1–150 Beds) MEDITECH Expanse Acute Care EMR Automated Dispensing Cabinets BD Pyxis MedStation ES Clinical Communications: (..)

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

health/care ecosystem of: Some 3,000 health departments and boards of health. 59 state and territorial health departments. Tribal health departments. Hospitals and health care providers. Health plans. Volunteer organizations, along with other data-creating entities for public health.

Population Health 62

Population Health Prevention Hospitals Integration 62

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

These include the use of online patient portals (for 57% of clinicians) along with digital devices and mobile apps that integrate with the EHR as well as health patients manage their health in self-care mode, shown in the bar chart labeled Figure 7. population health burden. The post Post-Pandemic, U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Consider the frontline health care workers data point: behavioral health addresses peoples’ negative or dangerous “behaviors,” like the aforementioned binge drinking which may lead to alcohol use disorder or result from post-traumatic stress as a reaction to the daily grind working in the hospital ICU.

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Primary Care Prevention Integration Hospitals 131

NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The “National Forum on Advancing High-Quality, Equitable Care Coordination for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs” centered on two key topics for improving care coordination systems for CYSHCN: integrated care coordination and the care coordination workforce.

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Medicaid Integration Quality Improvement Accountability 98

HIT Consultant

MARCH 4, 2022

What You Should Know: – Unite Us , the enterprise technology company providing the digital infrastructure to power integrated health and social care, today announced the launch of its Social Care Payments solution. – Streamline eligibility and authorization processes.

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Medicaid Integration Prevention Hospitals 52

Geek Doctor

AUGUST 23, 2021

For example, a group from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health demonstrated SDoH predictive models can fail in part due to predictive model design as well as to EHR-level data that is unstructured and collected inconsistently. The problem lies in the fact that these proxies are often based on assumptions, not evidence.

Population Health 110

Population Health Healthcare Prevention Integration 110

Sheppard Health Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

If implemented, these proposals would incentivize payers and providers alike to track health data carefully, document reimbursements accurately, and take on a more proactive approach to improving health, signaling another trend towards preventive care.

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Health Data Regulations Medicare Telemedicine 52

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

“Racial and ethnic inequities in the US health care system have been unremitting since the beginning of the country. The elimination of health care inequities will require effective integration of health care systems with communities and the social safety net.

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Ambulatory Care Primary Care Medicare Prevention 133

Accountable Care Doctors

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Learnings from COVID-19 must drive major changes in health care delivery, according to interviews conducted with physician leaders of the nation’s leading multi-specialty medical groups and health systems that participate in the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP). Invest in Primary Care and Prevention.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The information on this map comes from a 50-state survey of a variety of stakeholders, ranging from Medicaid officials to Community Health Workers, on their states’ approaches?to?integrating?CHWs integrating?CHWs CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CHW Community Health Worker. PHW Pandemic Health Worker.

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