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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Health Populi

AUGUST 22, 2023

Looking forward, large employers foresee their workers will be seeking care for chronic conditions and later-stage cancers that are diagnosed due to delayed screenings.

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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. But there is another hurdle that is just as significant, and that is the lack of quality data on these social determinants.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Many healthcare systems are designed to address either mental health or substance use, leading to disjointed care. This fragmentation not only diminishes the quality of care but also deters patients from engaging effectively with the healthcare system. Related to this is the need for coordinated care.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Tom Wriggins, Principal Industry Advisor at SAS John Maynard, CPA, CFE, AHFI Principal Solutions Architect at SAS In 2022, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established health equity as a pillar of its future work. Health outcomes and Medicaid program integrity Health outcomes are a function of the quality of care.

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Health Dialog

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Health Dialog has a wealth of experience assisting health plans transition to our chronic care management solution. In one implementation, Health Dialog transitioned 50,000 participants from four external vendors into one integrated program. Population Health Management.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

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HIT Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

Andy Auerbach, Chief Revenue Officer of SafeRide Health As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, there is a growing need for innovative solutions that not only improve the quality of care but also make care more accessible.

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Twistle

JULY 9, 2021

Over the past year we’ve experienced the important role of telemedicine in monitoring and managing patient health and wellness. Adding remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology to a telehealth program increases access to care and enhances the quality of care delivery. Improved Quality of Care.

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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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Cloud Blogs

MARCH 12, 2020

When you can use data to reduce process latency and redundancy, orchestrate integrated operations across clinical and administrative teams, it means you get closer to reducing cost of care and improving care access across your communities. Protect health information. Reimagine healthcare.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 30, 2023

The introduction of billable remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM) codes means digital solutions can increase revenue streams and improve efficiency without compromising the quality of care – a struggle well-known to the physical therapy community as discussed.

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Medical GPS

MAY 13, 2021

Gibala writes in her MEDI Leadership newsletter, “Over the past several years a lot has been written and done around team-based care. He writes, “The simple secret to optimizing the value of your APPs is to focus on how you integrate and promote them as part of your team.” (3) A Worthwhile Investment.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

What You Should Know: – Persistent Systems , a global Digital Engineering provider, expands its relationship with AWS by partnering with Amazon HealthLake to help its Healthcare and Life Sciences clients accelerate their care transformation journeys. Why It Matters.

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Health Dialog

JANUARY 17, 2017

Live access to a person and seamless integration with health plan, provider, and community resources is essential for appropriate care direction and member satisfaction. Proven Quality of Care: Nurse line programs should be primarily equipped to offer guidance and information to members making urgent care decisions.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 14, 2021

How can in-home care providers leverage analytics to realize meaningful improvements in quality of care outcomes and staffing retention? Little: Absolutely.

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Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The National Academy of Medicine reported that high-quality primary care forms the foundation of a high-functioning health system and is key to improving the experience of patients and care teams, as well as population health, and reducing costs. [1]

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 21, 2022

What You Should Know: – Ribbon Health , an API data platform for the healthcare industry that powers care decisions, and Turquoise Health , a provider of structured data on the cost of care to make pricing data both transparent and accessible to patients, announced an integration partnership.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 22, 2024

. – This IBH model holds immense promise for transforming how we address the complex healthcare needs of individuals struggling with both mental and physical health challenges. Performance-based incentives will further encourage quality improvement throughout the implementation period.

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NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

Figure 1 displays a consolidated overview of the “Framework for Public Health-Health Care System Collaboration.” In many states, SHIPs serve as the driving mechanism for engaging health care systems and communities in statewide planning, implementation, and evaluation efforts. One example is Live Well San Diego.

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Cloud Blogs

MARCH 15, 2022

We're also excited to preview new enhancements to Patient insights, which enable care managers, patient representatives, outreach specialists, and population health analysts to efficiently deliver and capture useful patient insights. Organizations can customize those views for their own end-to-end scenarios.

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Health Dialog

AUGUST 16, 2017

We can all agree that controlling medical costs and improving quality of care is a common goal among healthcare organizations. With Health Dialog’s partnership, the plan is well-positioned to further engage its unique population, continually improve care and lower medical costs throughout the organization.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

With electronic healthcare records (EHRs) , provider organizations can more easily manage population health and meet the needs of stakeholders. – Velocity: Healthcare data needs to be ingested, analyzed, and updated in real-time to ensure the highest quality of care. Growth of cloud technology in healthcare.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Unifying health records remains a challenge, but the benefits of integrating disparate data could transform the industry. Healthcare payers, providers and agencies have traditionally struggled with unifying health records, but no longer is that a viable reason to put off what can be achieved today. Integrating data for good.

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NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

From 2015 to 2018, Colorado Medicaid operated the enhanced primary care medical provider (PCMP-E) program, which rewarded those PCCM providers (referred to in Colorado as PCMPs) that met at least five of nine enhanced factors with a $0.50 PMPM increase in their regular PMPM rates. Colorado assigns almost all Medicaid participants to a RAE.

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Patient Safety Movement

JANUARY 31, 2024

National Pharmacist Day: January 12 Over the years, pharmacists have increasingly become integrated members of the healthcare team. Specific efforts to promote education of health care professionals and policy makers to support efforts focused on metabolic health in a holistic manner including all affected organ systems.

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NASHP

MAY 8, 2023

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Disparities : Preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations. Utah Department of Health, Office of Health Disparities, 2021.

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