Health Care Quality Digest

HIMSSCast: New analytics strategies for patient-centric pop health

Healthcare It News

APRIL 19, 2024

The shift toward value-based reimbursement demands that hospitals and health systems take a more thoughtful approach to population health management. That requires the development of robust analytics strategies to track care quality and help patients manage their chronic conditions. This episode is brought to you by Wolters Kluwer.

Population Health

Population Health Patient Safety Integration Health Data

How AI and machine learning can predict illness and boost health equity

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are key to unlocking patient data and solving some of healthcare's most complex problems. seeks to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, many who survive the initial illness suffer debilitating long-term health impacts, especially those with underlying health conditions.

Population Health

Population Health Accountability Healthcare Prevention

Analytics and risk management saves Franciscan Alliance $2.2M

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Franciscan health system leveraged the Innovaccer platform to reduce readmissions, automate emergency department workflows and improve the patient experience, the company said. Automated pre-visit planning helped prevent downstream utilization, such as inpatient visits, while helping to deliver more comprehensive patient care.

Medicare

Medicare Population Health Patient Experience Nursing

Early pandemic relief funding to hospitals differed by communities' race, ethnicity makeup, HHS OIG finds

Fierce Healthcare

JULY 18, 2023

Fewer target Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments sent to hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic’s opening year reached hospitals serving patient populations with more Hispanic/Latino Americans, acc | The government watchdog found that hospitals serving heavier concentrations of Hispanic/Latino Americans were tied to lower Provider Relief Fund payments (..)

Hospitals

Telemedicine boosts access, decreases inequities in Montana

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Montana has unique challenges in providing healthcare to its widely dispersed population of just over 1 million people. The cost of travel and long distances between healthcare providers and patients are commonly cited reasons for patients to delay or avoid medical care. THE PROBLEM.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Urgent Care

Rush Memorial's virtual ICU reduces transfers, boosts patient experience

Healthcare It News

APRIL 3, 2024

THE PROBLEM This was something staff was looking into even before COVID, as they were thinking about what was best for their patients and their families when it comes to being admitted to the hospital. When COVID came and staff was faced with the inability to transfer, they knew it was time to do something different.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience Telemedicine Nursing Hospitals

Telehealth has been key for primary care, but clinicians are still feeling hopeless

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Green Center and the Primary Care Collective found that telemedicine has been vital to maintaining patient access to services for almost two-thirds of primary care clinicians – and many providers worry what will happen if pre-pandemic regulations are restored. WHY IT MATTERS. We are exhausted!" THE LARGER TREND.

Primary Care

Primary Care Telemedicine Population Health Regulations

COVID-19 telemonitoring tool adapted to prevent heat-related illness

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 20, 2021

Health authorities in Rome have repurposed a COVID-19 telemonitoring tool to monitor people at risk from heat-related illness. In the Lazio region, GPs, health care workers and primary care services are supervising and caring for patients during heatwaves using the LazioAdvice teleconsultation system and Lazio Doctor per COVID app.

Prevention

Prevention Primary Care Telemedicine Doctors

ChristianaCare to expand medication adherence program

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Launched to help address health equity challenges facing Black cardiology patients, ChristianaCare said its digital medication adherence platform, developed with Story Health, has delivered significant improvements in outcomes for patients with hypertension and heart failure – two to three times in some key metrics.

Primary Care

Primary Care Home Care Healthcare

Why digital equity is important to conducting better telemedicine

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Telehealth is for everyone, and hospitals and health systems must construct a digital equity strategy to better serve patients in the digital and telehealth space to ensure all persons can use telehealth, contended Alexandra Hunter, virtual care consultant at Henry Ford Health in Detroit. "Ask questions such as who has devices?

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Hospitals Patient Experience Healthcare

South Australia starts 24/7 remote rural health monitoring

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

HOW IT WORKS The free service, which is available to individuals aged 15 and over with a GP referral, provides patients with a monitoring kit that will allow them to measure their vital signs, including blood pressure, oxygen levels, pulse rate and temperature, at home.

Urgent Care

Urgent Care Nursing Hospitals Integration

Avoid losing 55% of your patients to poor digital communication

Healthcare It News

APRIL 7, 2023

How would you keep your organization afloat if more than half of your patients suddenly walked out the door and never returned? Bandwidth surveyed 1,500 Americans about their communication preferences as patients at various points of the care cycle. Income plays a key role in patient preferences.

Prevention

Prevention Digital Care Healthcare Providers Healthcare

French researchers reveal chatbot skills to override vaccine hesitancy

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In the control group, which received only brief information about the COVID-19 vaccination, there were no comparable results in terms of general views and willingness to vaccinate. per cent), very few people have received the double COVID-19 vaccine dose. THE LARGER TREND. per cent), Ireland (76.2 In Slovakia (45.7

Prevention

Dozee bets on India's growing home healthcare market with new solution

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

RPM maker Dozee from India has unveiled a new AI-powered continuous patient monitoring system that can be used outside the ICU and at home. " It seems that Dozee is betting on the emerging home healthcare market, which growth was accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Healthcare

Healthcare Hospitals Healthcare Providers

Navigating the intersections of population health and precision medicine

Healthcare It News

AUGUST 31, 2021

Patient Engagement Population Health Precision Medicine This is the second article in a series regarding process-based opportunities as the healthcare industry begins to emerge from the challenges of the pandemic. Population health and precision medicine defined. health system. The problem.

Population Health

Population Health Healthcare Analytics Patient Experience Healthcare

How AI and machine learning can help predict SDOH needs

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Social determinants of health are major contributors to health inequity and rising healthcare costs in vulnerable populations such as Medicaid beneficiaries. Recently, population health management strategies have begun to incorporate evaluations for patients' social needs connected to SDOH, as well as interventions addressing these needs.

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals Accountable Care Accountability Medicaid

Epic to showcase new CRM system and more at HIMSS22

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

"We’ll demonstrate how Cheers weaves together tens of thousands of data elements and validated insights to help systems know their populations, anticipate their needs and help them navigate their health journeys through omnichannel experiences," Seering added.

Accountability

Accountability Integration Healthcare Hospitals

Survey: 1 in 3 patients comfortable with AI-led primary care

Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2023

say their healthcare providers currently use AI to help diagnose, treat or communicate with patients, but 66% expect AI to play a bigger role in healthcare in the next five years, the survey found. Now patient portals, chat features and mobile versions of health records are fairly common practice.

Primary Care

Primary Care Medical Practitioners Healthcare Providers Urgent Care

Children's Mercy, GE HealthCare launch patient progression command center

Healthcare It News

APRIL 25, 2023

A new 6,000-square-foot hospital operations center at Children's Mercy Kansas City uses artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and real-time information to optimize care coordination from the time of patient's admission until discharge. to collaborate with GE HealthCare on patient flow technology.

Healthcare

Healthcare Hospitals

It takes a village: How collaboration and inclusion drive equitable health solutions

Healthcare It News

MARCH 21, 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has helped bring care to underserved populations through the use of virtual care and telehealth. However, achieving true health equity will take a village: community leaders, providers, payers and, most importantly, patients themselves working together.

Healthcare

How data intelligence will drive precision healthcare in the NHS

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), it has become possible to deliver deeper insights into patient illness status, often in real time. MANAGING THE PATIENT BACKLOG. Clinical staff often face the overwhelming challenge of documenting each patient encounter as the number of patients requiring treatment increases.

Healthcare

Healthcare Integration Population Health Prevention

An inside look at AdventHealth's powerful telemedicine program

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

THE PROBLEM Patient access is a top priority for AdventHealth, a health system based in Altamonte Springs, Florida. For the health system, improving the way it delivers care to patients starts with meeting them at the place of their needs.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Urgent Care Integration Quality of Care

ThedaCare health system sees huge patient adoption of new digital front door

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 7, 2022

To succeed in its mission, ThedaCare is on a path to population health – aiming to go above and beyond treating a particular condition to make care easy and accessible to help achieve better health for life. Successful population health management requires a complete view of each patient's health. THE PROBLEM.

Population Health

Population Health Prevention Integration Patient Experience

How remote patient monitoring improves care, saves money for chronic care

Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2022

population has a chronic disease, and caring for them is consuming 86% of healthcare costs. Some health systems are beginning to reconfigure care models to proactively care for patients with chronic conditions and illnesses, and a key component of this is implementing remote patient monitoring services.

Hospitals

Hospitals Nursing Prevention Medicare

Adelaide virtual care project gets state backing

Healthcare It News

MAY 4, 2023

A new health project in Adelaide seeks to provide virtually-delivered primary care services to patients with chronic conditions. It will deliver regular health checks and provide greater access to professional help while also giving incentives to further encourage patients to self-manage their own conditions at home.

Primary Care

Primary Care Integration Doctors Nursing

IT-enabled urgent aged care service expands to Western Sydney

Healthcare It News

MAY 4, 2023

The inTouch urgent care service provides patients with less urgent conditions with access to comprehensive health assessment via video conferencing and direct support from GPs and aged care staff. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Population and Public Health Patient Access Care

Urgent Care

Urgent Care Home Care Hospitals

Patients benefit from AI-powered care navigator at Columbia Memorial Health

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Patients would look for their symptoms on Google and seek care at other hospitals and health systems in the region that had a stronger digital presence. PROPOSAL So CMH launched a digital front-door patient experience project, powered by artificial intelligence. Convert online traffic into qualified patient leads.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Patient Experience Integration Primary Care

Albert Einstein Medical Center serves up telehealth from 4 vendors with FCC grant

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

These can be categorized in three areas: patient/staff safety, communication and logistics. Patient and staff safety, which are primary concerns, were especially critical after the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent mandatory shut-downs nationally. THE PROBLEM. " Reshma Patel Stone, Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Quaternary Care

Quaternary Care Primary Care Rehabilitation Urgent Care

How one FQHC uses telehealth for primary care, behavioral health and addiction treatment

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Harbor Care Health and Wellness Center in Nashua, New Hampshire, provides primary care, behavioral health and dental services to a population that is either homeless or at risk of homelessness. and Zoom, to establish multiple channels of communication for our patients." "In 2019, we treated 3,194 patients.

Primary Care

Primary Care Telemedicine Integration Medical Services

Singapore's Ministry of Health expands virtual ward pilots

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

These programmes – National University Health System’s NUHS @ Home, Singapore General Hospital’s SGH @ Home and Yishun Health Medical Home – are now providing eligible patients with general medical conditions, such as skin infections, urinary tract infections, and COVID-19, with an option to be admitted to a virtual ward.

Healthcare Finance

Healthcare Finance Hospitals Integration Nursing

NYC Health + Hospitals keeps patients out of ER with virtual urgent care

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest safety net health system in the United States, serving more than one million patients annually, including the most vulnerable New Yorkers. Consumers have come to expect an array of options bringing care closer to home, including virtual urgent, remote patient monitoring and mobile delivery.

Urgent Care

Urgent Care Hospitals Telemedicine Integration

Virtua Health offers lessons in creating a Digital Transformation Office, Part 2

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Virtua Health's successful "get human fast" online engagement platform propelled patients to interact with staff and clinicians expanded to virtual consultations, chatbots and RPM. Angela Skrzynski, clinical lead for urgent care telehealth for COVID-19 remote patient monitoring and care after COVID-19 programs at Virtua Health.

Urgent Care

Urgent Care Nursing Hospitals Healthcare

UConn Health squares away CMS audit trail and more with digital health platform

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

More than 50% of the adult population in the U.S. "In addition, we were seeking a solution to facilitate standardizing our evidence-based care pathways across our health system, while incorporating flexible, virtual options for our patients for education, physical therapy, care team communication and more," said Dr. Isaac L.

Digital Care

Digital Care Physical Therapy Patient Experience Remote Care

Roundup: Latrobe Regional Hospital turns to VR training and more briefs

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

"This partnership means we will be able to rapidly increase skill level, knowledge and familiarity with clinical procedures, and improve standards of care for patients," said Kylie Larkin, medical education officer at LRH. Coding issue leads to COVID-19 hospitalisations undercount in NZ. NSW launches online menopause toolkit.

Hospitals

Hospitals Integration Healthcare Providers Healthcare

Patient preferences for accessing medical data are shifting, says ONC

Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

To track the use of web-based patient portals and smartphone applications by patients seeking their health information, the U.S. " In the analysis, ONC said that the share of individuals nationwide who were offered and accessed their online medical records or patient portals more than doubled between 2014 and 2022.

Health Data

Health Data Healthcare Providers Healthcare

Combining virtual care and personal touch to help the underserved

Healthcare It News

MARCH 1, 2022

Telemedicine has revolutionized patient interaction in the past two years. It enables patients and providers to interact in ways we could have never imagined. If we want telemedicine to support all populations then we have to make sure everyone has access. If so, how? If not, what needs to be done?

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Patient Experience Medicaid Home Care

Steering healthcare's digital evolution: Marrying technology with the human element

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Artificial Intelligence Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Patient Engagement Population Health Workforce "Through my involvement with HIMSS Europe and EMRAM stage 7 validations, I’ve observed that the most successful organisations in healthcare IT are those with a stable, digital-savvy culture."

Healthcare

Healthcare Integration Population Health

Race Equality Foundation says UK review into medical device bias is not enough

Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Race Equality Foundation CEO Jabeer Butt welcomed the review, but said it was not enough to explain the disproportionate deaths of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people from COVID-19. COVID-19 exposed health disparities across the country, as death rates have been higher among people from ethnic minorities. WHY IT MATTERS.

Regulations

Regulations Health Analytics

Queensland's Gold Coast Health deploys Rauland's Concierge platform to reduce contact in COVID-19 wards

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Queensland's Gold Coast Health has set up a bedside terminal solution by health IT provider Rauland Australia to reduce physical interactions in its COVID-19 ward. There has been a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases across Queensland since end July due to an outbreak caused by the Delta variant. WHAT IT DOES. ON THE RECORD.

Patient Safety

Patient Safety Doctors Nursing Hospitals

Data and analytics boost strategic text message outreach programs

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Because of COVID-19, many primary care physicians have seen declines in well-child visits and vaccinations. Where are patient-engagement efforts that use text messaging falling short? There are two main ways patient engagement efforts via text messaging can fall short. The declines have significantly impacted operations.

Community Practice

Community Practice Accountable Care Accountability Primary Care

Evolving patient portals, remote workforce challenges and tech at the bedside

Healthcare It News

JUNE 29, 2022

Patient portal use and telehealth visits have changed dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world, especially healthcare, upside down. In your hands-on experience working with healthcare provider organizations and IT, what changes have you observed in patient portals and telehealth visits since COVID-19 broke?

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Nursing Integration Hospitals

Virtual reality for pain management has potential, but hurdles remain

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

At the same time, however, UC San Francisco researchers noted that challenges remain when it comes to adoption of the technology, especially for addressing the needs of diverse populations. "We sought to elucidate the implementation climate specifically for VR," it explained. "There is a tremendous unmet need in the U.S.

Remote Care

Remote Care Integration Healthcare Providers Healthcare

A rural Kansas FQHC brings remote patient monitoring to the underserved

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

CHC/SEK provides medical, dental, behavioral health, addiction treatment, case management services and pharmacies to all, regardless of ability to pay, and serves about 65,000 patients for more than 220,000 visits per year, making the organization the largest FQHC in Kansas and one of the largest of all rural FQHCs in the United States.

Nursing

Nursing Telemedicine Primary Care Prevention

Mayo Clinic, Kaiser put more money into acute care at home startup

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 11, 2022

Medically Home, which provides health systems with technology to care for patients in a home setting, announced this week that its latest funding round had brought in $110 million in investments. More than 7,000 patients have been treated using the platform across the country, said the company. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

Hospitals

Hospitals Nursing Healthcare

HIMSSCast: New analytics strategies for patient-centric pop health

How AI and machine learning can predict illness and boost health equity

Trending Sources

Analytics and risk management saves Franciscan Alliance $2.2M

Early pandemic relief funding to hospitals differed by communities' race, ethnicity makeup, HHS OIG finds

Telemedicine boosts access, decreases inequities in Montana

Rush Memorial's virtual ICU reduces transfers, boosts patient experience

Telehealth has been key for primary care, but clinicians are still feeling hopeless

COVID-19 telemonitoring tool adapted to prevent heat-related illness

ChristianaCare to expand medication adherence program

Why digital equity is important to conducting better telemedicine

South Australia starts 24/7 remote rural health monitoring

Avoid losing 55% of your patients to poor digital communication

French researchers reveal chatbot skills to override vaccine hesitancy

Dozee bets on India's growing home healthcare market with new solution

Navigating the intersections of population health and precision medicine

How AI and machine learning can help predict SDOH needs

Epic to showcase new CRM system and more at HIMSS22

Survey: 1 in 3 patients comfortable with AI-led primary care

Children's Mercy, GE HealthCare launch patient progression command center

It takes a village: How collaboration and inclusion drive equitable health solutions

How data intelligence will drive precision healthcare in the NHS

An inside look at AdventHealth's powerful telemedicine program

ThedaCare health system sees huge patient adoption of new digital front door

How remote patient monitoring improves care, saves money for chronic care

Adelaide virtual care project gets state backing

IT-enabled urgent aged care service expands to Western Sydney

Patients benefit from AI-powered care navigator at Columbia Memorial Health

Albert Einstein Medical Center serves up telehealth from 4 vendors with FCC grant

How one FQHC uses telehealth for primary care, behavioral health and addiction treatment

Singapore's Ministry of Health expands virtual ward pilots

NYC Health + Hospitals keeps patients out of ER with virtual urgent care

Virtua Health offers lessons in creating a Digital Transformation Office, Part 2

UConn Health squares away CMS audit trail and more with digital health platform

Roundup: Latrobe Regional Hospital turns to VR training and more briefs

Patient preferences for accessing medical data are shifting, says ONC

Combining virtual care and personal touch to help the underserved

Steering healthcare's digital evolution: Marrying technology with the human element

Race Equality Foundation says UK review into medical device bias is not enough

Queensland's Gold Coast Health deploys Rauland's Concierge platform to reduce contact in COVID-19 wards

Data and analytics boost strategic text message outreach programs

Evolving patient portals, remote workforce challenges and tech at the bedside

Virtual reality for pain management has potential, but hurdles remain

A rural Kansas FQHC brings remote patient monitoring to the underserved

Mayo Clinic, Kaiser put more money into acute care at home startup

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