Access to Care

Sharing SDOH Data for Improved Population Health Management

by Jessica Kent

With the healthcare industry steadily moving toward more holistic, preventive care delivery, health systems have increasingly recognized the critical role the social determinants of health play in the...

Tool Helps Hospitals Plan for Critical Care Surges During COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

To help hospitals and health systems plan for a surge in critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from Rand Corporation have developed an interactive tool that allows...

Data Platform Tracks Hospital Bed Capacity During COVID-19 Outbreak

by Jessica Kent

Definitive Healthcare has partnered with Esri to launch an interactive data platform that allows people to analyze and monitor US hospital bed capacity, as well as potential geographic areas of risk,...

Social Determinants of Health Impact Cancer Screening Rates

by Jessica Kent

Individuals living in areas of greater deprivation and rurality had lower rates of recommended cancer screening, reflecting the significant impact the social determinants of health have on care access,...

Artificial Intelligence Identifies High-Risk COVID-19 Patients

by Jessica Kent

Medical Home Network, an organization serving patients in the Chicago area, is using artificial intelligence to identify individuals who have a heightened vulnerability to severe complications from...

Robot Uses Deep Learning, Ultrasound Imaging to Draw Blood

by Jessica Kent

An autonomous, robotic tool used deep learning and ultrasound imaging to draw blood or insert catheters on par with or better than human providers, according to a study published in Nature Machine...

53% of Execs Say Healthcare Leads Artificial Intelligence Adoption

by Jessica Kent

Fifty-three percent of healthcare executives say that the healthcare industry is ahead of most other industries in artificial intelligence adoption, according to a survey from KPMG. However, 37...

Rural Health Disparities Linked to Socioeconomic Status, Care Access

by Jessica Kent

Higher rural mortality at the state level is strongly linked to socioeconomic status, patient care access, and lack of health insurance, indicating that changes in state and federal policies could...

Predictive Analytics Algorithm Displays Bias, Drives Inequity

by Sara Heath

A predictive analytics platform referring high-risk patients to care management programs is infected with the same implicit racial bias that many human decision-makers have, according to new research...

CA Representative Reintroduces Precision Medicine Access Bill

by Jessica Kent

California representative Eric Swalwell recently reintroduced the bipartisan Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act, which aims to increase the use of genomic and genetic testing for pediatric...

BCBS Announces Finalists of Claims Data Analytics Challenge

by Jessica Kent

Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) and Blue Health Intelligence (BHI) have named five finalists in their claims data analytics challenge. The selected companies will use a subset of BHI’s national...

Top 12 Artificial Intelligence Innovations Disrupting Healthcare by 2020

by Jennifer Bresnick

There’s no question that artificial intelligence is moving quickly in the healthcare industry.  Even just a few months ago, AI was still a dream for the next generation: something that would...

Finding a Happy Home for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

by Jennifer Bresnick

Every new technology has the potential to bring both risks and rewards to those who embrace it.  Artificial intelligence in healthcare is no exception. Healthcare organizations have thus far...

Dozens of Orgs Urge CMS to Keep Next-Gen Genetic Testing in Medicare

by Jessica Kent

More than 60 leading healthcare organizations representing patients, providers, and academic medical centers have called on CMS to revise its interpretation of the National Coverage Determination (NCD)...

CMS Aims to Address Senior Poverty, Social Determinants of Health

by Jessica Kent

To drive down healthcare costs for Medicare beneficiaries, CMS is expanding policies to reduce prescription drug prices, increase community partnerships, and foster technological innovations that will...

CMS Announces Awards for Care Disparities, Population Health

by Jessica Kent

HealthPartners, a consumer-governed healthcare organization, and Centene Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, have received the 2019 CMS Health Equity Award for their work in improving care disparities...

HHS: Data Access, Analytics Are Essential for Patient-Centered Care

by Jennifer Bresnick

Healthcare organizations are making progress towards a more interoperable data ecosystem, but patients, providers, and payers are still facing data access, integration, and analytics challenges that...

Deep Learning Tool Matches Human Experts at Sleep Test Scoring

by Jessica Kent

A deep learning tool was able to replicate diagnostic scores for sleep staging, sleep apnea, and limb movements at a level of accuracy comparable to that of human clinicians, a study published in JAMIA...

Social Determinants of Health, Value-Based Care Key for Medicaid Success

by Jessica Kent

Value-based care incentives and broader collaborations to address the social determinants of health will be required to reduce spending and improve outcomes for Medicaid beneficiaries, according...