The Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University has developed an interactive, web-based dashboard that tracks real-time data on confirmed coronavirus cases, deaths,...
Using machine learning, researchers developed a more accurate model to predict hospital encounters for asthma patients, which could improve asthma outcomes and reduce care costs, according to a study...
Emergency medical responders were less likely to provide pain assessments for Asian, black, and Hispanic patients than they were for white patients, indicating significant ethnic and racial disparities...
People who presented to the emergency department (ED) with deliberate self-harm had suicide rate in the year after their visit that was 56.8 times higher than demographically similar individuals,...
In its tireless pursuit of better care at lower costs, the healthcare industry has consistently made unnecessary emergency department (ED) visits, hospital readmissions, and drug prescriptions primary...
The American Heart Association (AHA) is partnering with RapidSOS to improve medical emergency outcomes by enabling data sharing between patients and first responders.
The solution from AHA and...
The number of online searches for health-related information spikes right before a patient presents to the emergency department, indicating that Dr. Google remains a key player in patient health...
Emergency department (ED) visits for people with at least one chronic condition contributed to nearly 60 percent of all annual visits in 2017 and $8.3 billion in spending, says a report from...
New Jersey’s poorest zip codes have the highest rates of individuals with chronic diseases seeking care in emergency rooms, showing a strong link between the social determinants of health and...
Providers in the emergency department (ED) who had more experience or training with an electronic health record (EHR) system completed EHR documentation faster than those with less experience, a study...
Rush University Medical Center is the third health system in the nation to reach the top level of analytics maturity according to the relatively new HIMSS Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity...
Predictive analytics fueled by data from the Internet of Things (IoT) could help providers detect patients at high risk of emergency department (ED) visits and 30-day hospital readmissions, according...
Northwest Physicians Network (NPN) in Washington State has launched a collaborative population health program that has cut hospital admissions by 43 percent, ambulance transports by 47 percent, and...
Providing dental coverage as a preventive care benefit may help providers and payers reduce the number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations, according to a new two-year study from...
A team-based approach to care and robust data analytics strategies have helped Christiana Care Health System in Delaware reduce opioid prescriptions in the emergency department by 50 percent....
Reducing emergency department utilization is a top goal for many population health management and value-based care initiatives, but how many trips to the ED could actually be classified as...
Reducing the number of hospital admissions resulting from emergency department visits is a major cost-cutting goal for healthcare organizations, but Medicare patients may not benefit much from the...
Opioid abuse has quickly become one of the nation’s most pressing population health management issues, not only because of its toll on patients, but increasingly because of the financial impact on...
The emergency department can often be a busy, hectic, stressful place for both patients and their providers. Neither can know in advance what will happen when they walk through the doors: who they...
