As the healthcare industry moves away from traditional fee-for-service reimbursements towards a new era of accountable, cost-conscious, coordinated care, healthcare organizations are actively seeking new patient management strategies to...
The Internet of Things is one of the newest and most promising trends in the healthcare industry. This rapidly proliferating collection of Internet-connected devices, including wearables, implants, skin sensors, home monitoring...
The explosion of digital data in the healthcare industry seems to have brought with it nothing but problems. From complaints about EHR usability and workflows to the complicated quandaries of data...
Investing in big data analytics is a problematic proposition for many healthcare organizations, which often face the perennial issue of purchasing technologies that become outdated before the...
Population health management may be one of the trendiest terms to hit the healthcare scene as the industry works through its myriad reform efforts, but it’s also one of the most...
Healthcare providers may not always jump for joy when thinking about their participation in one or more of CMS’ plethora of quality reporting programs, but performance measurement initiatives are...
When it comes to the complexities patient care, there will always be more questions than answers. Clinicians and researchers are discovering new diseases on a regular basis, reclassifying...
The healthcare industry is constantly changing, and new technologies, tools, strategies, and initiatives are popping up at a breakneck pace.
You’ve read through our first primer on the most...
Achieving the Triple Aim of healthcare starts with a firm foundation in patient-centered population health management, which can help to improve patient satisfaction and lower unnecessary...
Health data interoperability has always been a thorny subject for providers frustrated by their lack of access to complete and accurate patient data – not to mention a prickly topic for vendors...
2015 may have been a big year for healthcare big data analytics, but the next twelve months are likely to bring even greater challenges for organizations investing in improved patient care quality...
Hospitals and health systems are snapping up big data analytics and population health management technologies at a breakneck pace as they prepare to meet the challenges of value-based reimbursement,...
Big data. The Internet of Things. Population health management. Cognitive computing, machine learning, natural language processing, and informatics. PQRS, CPOE, MU, BI, and...
The healthcare industry isn’t always known as an eager early adopter of new technologies, but it seems to be making an exception for the Internet of Things: a loosely interconnected web of...
Medicare and private payers have both pinned a large part of their financial hopes on developing the accountable care organization, which aims to improve coordination, cut costs, and raise quality in a...
As value-based reimbursement and accountable care continue their march towards dominance in the evolving healthcare ecosystem, robust and effective population health management techniques are quickly...
Over the past few years, health data interoperability has become a top priority for the Office of National Coordinator. Buffeted by complaints from Congress and industry stakeholders about the...
