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• Using CoCM to Close Care Gaps and Enable Better Outcomes

  4/29/2019

  Managing patients who need ongoing behavioral health services to treat anxiety, depression, substance-use disorders or other issues is getting harder. The good news? Tightly integrated care between PCPs and BH providers can help alleviate this problem. What’s even better? CMS now reimburses providers for collaborating.

• For Effective Contact Tracing, Epidemiologists Must Embrace Advanced Analytics

  7/27/2020

  I spoke with former epidemiologists, (now working in analytics and tech) with experience working to counter infectious disease outbreaks. They all believe, just like John Snow, that data and analytics – particularly advanced analytics like artificial intelligence and machine learning – can play a crucial role in the overall health and policy response to today’s global pandemic.

• How Private Capital Is Accelerating Interoperability

  12/1/2015

  According to venture capital firm Rock Health, “Funding of digital health companies in 2015 is closely mirroring 2014’s record-breaking year, with funding surpassing $2B through the first half.” At this year’s Health IT Leadership Summit in Atlanta, executives from a group of fast-growth, venture-backed health IT companies spoke about the relationship between private capital and innovations in healthcare interoperability. One central theme emerging from the panel discussion: to secure investment capital, companies must demonstrate how their technologies solve key business challenges, in addition to technical ones. By Kirk Elder, Chief Technology Officer, Wellcentive

• Tech, Personalized Care, And Population Health Brighten The Future For Diabetes Patients

  1/22/2020

  Nearly 30 million Americans are diabetic, and up to 90 percent of them have Type 2 diabetes. According to the NIH, the cost of treating and managing the disease reached $408 billion in 2015 and could expand to $622 billion by 2030. Although this trend is concerning, there’s hope: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported a 35 percent drop in newly diagnosed diabetes cases since 2009 and a long-running plateau in the number of existing cases. Any decline is encouraging, but the public health initiatives helping to stem the tide ultimately won’t be enough to make a lasting impact on the lives of diabetic patients.

• Building The Case To Fund The Digital Front Door

  10/10/2019

  How successful health systems are escalating board-level awareness, engagement and action.

• Improving Staff Training And Patient Education With Telehealth Data

  10/13/2016

  Have you ever taken the time to analyze data about your patients? Access to data about common chief complaints can create a valuable step in staff training — a step that can improve the patient experience. By David Thompson, CEO and chief medical officer, Health Navigator