Featured Population Health Articles

1. How Can Technology Improve Population Health? 10/22/2019

   Population health traditionally has focused on things like hospitalization rates, epidemiological surveillance and aggregate trends across groups of people, regions, etc., rather than just focusing on an individual person. While important perspectives, these data trends can be too narrow, emphasizing only symptoms, problems and pathology.

2. Targeting High-Risk Patients: A Population Health Strategy 1/7/2019

   Population health is a hot topic within the healthcare industry, as providers move from traditional fee-based to value-based models. In the annual Numerof State of Population Health Survey, 95 percent of the U.S. C-suite healthcare executives surveyed ranked population health as “moderately” and “critically” important.

3. Using Technology To Build Personal Patient Relationships 5/7/2018

   Technology is becoming an integral part of every interaction people have, and they are coming to expect it. Just like in other aspects of their lives, patients want their healthcare providers to keep up with the changing times, and implement technology in their practices. No longer do patients want the inconvenience of a phone call or a post card reminding them of an upcoming appointment. They are looking for convenient digital options.

4. The Transition From Survey-Ready To Patient-Ready 5/2/2018

   True healthcare transformation is happening, and I’m lucky enough to get to see it happening on a daily basis.

5. 5 Health IT Trends To Watch For In 2018 1/9/2018

   More of the same and plenty of the new are on tap for health IT in 2018. Here are five trends to watch as the year unfolds.

6. Quality Management System: Why It Matters And Its Impact On Patient Outcomes 12/8/2017

   Our industry has begun to initiate another important phase in patient healthcare. The HITECH Act outlined the intended plans for the adoption of electronic health records through meaningful use. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) EHR Incentive programs have evolved into three stages of “Meaningful Use” with their own goals, priorities, and their own final rule. The last stage of the CMS Meaningful Use program, Stage 3, is on track to commence January 1, 2018. During this final phase the Quality Management System (QMS) specification, which was optional in Stage 2, will become a requirement.

7. Why Effective PHM Requires A Real-Time Clinical Perspective 11/30/2017

   Clinical laboratories have been an essential component of safe and effective care delivery since at least the early 20^th Century. Yet only in recent years have healthcare providers begun to explore ways to leverage that clinical lab data, along with numerous other types of information, to manage populations of at-risk patients — even prevent potential adverse health events.

8. Hospital Systems Adopt Actionable Analytics For Better Clinical, Financial, And Operational Outcomes 11/21/2017

   Hospital leaders face substantial challenges when it comes to aggregating and comparing vast datasets to identify and correct problems. The sheer magnitude of data is prompting these healthcare organizations to recognize this deficit in their existing systems. As they learn about the value and benefits of actionable analytics to address and solve problems in virtually every aspect of operations, they are adopting new technology that is now available. A key benefit is that these new platforms overlay current transactional systems to deliver a cleaner, smarter and cost-effective solution.

9. A Person-Centric Approach To Managed Care 11/9/2017

   Putting data to work to ensure members receive behavioral healthcare when it’s needed most.

10. 3 Ways to Leverage Patient Feedback To Gain A Competitive Advantage 11/1/2017

    Healthcare providers agree delivering a better patient experience is important to remaining competitive in the marketplace. A recent study revealed 85 percent of healthcare systems believe “patient experience” is one of the top three priorities for their organizations, with 64 percent of healthcare organizations reporting they’ve seen an increase in patient acquisition since starting patient experience initiatives.