Featured Population Health Articles

51. PHM Solution To Transform Behavioral Healthcare 4/22/2016

    ODH’s Mentrics will be delivered on IBM’s Watson Health Cloud By Christine Kern, contributing writer

52. Big Players At HIMSS16: Interoperability, HIT, Value-Based Models 4/4/2016

    With HIMSS16 over and enough time passed to gain clarity, it’s time to reflect on and highlight some thought-provoking sessions, news, and sound bites still resonating. With more than 42,000 healthcare experts in attendance, we may have just scratched the surface, but here goes.

53. Health Engagement Lost In Generation Gap? 3/18/2016

    Between generations, views of health engagement can be drastically different finds a Medscape/WebMD report. By Katie Wike, contributing writer

54. It's Time To Make Population Health A Priority 2/22/2016

    While providers acknowledge the value of population health, few are actually engaging in the technology. By Katie Wike, contributing writer

55. Care Managers Improve Patient Outcomes 12/15/2015

    Care navigators can play a crucial role in getting patients involved in their care. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

56. Geisinger Partners With Cerner On Population Management 12/7/2015

    Geisinger announces it will use the HealtheIntent Population Health Management Platform across disparate EHRs. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

57. Designing For Better Health Outcomes 11/25/2015

    Can a combination of smartphone-enabled diagnostics and digital tools change mental models and empower patients to manage and prevent chronic conditions? It sure can. Recently, Jana Care partnered with Continuum to improve lives using digital tools for patients in India with Type 2 diabetes. Over 66 million people in the country are diagnosed with diabetes, and another 77 million are at risk of acquiring it. The team felt an immediate need to help this population control a widespread chronic condition and also to focus on preventative care. By Mike Dunkley SVP, Advanced Systems, Continuum and Sidhant Jena, co-founder and CEO, Jana Care

58. Technology Will Help Senior Care Facilities Manage The Tide Of The Growing Elder Population 10/26/2015

    Despite the uptick in technology adoption by the healthcare industry overall, the implementation of health IT (HIT) in the senior care market is lagging behind in comparison to the rest of the healthcare market sectors. Long-term and skilled nursing facilities with EHR systems are seeing their benefits such as smoother transitions of care, staffing efficiencies and exchanging data between hospitals and physicians. So, despite the need for sophisticated health IT software to handle patient data generated by senior patients, why is the senior care industry slower to adopt these new capabilities? We can trace this to misconceptions about many things, most commonly concerns around cost and the belief that implementing an EHR will be disruptive to business. By Dave Wessinger, CTO, PointClickCare

59. Venture Will Focus On Population Health Improvement 10/26/2015

    The joint venture is meant to improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

60. Top Ten Population Health Management Tools 9/23/2015

    PHM tools help reduce costs and improve outcomes. By Christine Kern