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Category: Healthcare IT
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Preparing for the Future of Population Health 4.0
Public Health 1.0 identifies the initiation and growth in both knowledge and tools for medicine and public health. Public Health 2.0 characterizes the development of our traditional public health systems within both local and the federal government. Public Health 3.0 encapsulates the involvement of multiple sectors including other governmental agencies, community-based organizations, and the private...
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How Health IT Can Mitigate the Effects of Physician Burnout
Exhaustion. De-personalization. Lack of Efficacy. These three cardinal symptoms characterize physician burnout, as defined by the World Health Organization, and measurable by the Maslach Burnout InventoryTM developed by Christina Maslach and her colleagues at the University of San Francisco in the 1970s. Our nation’s clinicians have expressed burnout for several years due to personal and...
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Health Plans, Mobile Applications, and Closing the Referral Loop
In my last blog, I talked about the communication gaps between primary care providers and specialists when it comes to referrals, the need for healthcare IT vendors to close this referral loop, and HealthEC’s success in already doing so.
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The Social Determinants of Health – More Than Just Buzzwords
While the introduction of the proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule (CMS-2393-P) grabbed headlines at last week’s National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) Fall Conference, discussions about social determinants of health could also be considered front-page news.
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Closed Loop Keeps Primary Care Providers and Specialists on the Same Page
As a patient, have you ever felt a bit confused about next steps after your primary care provider (PCP) refers you to a specialist?
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Innovation Give Vendors the Opportunity to Prove in Healthcare Market
Remember when the doctor dusted off a paper copy of your medical record ahead of an office visit? While the days of medical record isolation are long gone, data remains a critical part of today’s healthcare market.
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Year in Review and a Look Toward 2019
We strive each day to help healthcare organizations succeed with value-based care and population health management (PHM), but let’s take our foot off the gas for just a moment to reflect on the past year, with an eye on what’s coming in 2019.
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The Combination of Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Medicaid Could Transform Healthcare Delivery
Unexpected, large-scale partnerships have the potential to spur dynamic change in the healthcare industry.
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AI in Healthcare Could Revolutionize the Pre-Authorization Process
More than nine in 10 physicians say that pre-authorization programs have a negative impact on patient outcomes, according to a 2017 survey by the American Medical Association (AMA).