How to Get Started with a Population Health Management Program
HealthITAnalytics Healthcare providers are well aware by now that there is no magic solution to the incredibly complex conundrum of systemic reform. Depending on who you ask, the answer to the puzzle of the Triple Aim is either more technology, less technology, more acquisitions and mergers, increased provider autonomy, less quality reporting, more federal oversight, more incentives for performance,...
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What Is the Role of Natural Language Processing in Healthcare?
For many providers, the healthcare landscape is looking more and more like a shifting quagmire of regulatory pitfalls, financial quicksand, and unpredictable eruptions of acrimony from overwhelmed clinicians on the edge of revolt. The...
The Role of Healthcare Data Governance in Big Data Analytics
Data has always been the lifeblood of the healthcare industry. From blood pressure readings and surgical records to insurance claims, immunization histories, patient demographics, and payment receipts, every action of every member of...
How to Choose the Right Healthcare Big Data Analytics Tools
In just a few short years, the idea of “big data analytics” has transitioned from a mysterious new buzzword to an essential competency for healthcare organizations large and small. Analytics has moved from a lofty...
Breaking Down the Basics of the Patient-Centered Medical Home
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...
Identifying Care Disparities for Population Health Management
Over the last several years, “population health management” has become a key concept for healthcare providers who are trying to recalibrate their traditional operations to meet the growing challenges of value-based reimbursement...
Heart devices linked to injuries, deaths receive FDA’s most serious recall
PharmaNewsIntelligence In a recent announcement, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed that a pair of heart devices, the HeartMate II and HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS), has received the agency's most serious recall classification...
Using telehealth to provide timely mental healthcare in rural Illinois
mHealthIntelligence Various factors are driving the mental healthcare crisis in America, not least of which is the rising demand for services and the concurrent dwindling supply of mental health professionals. As a result, Americans with pressing mental...
Paving the way to a diverse medical workforce starts with med schools
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Exploring 3 common types of viral hepatitis: hepatitis A, B, C
LifeSciencesIntelligence New York University Langone Health defines hepatitis as an inflammation of the liver often caused by a viral infection, commonly hepatitis A, B, and C viruses. A recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that there are...
Exploring 5 types of intellectual property protections in pharma
PharmaNewsIntelligence The Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research defines intellectual property as “any original creation of the human intellect such as artistic, literary, technical, or scientific creation.” Intellectual...
Exploring digital stethoscope technology for improved diagnostics
LifeSciencesIntelligence By combining advanced digital capabilities with traditional auscultation techniques, advanced digital stethoscope technology has transformed how healthcare professionals detect and monitor cardiopulmonary diseases. In an...
What the House subcommittee hearing tells us about telehealth’s future
mHealthIntelligence Jeanette Ashlock was only 30, fresh off her honeymoon, when she first started experiencing multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms. “My muscles and body started locking up,” the National Multiple Sclerosis Society patient advocate told...
How Health First navigated incident response for Change Healthcare cyberattack
HealthITSecurity Few US healthcare organizations were left unscathed when Change Healthcare fell victim to a cyberattack in late February. After all, Change Healthcare, which is part of Optum and owned by UnitedHealth Group (UHG), processes 15 billion...
PHE unwinding work may aid Medicaid, CHIP final rule compliance
HealthPayerIntelligence The eligibility and enrollment processes for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have been riddled with inefficiencies. Policies like annual coverage limits and waiting periods have created barriers for...
How patient experience data prompted patient engagement improvements
PatientEngagementHIT Ensuring an optimal patient experience might be a personal and professional passion for Shanna McCann, a senior experience coach at Children’s Minnesota Pediatric Hospital, but she knows making those improvements relies on cold, hard...
Understanding the environmental impact of the pharmaceutical industry
PharmaNewsIntelligence The pharmaceutical industry is crucial in improving global health by developing and manufacturing life-saving medications. However, it also has a significant environmental impact that cannot be ignored. The Pharmaceutical...
Common remote patient monitoring tools
mHealthIntelligence Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a valuable healthcare delivery mechanism. RPM allows healthcare providers to continuously track patient health metrics over time, giving them a comprehensive view of the patient’s condition and how...
How are Medicare plans lowering drug costs for beneficiaries?
HealthPayerIntelligence Affordable access to prescription drugs is a necessity for managing chronic and acute conditions and staying healthy. However, as drug costs rise, both affordability and accessibility are dwindling. Over 80 percent of surveyed adults said...
Exploring RNA-based therapeutics beyond mRNA vaccines
LifeSciencesIntelligence RNA therapeutics have emerged as a critical tool for the healthcare industry. In recent years, mRNA vaccines have been one of the most notable RNA therapeutics, which played a crucial role in curbing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic....
