By Kathleen Aller – We are moving from a clinic and hospital-based model of health and care led by clinicians to a commercially-driven care system: a colossal experiment being conducted by consumers, and based on market forces. So how do we coevolve with the accelerated evolution of healthcare, in terms of access and management?
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By David Burda – If you want great medical care, you should move to Lake Wobegon, where all the hospitals are above average. Anywhere else, chances are your medical care will be average. At least according to a short but revealing research letter published recently in JAMA Health Forum.
By Greg Kefer – Technology innovation is moving at an exponential pace. Think about what has happened in just the past 50 years. If you’re old enough, maybe you remember the Apollo Guidance Computer and how it helped astronauts get to the moon. It was 70 pounds of bleeding edge tech.
By Prakash Hariharasubramanian – There are several ways to approach Robotic Process Automation or RPA implementation. Organizations that are looking for a suitable RPA tool or an implementation partner should think ahead and consider all the potential challenges that they may encounter during their RPA journey.
By Mike Hodge – Often a patient’s healthcare journey doesn’t end at discharge from the hospital. Moreover, medically complex patients require long term acute care outside of the hospital setting. The COVID-19 pandemic has escalated this need in two ways:
By Jinhan Kim – The number of patients with Crohn’s Disease (CD) is set to rise from 1.4 million to 1.55 million or 7% in 2029 across France, Germany, Spain, UK and the U.S. The prevalence of CD is the highest in the U.S. at 243 cases per 100,000 persons.
By Gil Dror – The monkeypox outbreak has accelerated with more than 3,000 cases in the US (according to CDC data) and the vaccine nationwide has been hamstrung by logistical and technical errors. The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak to be a global health emergency.
By David Lareau – Clinicians are among the most highly trained knowledge workers in any industry, yet the systems they use to care for patients hinder their ability to deliver care. EHRs require clinical users to spend too much time searching for clinically relevant information.
By Mike Hodge – In an effort to reduce costs, healthcare organizations are transitioning care models from the high-cost hospital setting to non-acute facilities. At the same time, the senior population over 65 is rapidly growing, accounting for 17% of the total population in 2020, and projected to grow to 21% in 2030.