By Susan Clark -During the DirectTrust conference in late September, I had the great fortune to run into Marc Mar-Yohana, founder of OtisHealth, a DirectTrust member who was speaking at the conference. Like me, he sees the bright side of things and has a positive energy vibe.
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By Eric Demers – With more than half of patients using a health plan’s provider directory to select a physician, incorrect physician information has quietly become one of the biggest barriers to treatment. Value-based care is supposed to optimize patient outcomes, but that’s tough to do when patients can’t find the appropriate healthcare services.
By Chris Bowen – In recent years, blockchain technology has emerged as the buzzword across multiple industries, promising to revolutionize processes with its decentralized and secure framework. In the healthcare sector, it has been hailed as the solution to longstanding challenges.
By Gary Hamilton & Celissa Halfhill – Some patient populations are harder to engage than others. No one understands this better than Community Health Centers, who tirelessly serve marginalized communities often overlooked by traditional healthcare systems.
By Devin Partida – While patients are fundamental to the healthcare industry, they often get left out of the conversation. In the interest of improving outcomes and increasing engagement, information technology teams must design patient-centered websites. How should they go about it?
By Jen Lamppa PhD – Clinical trials have a diversity problem. Despite years of effort, the participants in many studies still fail to reflect the true demographics of the populations they aim to serve. The consequences are profound: limited applicability of results, missed insights, and health inequities that persist across generations.
By Laurie Seall – Data that sits in a legacy system is at risk of becoming inaccessible. As applications and servers age, they become more vulnerable to cyberattacks and downtime. As the need for data agility and efficiency continues to evolve, it is important to do some cleanup work that will pay off for years to come.
By Ainsley Lawrence – In our data-centric world, predictive analytics has emerged as a groundbreaking technology, providing powerful insights that can be used to revolutionize preventive medicine. With the proportion of people aged 65 and older increasing at a fast rate and with nearly…
By Steve Siegel – As Americans’ life expectancy increases, so does their likelihood of undergoing major surgery at some point in their lives. Knee replacement surgery, or total knee arthroplasty (TKA), is poised for a significant surge, projected to increase from 790,000 surgeries per year to 3.48 million by 2030.