By David Harlow – It may not have the zing of a best-seller’s title, but check out the latest report from the HHS OIG: Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations Have Shown Potential for Reducing Spending and Improving Quality.
Read More
By David Wright – An effective approach to patient engagement must consider not only the patient’s condition, but their demographics, health literacy, support system, family structure, personal goals and “capacity to engage.”
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news includes TeleCare, Call9, Specialists On Call, GlobalMed, Petriage, Rock Health and CirrusMD.
Healthcare consumers are familiar with and trust cloud technology, yet nearly one in three still can not easily access their medical records, according to a report released from Ambra Health, “Era of Change: Today’s Healthcare Consumer”.
There has long been bipartisan agreement that effective national policies must be anchored in rigorous fact-based analysis. However, this commitment to evidence is easier to extol than employ.
Interviews with Justin Campbell – Justin talks to HIE Executives Paul Brannan, Charles Christian and Todd Rogow about security, sustainability and accessibility of healthcare information.
By Bakul Patel – Imagine an intensive care unit for newborns. An interface on a device called a pulse oximeter is sending data on changes in the newborns’ blood oxygen level to a hospital computer system that simultaneously gathers data from EKGs that are monitoring the electrical activity of their hearts.
By Sabrina Corlette & Kevin Lucia – Among the Trump administration’s first promises was to give states more flexibility and control over their health insurance markets than they had had during the Obama years.
By Sabrina Corlette & Kevin Lucia – Among the Trump administration’s first promises was to give states more flexibility and control over their health insurance…