By Mark Taylor – Hospitals have EHRs. Health plans have care management platforms. Community organizations have case management tools. State agencies have eligibility, reporting, and program management systems. In many cases, those tools work well enough for the people using them every day. The issue is what happens when those organizations need to work together.
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By April Miller – Preventive health technologies are increasingly reshaping how healthcare systems identify risk, manage chronic disease and respond to patient deterioration. Rather than relying on reactive interventions once symptoms become severe, clinicians now have access to continuous streams of patient data and predictive insights that support earlier decision-making.
As states pursue Rural Health Transformation funding, five priorities keep rising to the top: telehealth, workforce stability, integrated behavioral health, stronger primary care, and the data systems needed for value‑based care. This week’s Friday at Five breaks down what these trends mean for the future of rural health.
By Daree Allen Nieves – What one man’s ESRD journey reveals about the diabetes-to-kidney-failure pipeline, and why closing it is the defining challenge of value-based care.
By Justin Barnes – A key to improving care, cutting costs and increasing revenue is through value-based care levers providing a foundation toward more favorable payer negotiation. Let’s look at building chronic care management into value-based care.
By Pooja Babbrah – In a surprising turn of events, Walmart announced the closure of all 51 of its health clinics. This decision comes just months after signals of potential expansion, making the news particularly shocking and disappointing.
Wednesday, December 7th at 2pm ET. Register for this webinar where expert faculty outline the differences between case management, care coordination and complex care management to frame up a discussion on strategies to leverage effective models for both in-person and remote services.
By Linda Fischer – The ongoing stressors of COVID-19 surges, staffing shortages, and hospitals filled beyond typical capacity have converged over the past year to make efficient care coordination more important than ever. Now, as healthcare workers also prepare for the additional difficulties that come with flu season…
By Kayla Matthews – Thanks to advances in health care, we’ve living longer than ever before. In North America alone, the average lifespan in 2017 is expected to be 79 for men and 81 for women. With our collective advancing age comes the need for improved health care for the elderly.