Healthcare IT News
After a banner year for healthcare breaches, it's worth taking stock of where we are and what we need to do to ensure 2017 is better for cybersecurity. Darren Lacey, chief information security officer at Johns Hopkins offers his perspective on the state of the industry.
Peggy Chou shares the journey Atrius Health took in improving the risk adjustment on its value-based reimbursement contracts. Starting with a deep analysis of its existing EHR data, Atrius began a process that included clinicians, finance and IT staff members. Ultimately, the team was able to improve Atrius' ability to document at-risk members of the population. This led to procedures for reaching out to patients with chronic conditions and an improvement in the risk adjustment for the health status of its population.
By analyzing data from payer claims and its own referral-management tracking system, Lawrence General Hospital was able to engage clinicians in strategies for improving care retention.
(SPONSORED) Judy Hanover, director of strategic initiatives for Healthcare at Pure Storage, talks about the coming trends for data crunching.
Targeting the triple aim requires an empirical, evidence-based approach, says Joseph Doyle, professor of management at MIT's Sloan School.
Richard Finley, MD, director of medical analytics at University of Mississippi Medical Center, talks about how the health system tackles risk stratification for remote monitoring.
Palmetto Health's Chief Value and Informatics Officer Tripp Jennings, MD, clears up some misunderstandings about analytics and big data.
Where to start with an effective analytics program? A big staff and bigger budget are not prerequisites, says Karen Reff, manager of decision support at Union General Hospital.
"During National Health IT Week, we recommit ourselves to improving the health of our citizenry using the breakthrough technologies of our time and reaching for the next frontier of innovation," said Obama.
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