Population Health
Speaking at UK e-Health Week today (15 May), Matthew Swindells, NHS England National Director, Operations and Information, urged organisations to address issues with ‘basic IT’ in an effort to start moving towards a ‘personalised, data-led, fast to deploy new innovations’ system.
The multi-specialty group practice undertook a large project to use analytics and reduce emergency room utilization – and it worked.
As hospitals collect patient data they must characterize it well, apply new technologies – and practice what Cleveland Clinic’s Paul Ford calls "human medicine."
Hospitals should expect orders of magnitude more data, with emerging tools, to put information to work.
New partnership led by Andy Slavitt, Trevor Price and David Whelan plans to focus on innovation for the medically underserved.
The Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act now heads to the House, where there is similar bipartisan legislation.
The Pennsylvania health system will launch a 1,000-patient pilot in six months with a systemwide rollout planned for the near future, said Geisinger President David Feinberg, MD.
Douglas Reding, MD, chief medical officer at Ascension Wisconsin, explains the key tactics needed to achieve the value prospect of personalized care.
New version of the company's software aims to make it easier for acute care providers to order up virtual consults.
University Health System in Texas is using analytics and marketing technology to better identify community needs.