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Cerner CEO pledges to zero-out 'noise' from EHRs, population health and revenue cycle

Healthcare It News

He explained: "It's the noise in the healthcare system that will drag you down, she said. " Health IT has enabled a lot of major progress in recent years, he said, but there's still a lot of heavy lifting to do. "COVID-19 showed the world what's wrong: Not enough focus on public health, prevention and equity.

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A guide to healthcare digital transformation and the digital-first model

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Besides being all the rage in the industry, digital transformation is a key component to the strategy of forward-leaning hospitals and health systems today. It aligns healthcare organizations with its customers – highly digital patients. However, holistic transformation goes beyond technology implementation.

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Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Our conversation focused on the opportunities for improving population health through ACOs. not another post-it note around.”.

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HIMSSCast: Whole person care and data interoperability drivers

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Social determinants of health – the food, shelter and security attributes of patients that exist outside of care settings – contribute disproportionate risks for disease, hospital readmissions and a lack of access to quality healthcare among vulnerable populations, including people on Medicare. Like what you hear?

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The confluence of value-based care and population health

Health Blawg

In the weeks leading up to the HIMSS 2018 conference in early March, I posted a question to the HIMSS community (45,000 strong in person at the conference and over 180,000 strong on the Linked In group), seeking to encourage conversation about the intersection of value-based care and population health. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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As value-based health moves from philosophy to reality, providers, payers focus on equity and interoperability

Fierce Healthcare

Equity was at the forefront of Reuters’ value-based health conference in Philadelphia last month. Over two days, executives from accountable care organizations, health systems and payers spoke about interoperability, population health, social determinants, the cost of care and taking on risk.

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The state of rural healthcare today, and what technology can do to help

Healthcare It News

Health disparities have the potential to negatively impact rural Americans much more than urban Americans. No doubt, rural healthcare currently is facing many challenges, such as lack of bed availability – even as COVID-19 decreases. What is happening with rural healthcare, and specifically bed availability in rural healthcare?