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

Healthcare It News

" Feinberg acknowledged the challenges of accountable care. "Being current on complex and changing payment models, staying on the right side of a razor-thin margin is a difficult task even for the best managed health systems and provider organizations," he said.

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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 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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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. Health Care Law and Consulting. David Harlow.

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How Health Payment Accounts Improve Health Equity

HIT Consultant

A new style of employee benefit known as Health Payment Accounts (HPAs) gives employers a better way to protect and ensure the financial health of employees when they get sick. What Is a Health Payment Account? Employees can simply use their HPA card to turn a $200 copay into twenty payments of $10.

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Dignity Health integrates asthma and COPD data, sees 54% drop in ER visits

Healthcare It News

CommonSpirit is developing the digital capabilities and clinical and administrative processes to provide these services, which will enable patients to have greater control over their care, empower education, increase engagement, target improved clinical outcomes and further support population health management. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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HIMSSCast: Whole person care and data interoperability drivers

Healthcare It News

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.