Home Health Care

MAY 30, 2024

Specifically, home-based care – home health services, house calls and other ways of engaging with Medicare beneficiaries in the home – allows UnitedHealth Group and Optum to take a more preventative approach. That, in turn, benefits the company as well as the health care system as a whole, according to Witty.

Population Health 88

Population Health Prevention Quality of Care Home Care 88

HIT Consultant

JUNE 12, 2024

VBC: A Shift from Quantity to Quality VBC represents a paradigm shift in healthcare, moving away from fee-for-service models that reward the number of patients seen and procedures performed. Instead, VBC incentivizes healthcare providers based on patient outcomes and the quality of care delivered.

Population Health 71

Population Health Primary Care Prevention Quality of Care 71

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Achieving health equity presents an urgent challenge that demands attention from all stakeholders. However, actual medical care accounts for 20% or less of what affects population health. Rural communities may lack easy access to preventive care and screenings. The costs are astronomical.

Health Data 115

Health Data Telemedicine Accountability Doctors 115

HIT Consultant

JUNE 30, 2024

Value-based care seeks to improve health outcomes by leveraging the Quintuple Aim framework – focusing on the patient experience, population health success, cost reduction, team wellbeing, and health equity.

Prevention 115

Prevention Integration Healthcare Providers Healthcare 115

Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

These shifting priorities have catalyzed the desire to track patient outcomes and cost-savings for improved quality of care. Passed in 2016, The Cures Act requires that electronic health record (EHR) systems provide patient-facing application programming interfaces (APIs) to maintain federal certifications.

Integration 127

Integration Healthcare Quality of Care Regulations 127

HIT Consultant

JULY 23, 2024

People of color, low-income families, rural residents, and immigrant communities often face a daunting array of barriers that prevent them from accessing quality preventive and diagnostic services. The consequences of these disparities are staggering, especially when it comes to diseases like lung cancer.

Prevention 96

Prevention Primary Care Quality of Care Telemedicine 96

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Burnout has been linked to decreased quality of care and increased safety incidents, and it can adversely impact the bottom line if physicians leave their posts and providers have to foot the bill to fill the gaps in care. VBC also focuses on preventative care, not just treatment after discovering an illness.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Prevention Quality Improvement Quality of Care 98

HIT Consultant

APRIL 16, 2024

Through MSSP, they have demonstrably reduced healthcare costs while maintaining exceptional quality of care for over 60,000 Medicare beneficiaries. Coordinated Care: A focus on ensuring patients receive well-coordinated care across different healthcare providers.

Accountable Care 52

Accountable Care Accountability Medicare Population Health 52

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Unlocking data silos using Federated Computing (FC) has the potential to achieve a positive impact across the healthcare industry, ranging from clinical care quality improvement and accreditation to population health management, precision public health and equitable drug development.

Life Sciences 64

Life Sciences Population Health Quality Improvement Healthcare Providers 64

HIT Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

Andy Auerbach, Chief Revenue Officer of SafeRide Health As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, there is a growing need for innovative solutions that not only improve the quality of care but also make care more accessible.

Medicaid 96

Medicaid Regulations Medicare Integration 96

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Low-income and women of color face the brunt of this stagnation as 84% of all maternal-related deaths are deemed preventable, with black women three times more likely to die than white women. Despite the recent number of valuable research and tech developments, this sector remains at a complete standstill.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Population Health Doctors Telemedicine 52

Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

These shifting priorities have catalyzed the desire to track patient outcomes and cost-savings for improved quality of care. Passed in 2016, The Cures Act requires that electronic health record (EHR) systems provide patient-facing application programming interfaces (APIs) to maintain federal certifications.

Integration 73

Integration Healthcare Quality of Care Regulations 73

Twistle

JULY 9, 2021

Over the past year we’ve experienced the important role of telemedicine in monitoring and managing patient health and wellness. Adding remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology to a telehealth program increases access to care and enhances the quality of care delivery. Improved Quality of Care.

Quality of Care 52

Quality of Care Accountability Integration Telemedicine 52

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2018

The researchers recommend three strategies: first, address key modifiable risks like diet, tobacco, alcohol and drug use, activity, and obesity; then improve access to quality of care in specific areas to address chronic kidney disease and substance use disorders; and, address social determinants of health.

Quality of Care 78

Quality of Care Accountability Nursing Prevention 78

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Best in KLAS: Inpatient Clinical Care 340B Management Systems PharmaForce 340B Acute Care EMR: Large ( >400 Beds) Epic EpicCare Inpatient EMR Acute Care EMR: Midsize (151–400 Beds) Epic EpicCare Inpatient EMR Acute Care EMR: Small (1–150 Beds) MEDITECH Expanse Acute Care EMR Automated Dispensing Cabinets BD Pyxis MedStation ES Clinical Communications: (..)

Integration 52

Integration Population Health Patient Experience Nursing 52

NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

Figure 1 displays a consolidated overview of the “Framework for Public Health-Health Care System Collaboration.” A precondition of sustaining these partnerships is sustained investment in state and local public health capacity.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Accountability Public Health services Population Health 52

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Given the complex needs of system-involved youth, healthcare systems must collaborate closely with child welfare and juvenile justice agencies to ensure consistent care that addresses individuals’ physical, mental, and behavioral health needs. Leveraging healthcare data and technology to enhance quality of care.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Medicaid Integration Prevention 52

HIT Consultant

JUNE 28, 2022

Disparities in the way medical professionals assess and treat pain in people of color, for example, have been the focus of many studies and reflect an unconscious bias among some medical professionals that prevents members from getting the care they need.

Quality Assurance 52

Quality Assurance Population Health Medicaid Hospitals 52

NASHP

JUNE 22, 2023

having one of the most advanced health care systems in the world, U.S. 3] Most maternal deaths are considered preventable, with the majority due to cardiovascular conditions, infection or sepsis, hemorrhage, and suicide or overdose. They focus on population health and use both community and patient engagement.

Medicaid 59

Medicaid Prevention Accountability Medicare 59

Medical GPS

MAY 13, 2021

Gibala writes in her MEDI Leadership newsletter, “Over the past several years a lot has been written and done around team-based care. The challenge is how to educate patients on those benefits so as to preventatively alleviate any awkward tension and even encourage patients to seek out APPs as part of their healthcare team.

Patient Experience 52

Patient Experience Healthcare Integration Nursing 52

NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center is currently supporting the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) model across seven sites in six states. This model aims to improve quality of care for children, including CYSHCN, through integrated care delivery systems that include care coordination.[12].

Medicaid 98

Medicaid Integration Accountability Quality Improvement 98

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2023

In addition, the increased stress that doctors have experienced is resulting in worse patient care – with 28% of doctors who reported burnout sharing that the quality of care they are providing has significantly declined.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Nursing Healthcare Providers Doctors 52

Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In addition, only four models met the requirements to be expanded in duration and scope: Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; Pioneer ACO Model; Repetitive, Prior Authorization of Repetitive, Schedule Non-Emergent Ambulance Transport Model; and Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Expanded Model.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Medicare Accountable Care Accountability 52

NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

[ii] These shortages of primary care providers (PCPs), who serve as the entry point to medical care and often play a large role in coordinating patient care, create challenges for residents of rural areas, the PCPs who serve them, and the Medicaid agencies responsible for providing access to services for program participants throughout the state.

Primary Care 64

Primary Care Medicaid Accountability Quality Improvement 64

Patient Safety Movement

JANUARY 31, 2024

In medicine, thousands of patients sustain preventable harm, and yet we do not know the actual number, as very little is reported. If this data were made available, with the aid of AI technology reviewing medical records, would we have the same response as in the airline industry to prevent the same errors from occurring again and again?

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Prevention Hospitals Pharmaceuticals 52

Home Health Care

MARCH 28, 2022

This is how we can help prevent falls. This is what we can save downstream, as far health care costs.” What’s the quality of care? We try to focus on ways of working together in that health care continuum. We’ve worked really closely with the home health and hospice team.

Home Care 84

Home Care Medicare Hospitals Medicaid 84

NASHP

MAY 8, 2023

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health : Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. There is growing consensus that accurate and complete collection of race and ethnicity data is a key element to addressing health equity.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Regulations Prevention Medicare 52