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Population Health

Patient Engagement
By Bill Siwicki | 02:35 pm | October 05, 2018
This case study shows how the system connected more than 50,000 vulnerable patients with appointments, with 38 percent of those for the uninsured, by giving patients greater visibility into care options.
Workforce
By HIMSS TV | 04:12 pm | October 04, 2018
Gyre Renwick, vice president at Lyft, is leading the company’s healthcare team to develop partnerships and find solutions to address the major social determinant of health that impact people’s lives – getting to the doctor before an emergency.
Patient Engagement
By Bill Siwicki | 02:09 pm | October 03, 2018
This case study shows how the Alliance for Better Health launched a referral network to help providers to ensure patients have access to housing, food, education, transportation and more.
Accountable Care
By Bill Siwicki | 05:37 pm | September 28, 2018
A case study about how tech helped Princeton reduce inpatient utilization by 5 percent and decrease expenditures in post-acute care by 12 percent since it began with the MSSP program.
Analytics
By Mike Miliard | 02:35 pm | September 28, 2018
Boston Children’s Hospital and MedStar Health Research Institute will use the LEAP in Health IT funding to develop new interoperability applications for clinical workflow and pop health.
Patient Engagement
By Tom Sullivan | 10:00 am | September 20, 2018
Dave Chase puts forth contrarian viewpoints in his new book, and predicts that millennials will redirect the future of healthcare – which is a good thing.
Population Health
By HIMSS TV | 10:30 am | September 19, 2018
Livongo CEO Glen Tullman explains that moves by businesses like Amazon and CVS are pushing the traditional healthcare system model because ready or not, consumers want to make their own healthcare decisions.
Population Health
By HIMSS TV | 08:20 am | September 18, 2018
Albert Chi, MD, medical director of Muscle Integration at Oregon Health & Science University, and patient Johnny Matheny demonstrate how nerve reassignment and VR rehab work to advance prosthetic limb technology.
Analytics
By Mike Miliard | 03:22 pm | September 13, 2018
Data-driven partnerships with skilled nursing facilities helped the Ohio health system improve care outcomes and lower costs.
Mobile Health IT
By Mike Miliard | 02:39 pm | September 13, 2018
University of California San Diego researchers have created a new biometric technology they say could help securely identify children and and even newborns with just the wave of a finger.