Population and Public Health

Healthcare IT security expert Danielle Morrison explains how IT outage recovery, downtime and disruption costs some independent and senior care providers "tens of thousands of dollars per minute" and compromises patient safety and care quality.

At HIMSS26, Greg O'Neill, director of patient and family health education at ChristianaCare, discusses increasing health literacy to bring changes to medical practice and help patients understand their medications.

The plans are committing to adopt value-driven payment structures that expand tech-enabled care for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions.

This comes as it recently extended the screening age to 74 and started transitioning to a population-based digital register.

The partnership will allow Mira's hormone test results to be compared with Oura Ring data on sleep, temperature and readiness, enabling trend tracking.

Improving accountability and streamlining technical complexities are key to improving cybersecurity postures now at small- to medium-sized hospitals, says Jackie Mattingly of Clearwater.

The network covers patients within an area ranging 53,000 square miles. Access to essential mental and behavioral health services has skyrocketed, with patients getting care in hours not weeks, two telehealth leaders report.

Nine pilot programs will test the interoperability of behavioral health-specific data elements to strengthen care coordination and social referral workflows, streamline federal reporting and more.

While hospitals and health systems continue to face an array of significant challenges, human-centered innovations that pair data with agility are helping improve caregiver experience and patient care, the research firm says. 

By pairing medication therapy with consistent, telemedicine-enabled clinical oversight and care management support, the health system's program tackles the behavioral and lifestyle components necessary for success.