Patient Engagement
A price transparency service allows providers to make choices that are in the clinical and economic best interests of the patient, says Andrew Mellin, VP and medical informatics physician at Surescripts.
The system is building on a program that saw early results including a 62 percent mortality rate reduction.
Enabling providers and regulators to focus on patients will improve the quality of care delivered and reduce adverse events, says Michel Amous, regional managing director at InterSystems.
In keeping with its commitment to the ongoing improvement of patient experience and in attempting to rebuild trust following last year’s scandal, HealthEngine has created a new advisory group.
Pophealth
The company will help the academic medical center build out its Medicare Advantage plan, as well as developing new AI-powered diagnostics, clinical pathways and more.
The pact will enable customers to use medical devices for monitoring blood glucose and pressure as well as weight management, the companies say.
A new survey with the HealthCare Executive Group sees trends such as consumerism and social determinants forcing providers and payers to fundamentally rethink how care is delivered and reimbursed.
Sharing systems and data, speed to market and agility and improved security are among the reasons payers are making the move to cloud.
Ursula Hübner with the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück and Beth Elias with University of Scranton discuss the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform and strategic approaches to seamlessly delivering health informatics education.