Population Health

From the pacemaker to the joint replacement: an online registration for implants should soon be obligatory in Germany - and increase patient safety.

The vendor, which focuses on small and rural healthcare providers, is interested in a suite of tools for chronic care management and aggregation of clinical and personal health data.

TriHealth’s Lori Baker and Donna Peters share how the organization got all of its nursing and home care facilities documenting quality and utilization directly into its Epic EHR to determine the best outcomes.

Central Georgia Health Network VP Jodi Ingram and CIO Gabriel Orthous say getting providers and payers to trust each other means speaking both of their languages.

Patient trust and transparency are key to pushing the boundaries of what can be accomplished in healthcare, says Elena Bonfiglioli, Microsoft's Managing Director of Health and Life Sciences for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Patient-generated data from apps, devices and digital therapeutics will make personal health dashboards that manage wellness possible, says HIMSS Personal Connected Health Alliance Director of Thought Advisory John Sharp. 

Successful healthcare transformation depends on merging compliance with convenience in tools used by clinicians, says Elena Bonfiglioli, Microsoft's Managing Director of Health and Life Sciences for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Analytics are helping providers better understand and provide care for their patient populations.

New Mexico Hospital Association is pushing data to clinicians so they have informed conversations with patients — rather than operating like TSA agents, says Beth Landon, the organization’s director of policy.