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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

I’d like to discuss what I believe are five areas of significant opportunity for quality technologies. According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015. EHRs were designed as documentation centers for billing and regulatory purposes.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

In a 2004 study by the Health Disparities Collaborative to improve diabetes care in Midwest community health centers, 19 health centers initiated a diabetes quality improvement effort based on a model that included rapid Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles from the continuous quality improvement field. What are the Benefits of CCM?

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Employees have access to the health system’s community education program offering hundreds of classes, and over 60 percent of Mercyhealth partners use some kind of flexible scheduling. For employees over 55 years old, the hospital offers free Medicare and health claims assistance. Lenovo (Morrisville, N.C.).