Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In addition to highlighting the Patient’s Bill of Rights, NABIP’s keynotes and general sessions will speak to similar topics being brainstormed at VIVE this week — including mental health, maternal health, pharmacy and prescription drugs (pricing, PBMs), population health, and Medicare and Medicaid innovations.

HIPAA 340

HIPAA Public Health Leadership Mental health 340

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The SMART Health standard thankfully makes the patient’s job simple. A payer such as Medicare could just put a card on its web site for each patient to download. Once you have a card, uploading a URL or QR code to a web site should take no more effort than typing in your Medicare number. Version 2.0

FHIR 105

FHIR Medicare Interoperability EHR 105

New Age Healthcare

JULY 22, 2020

In the United States alone, focused safety improvements led to an estimated US$28 billion in savings in Medicare hospitals between 2010 and 2015. Greater patient involvement is the key to safer care. Engaging patients can reduce the burden of harm by up to 15%, saving billions of dollars each year.

Medicare 118

Medicare Patient Experience 118

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 26, 2022

NEJM Catalyst defines value-based care (VBC) as “A healthcare delivery model in which providers are paid based on patient health outcomes – providers are rewarded for helping patients improve their health, reduce the effects and incidence of chronic disease, and live healthier lives in an evidence-based way.”.

Primary Care 80

Primary Care Medicare Healthcare IT Patient Experience 80

Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

” That was written in the 2001-2010 period of healthcare spending, so an old story giving me feelings of déjà vu. Even with moderating medical trend growth, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expect that healthcare spending will account for 20% of the U.S. economy by 2026. Now, to Figure 4 (the third graphic).

Medicare 159

Medicare Telehealth Nursing Pharmaceuticals 159

New Age Healthcare

JULY 22, 2020

In the United States alone, focused safety improvements led to an estimated US$28 billion in savings in Medicare hospitals between 2010 and 2015. Greater patient involvement is the key to safer care. Engaging patients can reduce the burden of harm by up to 15%, saving billions of dollars each year.

Medicare 62

Medicare Patient Experience 62

care innovations

JUNE 13, 2018

More than 70 rural hospitals have closed since 2010 , reports NPR , and experts are increasingly pointing to telehealth as a possible solution. A variety of high-profile telehealth-centered websites including Healthcare IT News and MobiHealthNews are also published under the HIMSS Media banner.

Telemedicine 46

Telemedicine Telehealth Medicare Patient Experience 46