Health Blawg

APRIL 27, 2018

I heard a nice definition of population health recently: “Connecting people with resources for healthy living.”. There is a growing understanding that SDOH are foundational to patient and population health; that without taking care of the basics – food, shelter, clothing – delivering health care services is simply not enough.

Primary Care 60

Primary Care Accountable Care 60

Health Blawg

APRIL 27, 2018

I heard a nice definition of population health recently: “Connecting people with resources for healthy living.”. There is a growing understanding that SDOH are foundational to patient and population health; that without taking care of the basics – food, shelter, clothing – delivering health care services is simply not enough.

Primary Care 60

Primary Care Accountable Care 60

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

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Primary Care 95

Primary Care Nursing Accountable Care Medicare 95

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient.

Telemedicine 148

Telemedicine Nursing Mental health Health Information 148

American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

Kiosks: American Well kiosks come in enclosed, console, and desktop form, and are used as a way for patients to connect with doctors for immediate medical care. Telehealth/Telemedicine: There are many different definitions for telehealth and telemedicine , as well as continuous debate over whether they actually mean the same thing.

Telehealth 48

Telehealth EMR HIPAA Telemedicine 48

American Well

MARCH 17, 2016

Kiosks: American Well kiosks come in enclosed, console, and desktop form, and are used as a way for patients to connect with doctors for immediate medical care. Telehealth/Telemedicine: There are many different definitions for telehealth and telemedicine , as well as continuous debate over whether they actually mean the same thing.

Telehealth 48

Telehealth EMR HIPAA Telemedicine 48

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

In general, Micky said he prefers incentives to mandates, and cited as an example of a mandate gone awry the Massachusetts HIE, which got tangled up in definitions of terms like “provider” or “connected” or “use.”.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR eHealth 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

In general, Micky said he prefers incentives to mandates, and cited as an example of a mandate gone awry the Massachusetts HIE, which got tangled up in definitions of terms like “provider” or “connected” or “use.”

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR eHealth 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

In general, Micky said he prefers incentives to mandates, and cited as an example of a mandate gone awry the Massachusetts HIE, which got tangled up in definitions of terms like “provider” or “connected” or “use.”.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

In general, Micky said he prefers incentives to mandates, and cited as an example of a mandate gone awry the Massachusetts HIE, which got tangled up in definitions of terms like “provider” or “connected” or “use.”

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

In general, Micky said he prefers incentives to mandates, and cited as an example of a mandate gone awry the Massachusetts HIE, which got tangled up in definitions of terms like “provider” or “connected” or “use.”

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2018

In general, Micky said he prefers incentives to mandates, and cited as an example of a mandate gone awry the Massachusetts HIE, which got tangled up in definitions of terms like “provider” or “connected” or “use.”.

Interoperability 60

Interoperability EHR FHIR HIE 60

Docnotes

AUGUST 19, 2017

I’ve often returned to Michael Porter’s short essay on this topic when I feel my definition meandering. Accountable Care Organizations represent a compelling alternative to the Iora-style leapfrog. Defining value, of course, is not easy. Go read it now. Ok, you’re back? That was good, eh?

Primary Care 45

Primary Care Accountable Care Leadership EHR 45

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

"We are definitely moving forward with investigation of remote patient monitoring as we see this is a piece of our continued growth strategy," Mistretta added. " Definite funds for telemedicine. After the huge surges of 2020, telehealth visits have remained at 25% of Virginia Hospital Center visits.

Connected Health 214

Connected Health Telehealth Telemedicine Leadership 214

Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

By focusing on medical definitions of success (generally expressed as HEDIS measures), the program medicalized social problems and failed to explicitly recognize the significant role that social determinants play in the health of our communities. Did this happen everywhere? This was a minority of PPS. But it happened. I’ll be optimistic.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Telehealth HIE Public Health 52

American Well

AUGUST 27, 2013

And added capacity and efficiency that the healthcare system definitely needs come 1/1/14. Healthcare is becoming more consumer-driven and consumers are demanding new ways to access care. We physicians felt that these provided fragmented and substandard care. Those are very real figures.

Telehealth 48

Telehealth Accountable Care Pharmaceuticals Telemedicine 48

American Well

AUGUST 27, 2013

And added capacity and efficiency that the healthcare system definitely needs come 1/1/14. Healthcare is becoming more consumer-driven and consumers are demanding new ways to access care. We physicians felt that these provided fragmented and substandard care. Those are very real figures.

Telehealth 48

Telehealth Accountable Care Pharmaceuticals Telemedicine 48

HIStalk Interviews

JULY 25, 2018

Everybody defines it in their own way, and if they can define it their own way, then we don’t have a definition. I don’t know how you attack a problem that has a nebulous definition. We have to create accountable care organizations. Now what are they doing? We have to coordinate patients.

EHR 52

EHR Interoperability Life Science Accountable Care 52