FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

A study published in Health Affairs on Tuesday shows that California was able to cut its maternal death rate in half even as the U.S. national maternal death rate doubled. Here are some of the actions they took that may have contributed.

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Lloyd Price

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Armed with a mouse and computer screen instead of a scalpel and operating theater, cardiologist Benjamin Meder carefully places the electrodes of a pacemaker in a beating, digital heart. Using this “digital twin” that mimics the electrical and physical properties of the cells in patient 7497’s heart, Meder runs simulations to see if the pacemaker can keep the congestive heart failure sufferer alive — before he has inserted a knife.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Quality improvement collaboratives are one way the health system can accelerate the redesign of care delivery. This study found an estimated $86 million in savings and an associated 22% drop in heart attacks as evidence.

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