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3 Ways Consumers are Putting the Pressure on Health Plans

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Mike Pattwell, Principal Business Advisor, Value Based Care at Edifecs Consumers are at the heart of healthcare — their fears are forcing healthcare innovators to shift priorities to deliver consumer-centric digital health offerings. This is true today, tomorrow, and far into the future.

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Value-Based Approach Reduces Costs

BHM Healthcare Solutions

. “If it were simpler for practices to participate and succeed in risk, more would adopt the models that incentivize outcomes — better care quality, improved patient experience and lower costs — rather than volume of services provided,” the letter stated. healthcare costs.

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How Population Health Analytics Helps Providers Achieve Value-Based Care

care innovations

And emerging as a key way to usher in that change is population health analytics, which providers are embracing as a means to offset the risk transferred to them by new guidelines from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Giving patients a clearer picture of their health, thereby boosting engagement.

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Healthcare Fragmentation Isn’t So Bad, If It Comes with Better Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare providers maintain different systems than payers, as do government entities like Medicare and Medicaid. While data fragmentation brings significant challenges, the data generated in our healthcare system is one of the most valuable assets to the healthcare industry to drive affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

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Boston Children’s, Brigham and Women’s & Northwell Health leverage virtual assistants for a better patient care experience

Consumer eHealth Engagement

During the World Congress Patient Experience & Engagement Summit in Boston, I led a panel with these innovative health systems, discussing how they are using virtual health assistants (e.g. AI Chatbots, Voice) to increase efficiency in care delivery and enhance the patient experience.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

The company's work in healthcare has spanned cloud computing, cybersecurity and precision medicine. This year, the company announced an initiative, Healthcare NExT, to create products for medical providers and patients with the goal of accelerating healthcare innovation using artificial intelligence and cloud services.

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2023 may bring progress in SDOH tech, telehealth and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Brillman discusses the technology trends that will drive healthcare innovation in the new year. What I have been most excited about is the acceleration in the concrete steps that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services states and accreditation organizations are taking to inspire action in the space of health equity.