Category: ACO
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Patient Engagement: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
Healthcare is fast entering what could be called the Age of Engagement – an era destined to transform the patient-doctor relationship while also re-writing the playbook on how to successfully run a medical practice. Two powerful forces have converged to create a tipping point for patient engagement. The first trend is rooted in the information…
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Unleashing The Value Of Virtual Care: Hurdling Telehealth’s Three Biggest Obstacles
By Bill Fera, MD A shortage of physicians and expanded patient base are contributing to a telehealth surge, but three obstacles threaten to inhibitt the full value these services and technologies offer. Telehealth services and technologies continue to gain ground. According to the American Telemedicine Association, more than half of all hospitals use some form…
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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 12/22/14
As the year closes out, my hospital’s employed physician group continues to acquire physician practices under the guise of building its accountable care network. At this stage in the game, however, the strong independent practices have either grown to a point where acquisition isn’t a viable option or have banded together as part of IPA…
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Unity Farm Journal – 5th Week of October 2014
One challenge of being a farmer is that the animals, plants and infrastructure need you 24x7x365. This Fall, I’ve had to travel to China (last week) and will be in Europe (London, Berlin, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam) next week. Last weekend was filled with catchup for the time missed and preparing for the time to be…
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AHA to CMS: Make ACO Participation Easier
The American Hospital Association (AHA) wrote a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently, imploring the government agency to make it easier for providers to join the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization and Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) initiatives. …read more
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5 ways technology can enable accountable care
Leading by example, giving patients better access to their health records and borrowing innovations from other industries are all good strategies to transform healthcare, according to a panel of experts (pictured right) at FierceHealthIT‘s executive breakfast, “Harnessing Technology and Data to Enable Accountable Care,” held this morning at the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS)…
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Carilion Clinic Tackles Accountable Care on Multiple Fronts
At the Carilion Clinic health system in Roanoke, Virginia, Stephen Morgan, M.D., senior vice president and CMIO, is helping to lead transformative change, as Carilion plunges ahead with public and private accountable care initiatives At the 600-physician Carilion Clinic integrated health system, Stephen Morgan, M.D., senior vice president and CMIO, is helping to lead transformative…
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BIDMC to focus on tools for preventing harm, engaging families in ICUs
With a $5.3 million grant, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center plans to create digital tools to further eliminate preventable harm in the intensive care unit and better engage with patients and… …read more
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ACoS Commission on Cancer, PHCQA partner to make PA cancer quality data available to public
The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer has joined with the Pennsylvania Health Care Quality Alliance to make cancer quality data from participating Pennsylvania hospitals available to the public. The initiative, which is the first of its kind in the U.S., will include data from 72 percent (52 programs) of all CoC-accredited cancer programs…
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The Value Of Integrating EMR And Claims/Cost Data In The Transition To Population Health Management
In the transition to accountable care, health care systems and provider groups have scaled new heights rapidly through integrating data. Adding claims/cost to EMR data enables informed value-based decisions by offering a complete view of a patient’s health care history. …read more