Category: HIE

It’s the health care holy grail: higher quality care at lower cost, and there are a growing number of accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the United States aiming to achieve it, in part by influencing where patients receive care. This carries risk to patient well-being and choice, but medical ethicists at Johns Hopkins and Brigham…

An independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health concluded that individualized, patient-centered care is needed to treat and monitor the estimated 100 million Americans living with chronic pain. To achieve this aim, the panel recommends more research and development around the evidence-based, multidisciplinary approaches needed to balance patient perspectives, desired outcomes, and safety.…

The Emergent-Risk population represents one of the greatest threats to population health and will overwhelm the current U.S. healthcare system if something isn’t done to engage these individuals in improving their health and quality of life, warned Neal Kaufman, MD, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of DPS Health. …read more      

Three Republican senators have asked the Government Accountability Office to review the health information exchanges funded by the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT. read more …read more      

Walgreens and WebMD Health Corp. have launched a virtual wellness-coaching program to help and incentivize consumers to make healthier choices at home, work and on-the-go. Walgreens and WebMD Health Corp. have launched a virtual wellness-coaching program to help and incentivize consumers to make healthier choices at home, work and on-the-go. The new tool, Your Digital…

0 The ONC recently released a report on State HIE Program to determine how it did in establishing statewide data exchange across the country. What’d they find? Some progress, some challenges intact, and a whole mess of questions. During the Christmas/New Year’s two-week window, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released…

Dan Drawbaugh, the former chief information officer and executive vice president at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) health system, has been named CEO of the Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Colorado. Dan Drawbaugh, the former chief information officer and executive vice president at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) health…

Arcturus Therapeutics Inc., developing the ‘next wave’ of RNA medicines, today announced that Joseph Payne, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present a corporate overview, including the company’s new messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics pipeline, at two upcoming healthcare conferences. …read more      

Historically, the relationship between CFOs and CMOs has not always been one filled with cohesiveness, and with a shifting reimbursement era upon us in healthcare, the pressure is on for better integration. One industry veteran, however, says the two sides have more in common than you might think. Historically, the relationship between chief financial officers…

Leveraging Technology to Create Payer-Provider Collaboration By Andrew Underhill Although providers and payers play a critical role in elevating US healthcare, these two entities have not traditionally worked collaboratively, especially when it comes to sharing information. Up to this point, the two groups have shied away from exchanging data, with providers holding on to patient…