Patient Engagement
In an era of shifting attitudes and expectations on the part of patients, providers can no longer be content that the old models will see them through.
Robin Tenenbaum, IT director, El Rio Community Health Center, shares how earlier screenings are resulting in earlier detection of eye disease.
Harvard University's Stan Shaw and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's John Halamka discuss the goal of the new executive education joint venture between Harvard Medical School and HIMSS.
Put the focus on wellcare not healthcare, because finding a condition early results in better outcomes and better costs, claims Nick van Terheyden, managing director of Incremental Healthcare.
The health system is keeping up with CMS mandates for price transparency, requirements that will only grow over time, senior Finance VP says.
Health systems should be allocating more resources to technologies that further the mission of creating a consumer-centric industry.
When travel and wait times were quantified using hourly wage to measure "economic cost of time spent" the costs averaged $89 billion dollars annually, the analysis said.
Clinical quality itself doesn't seem to suffer much, but patient perceptions can take a hit from market consolidation.
From technology to value-based care and population health to state-based healthcare experimentation, there are different types of innovation disrupting the healthcare industry, says AcademyHealth CEO Lisa Simpson.
At Maricopa Integrated Health System, price transparency became a top strategic imperative after it helped the system boost its margins.