Population Health

HIMSS Senior Director of Federal and State Affairs Jeff Coughlin talks sheds insight on information-blocking, interoperability, social determinants and recently proposed rules from CMS and ONC.

An additional 355,184 people would have been screened for colorectal cancer if non-expansion states had seen the same increases in screenings.

Success in precision medicine has been largely dependent on thought leaders who are highly skilled interdisciplinary leaders.

The average health center only screened for 8 of the 16 domains in the pilot's standardized screening.

When providers understand and document patients' values and wishes, they can more effectively collaborate with them on their journey, says Dr. Silvia Perez-Protto, medical director of End of Life Center at the Cleveland Clinic.

Cost savings for pathway patients was estimated on average to be more than $1,500 per patient.

Millennials are more likely to be uninsured compared with the older generation, saying it's too expensive.

Unique innovation and patient engagement challenges that pediatric care and emergency departments are facing include social determinants and fragmented care, says Mohsen Saidinejad, director of patient experience at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Dr. Jack Resneck, Jr., chair of the board of trustees at the American Medical Association, discusses the importance of app validation and the need to implement the physician's voice at the ground floor of innovation.

Rideshare technology is removing transportation as a barrier to care, assisting the elderly, low-income patients and those who have chronic and complex care needs, says Aaron Crowell, head of Uber Health.