Population Health

At HIMSS19, HIMSS put on a showcase dealing with topics including data sharing, patient engagement and social determinants of health that intersect with interoperability, says Christel Anderson, senior director of Interoperability Initiatives for HIMSS.

More older adults in the ED is a bad sign for patients but also for providers, who often struggle with costs and utilization.

Policy experts and providers said his charge in the face of the tobacco industry and work to speed drug approvals has improved public health - but one group attacked his tenure, citing FDA's decision on a powerful opioid.

Paying employees between $25 and $500 for using a transparency tool can result in modest savings of about 2.1 percent.

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.

Nick Knowlton, VP of strategic initiatives at Brightree, details work being done with the CommonWell Health Alliance to enable patient-centric interoperability across the spectrum of care.

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.

In 2010, a total of 334 hospitals surveyed offered inpatient services and 588 offered outpatient services, but by 2015 these numbers had dropped.

Clinical quality itself doesn't seem to suffer much, but patient perceptions can take a hit from market consolidation.