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WEBSep 19, 2024 · View the Healthcare Innovation Archives. Healthcare Innovation provides news and information on the policy, payment, operational, and strategic information technology issues facing senior leaders of hospitals, medical groups, and health systems.
HIMSS’s Hal Wolf on the Organization’s Growth and Trajectory
WEBFeb 5, 2024 · Informa staffers will indeed be managing HIMSS24, which will take place March 11-15 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Hal Wolf recently sat down with Healthcare Innovation Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland to discuss the organization’s current trajectory and near-term future plans. Below are excerpts from that interview.
Allina Health Launches Mobile App for Breast Cancer Patients
WEBMay 23, 2024 · David Raths. Minneapolis-based Allina Health recently launched a mobile app called Cancer Connection with a symptom and drainage tracker that can help doctors identify patterns and trends with the disease, a curated learning library, a custom to-do list and a notepad for patients to prepare questions prior to appointments.
Can Home-Based Primary Care Be Scaled Up? - Healthcare …
WEBDec 6, 2023 · Study after study, including Independence at Home, have shown a reduction in total costs for that frail, elderly population — 10 to 15 percent per year, consistently, up to 30 percent per year in some of the best programs, De Jonge added. Also, there's actually lower or similar mortality for people who get home-based primary care compared to ...
Arizona Physician Group IMS Builds Foundation for Value-Based …
WEBMar 19, 2024 · Integrated Medical Services (IMS) is the largest physician-owned multi-specialty provider group in Arizona, with more than 75 providers across nine specialties. IMS CEO Monique Delgado recently spoke with Healthcare Innovation about the provider group’s growth and its involvement in value-based …
AMA Survey Finds MDs Frustrated by Prior Authorization Processes
WEBJun 19, 2024 · A survey conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) finds physicians deeply frustrated by some of the prior authorization-related processes that they have to deal with on a day-to-day basis, with 24 percent reporting that prior authorization has led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care, and with 93 percent of practicing physicians reporting that prior authorization ...
Indian Health Service IT Exec Describes Plans for EHR Transition
WEBDec 8, 2023 · The IHS Health IT Modernization Program is a comprehensive, multi-year initiative aimed at updating health IT systems across IHS, Tribal, and Urban Indian health care programs, following a clear timeline from research and planning stages in 2018 to 2021, to buying and building in 2022 to 2024, and …
Michigan HIE Piloting EMS-Hospital Data Connections
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) is working with several stakeholders on a pilot project aimed at improving patient care coordination between emergency medical services (EMS) agencies and receiving hospitals. The goal is to eventually roll the service out statewide. MiHIN is Michigan's nonprofit, state-designated ...
Is End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model Moving the …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · A recent JAMA Health Forum study found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices (ETC) alternative payment model showed no statistically significant impact on the use of home dialysis or kidney transplant rates. Healthcare Innovation recently discussed the study with Amit Kapoor, M.D., chief nephrologist at Strive Health, a value-based care ...
Achieving Care Management Success at Scale: Lifepoint Health’s …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Last fall, leaders at Lifepoint Health, a Brentwood, Tenn.-based nationwide network of acute-care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, and behavioral health hospitals, implemented an at-home patient monitoring service powered by its operational partner, the New York City-based Cadence, which supports integrated health systems delivering accountable care, through technology solutions.