Bill Siwicki

Ninety-two percent of executives said they trust vendors completely, according to research by Bomgar. And the plot thickens as 71 percent expect to become more reliant on third-parties in the next two years.

Looking at 400 accountable care organizations, University of Texas researchers found that ACOs can use health IT to improve overall efficiency by coordinating care and providing better services.

Convene every stakeholder. Identify cross-department linkages. Understand patient sub-populations. Don’t forget long-term care and behavioral health. And hold ACOs accountable.

As part of a population health program, telemedicine technology requires new assumptions and strategies as well as technology, clinicians and finance all working together, Palmetto chief value and informatics officer Tripp Jennings says.

By changing the way it previously treated the majority of patients, the hospital can help prevent many of them from moving into the most expensive cohort, senior director Kamal Jethwani said.

The upcoming HIMSS and Healthcare IT News Pop Health Forum features 34 speakers who will address the complexities of population health as hospitals move toward value-based care.

The latest draft would phase out Medicaid expansion for low-income adults and convert to block grants for the states.

The security, analytics and cloud infrastructure vendor has launched Active Insights, which aims to provide healthcare organizations with a secure, integrated approach to managing medical devices.

The platform enables oncologists to identify evidence-based treatment regimens for patients through integration of NantHealth’s eviti platform and Allscripts’ Sunrise EHR.

The research and consulting firm offers healthcare organizations cybersecurity guidance as 2017 shapes up to be an uncertain year.