Mike Miliard

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News In his recent book, “The Finest Traditions of My Calling,” Dr.

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The practicing physician and entrepreneur said that the carwash model does not work well for healthcare. But he’s optimistic about the future of patient-generated data, biometrics and connected devices improving doctor-patient collaboration.

Providers must establish a respectful relationship with patients if they want to have a positive impact on behavior. Technology can help but it’s not a substitute for reaching people where they live and work.

The pressure to shift to value-based care means providers must understand their patients more deeply than in the past. Achieving that as part of a population health management program demands rethinking existing processes.

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The draft document takes on topics related to interoperability, data integrity, record retention and more.

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UC Health – the flagship University of Cincinnati Medical Center, as well as 167 of its affiliated practices – has reached the Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model.

The collaboration aims to help health plans more easily scale both fee-for-service and value-based models.