Population and Public Health

A wave of consolidation is coming, industry analysts say, and leading electronic health records platforms will emerge as more appealing to hospitals than standalone options.

Getting meaningful use and even CMS out of the way will pave the road for hospitals to find innovative new business models that are quickly becoming critical to the grand vision, hospital CIO, consultant say.

Ahead of the Executive Leadership Summit at the King’s Fund in London on 18 October, HIMSS UK Chief Medical Officer Mark Davies tackles the issue of ‘patient-centred care’ versus ‘place-based care’ and the role of digital capabilities.

Study takes a comprehensive and data-driven look at what happens to the brain during and after concussion.

Trauma Medical Home team -- consisting of a care coordinator, a trauma surgeon, an intensive care physician and other clinicians  -- is central to new population health approach.

Informatics group tells the federal agency that robust internet access is key to ensuring everyone benefits from advances in health IT.

HIMSS, AHIMA, AMIA all say the drastic cuts to ONC and other agencies will hamper patient safety and new cures, send innovation in a downward spiral and slow down work toward a learning health system.

The organizations are also releasing a documentary film about women making an impact at the grassroots level in traditionally under-represented communities. 

Today’s IT infrastructures are not hearty enough to support the data needs of genomics and other emerging healthcare practices and capabilities,  HIMSS Analytics says.

Company’s population health management platform, HealtheIntent, serves as the system’s backbone.