Population and Public Health

There could be as many different wrap-ups on HIMSS17 as there were people there – over 42,000.

‘In our industry, you have to keep innovating,’ said Rometty about her experience at Big Blue for more than three decades.

The population health IT vendor says streamlined enrollment into care management should improve team efficiency and initiation of care.

The new version also brings analytics and risk stratification capabilities for population health management. 

The Chicago-based nonprofit’s methodology taps historical claims data along with real-time behavioral and social determinants data to better control costs by identifying patients likely to need care. 

The health IT vendor also has its sights set on precision medicine.

The initiative aims to help Epic shops improve care manager efficiency and compliance with evidence-based clinical best practices.

Patients will always receive care across multiple venues, and that means healthcare providers must learn how to exchange data. Application programming interfaces are the way forward for interoperability.

Besser, who is currently the health and medical editor for ABC News, succeeds Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, who led the organization for 14 years.

The health IT industry is diligently working to understand and address the evolution of the healthcare consumer. But it is still a reactive response, rather than the proactive and strategic approach that's needed.