Population and Public Health

The immediate past chair of the North America HIMSS Board of Directors has contributed to nursing and healthcare through leadership roles as an advanced practice nurse, chief nursing officer and CEO.

The vendor reworked its Datashop value-based care tool and plans to formally introduce the new version in the HIMSS17 Population Care Management Center.

The consultancy also found that respondents said the software is efficient and effective. 

The HIMSS and CHIME award winner, and chief information officer of Children’s Health in Dallas, on her strengths as a leader, gender inequity in health IT, and what excites her most career-wise.

Chairman Roger Neal said that a payer mandated its providers work with a competing exchange, which essentially drove CCO out of business. 

Proposals should actionable and solutions-based with a focus on the role analytics play in standardizing clinical care, reducing costs, achieving population health objectives and making better strategic decisions. 

Four components of a data-driven strategy for managing long-term post-acute care organizations and the steps requisite to making it happen. 

NorthShore University HealthSystem gained Stage 7 revalidation from HIMSS Analytics for its hospitals and associated clinics, again attaining the highest level on both the acute care Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model and outpatient EMRAM.

Rhode Island Quality Institute is using its statewide health information exchange to send real-time notifications for care transitions to and from emergency departments and hospitals. The alerts include direct messaging, EHR notifications and real-time dashboards.

Can one model for health data exchange emerge from the diverse HIE ecosystem that exists now?