Population and Public Health

From chatbots mining social media to wearables and trendy tools, Healthcare IT News' Best Hospital IT Department winners discuss the top tech poised to have a critical impact on their organizations' future.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is building on the program after a pilot with the YMCA of USA reduced costs by $2,650 per participant. 

The health network is moving to an enterprise-wide platform to improve care quality and patient safety.

What would happen if we repealed the Affordable Care Act? David Blumenthal, MD, president of the Commonwealth Fund, told attendees at Maine Health Management Coalition and Maine Medical Association Symposium on Oct. 27.

With research institutions 'choking on data,' new precision medicine technology helps researchers manage large volumes.

In an effort to advance the use of patient-reported outcomes for research and care delivery, a coalition of nine universities has been awarded a $6.3 million grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Health orgs trekking deeper into analytics should expect a new information wave, understand that crowdsourcing can pay off, know machine learning is real right now, buckle down on governance. And don’t hold out for perfection. 

Panelists at the HIMSS and Healthcare IT News Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum shared advice about engaging clinicians and patients, persuading the C-suite to support analytics investments, bridging the gap between IT and business, and more.

First the industry must unhook its terrestrial addiction to fee-for-service models.

Lewis will also serve as CEO of Ascension Information Services, the hospital’s IT arm.