Population and Public Health
The industry must move beyond the hype, for starters, but that won’t be easy. Experts discuss the challenges, success stories and technologies of the not-so-distant future.
Emerging health information management software for computer-assisted coding, documentation, workflow and other tasks are already proving to be valuable for analytics and population health management programs.
Healthcare IT News asks HIT professionals to take part in an important new survey that will study the place of EHRs, cybersecurity, population health, Big Data and more in the year ahead.
The World Health Organization highlighted the upsides of taxing sugary drinks or unhealthy foods and, while healthier populations are an important part, the benefits also include increased government revenue and new jobs.
The health system started the first phase of its modernization project that CEO Kenneth Davis said will transform how it delivers care services.
The companies said they will combine 3M Health Information System's coding, classification and risk-stratification with Verily's algorithms and analytics to create a joint platform to improve clinical and financial performance.
The companies will work together to develop and deploy new population health offerings by tapping each company's expertise and assets, like those added to the Watson Health portfolio from acquisitions such as Phytel and Explorys.
CEO Jeff Margolis said Welltok plans to expand its platform for connecting consumers with benefits and resources.
Executives said the center will house several institutes dedicated to improving healthcare across the country and around the world as well as research and leadership initiatives.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Enterprise unit acquired the company to advance analytics, workflow and clinical interventions focused on reducing costs connected with underuse, overuse and misuse of prescription drugs.