Population and Public Health
The document outlines eight guidelines for achieving precision medicine principles, including a ‘participant-first’ system.
Much the way consumer analytics fundamentally improved how products and services are sold, healthcare analytics will one day change the way providers deliver care. But Sriram Vishwanath contends that a lot has to happen before that day comes.
The network will modernize facilities to embrace a new model of care that is more efficient and strengthen its focus on population health and integrating research about genomics and digital medicine for personalized treatments.
By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News
In his recent book, “The Finest Traditions of My Calling,” Dr.
Delbanco also predicts that patients will stop using electronic health records or portals to read what doctors have written about them and, instead, view that on a smartwatch, phone or other gadget.
The practicing physician and entrepreneur said that the carwash model does not work well for healthcare. But he’s optimistic about the future of patient-generated data, biometrics and connected devices improving doctor-patient collaboration.
Angie Puffer, operations manager in the Mayo Clinic’s Office of Access Management, spoke at the Healthcare IT News Pop Health Forum 2016 and shared some of the lessons Mayo has learned in attracting those to the patient portal.
Providers must establish a respectful relationship with patients if they want to have a positive impact on behavior. Technology can help but it’s not a substitute for reaching people where they live and work.
Making the healthcare system more patient-centered is the disruption the industry needs, said David Feinberg, MD.
Under the new Accountable Care Organization, Cigna will reward doctors for healthier populations and reduced expenses.