Population and Public Health

Hospitals should expect orders of magnitude more data, with emerging tools, to put information to work.

New partnership led by Andy Slavitt, Trevor Price and David Whelan plans to focus on innovation for the medically underserved.

The Improving Access to Behavioral Health Information Technology Act now heads to the House, where there is similar bipartisan legislation.

The Pennsylvania health system will launch a 1,000-patient pilot in six months with a systemwide rollout planned for the near future, said Geisinger President David Feinberg, MD.

Douglas Reding, MD, chief medical officer at Ascension Wisconsin, explains the key tactics needed to achieve the value prospect of personalized care.

New version of the company's software aims to make it easier for acute care providers to order up virtual consults.

University Health System in Texas is using analytics and marketing technology to better identify community needs.

With the new acquisition, the virtual care company says it's building out its platform to better handle interoperability and data management continuity for small physicians practices and multi-hospital systems alike.

Using the company's "Happy Together" tool, UNC was able to document 12 percent of A1c test completions and 8.1 percent of flu shot completions from external data sources.

By replacing two Cerner systems, the North Carolina health system aims for a broader view, helping its physicians, nurses and IT staff work more collaboratively to serve patients with what it described as a comprehensive health record.