Population and Public Health

The hospital tapped FHIR-based alerts to deliver recommendations about genomics and genetic testing without bogging down doctors with too many extra clicks.

Salesforce continued its march into healthcare this week when, along with analytics specialist Geneia, it unwrapped an app for population health and value-based care.

Cerner Oncology platform go-live, Stage 7 adoption and rolling out a 24/7 mobile app are all on tap this year.

Co-founded by the Mayo Clinic, the company develops tools outcome measurement, patient engagement, care coordination and analytics.

The deal holds big promise for analytics, interoperability and pop health, while other organizations are already contemplating ways to make use of retail health data.

Healthcare providers tackle the top three population health challenges

Providers are among those most impacted by the turbulence in today’s healthcare landscape – whether it be adding facilities, covering more patients, changing leadership, providing additional services or entering new value-based programs, such as MACRA, Bundled Payments or DSRIP.

A new report from de Beaumont Foundation and Johns Hopkins aims to clear the air with regard to what the privacy law does and doesn't do.

The agency is calling on programmers and healthcare professionals to develop new tools to prevent addiction and track usage.

Population health initiatives are becoming increasingly important to healthcare providers.