Population and Public Health

Hint: It’s going to require working with a lot of hospital departments outside the IT shop.

Early success stories in hospitals show how these emerging data types are fated to become critical to population health.

The CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization says its population health platform has helped manage disparate data, but he still wishes vendors and payers would help manage the burden of value-based care.

The aim of the core measures is to refocus the agency's regimen of quality metrics on high-quality healthcare and meaningful outcomes for patients, according to the agency.

Providers say flexible platforms help them to prepare for population health management and value-based care.

AWS will be working with the healthcare tech giant on its HealtheIntent platform to analyze clinical data and predict available treatment.

Some would pay as much as $1,000 for genomic sequencing offered through employer health plans.

And that frustration could mean they fall short of payment incentive goals, SA Ignite says.

Abilify MyCite can alert physicians when patients have – or haven't – taken their medication, given physicians hope for greater medication adherence.  

Gates also told Reuters he intends to personally donate another $50 million for start-up ventures focused on the disease.