Population Health

The new tool will also be localized to provide relevant medical information.

Dr. Rashmee Shah of the University of Utah Hospital says that in an age of countless sensors and data streams, what's needed is the collection and analysis of less, but more focused, patient data.

Mary L. Bouxsein, professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School, discusses how to maintain the muscular skeletal system in long-duration space flights such as a mission to Mars.

Despite HIPAA's right of access rule, and CMS and ONC prioritizing consumer access in their forthcoming 21st Century Cures regs, a new scorecard shows that providers have some work to do.

While face-to-face visits are still preferred by many, 90% of healthcare organizations polled by HIMSS Media say they're using or piloting remote care services to boost care coordination, manage at-risk patients and broaden pop health efforts.

Philips Chief Nursing Officer Cindy Gaines, who toes the line between caregiver and technologist, has a unique view on value-based care, patient experience and population health.

"Policy efforts have failed to engage a large proportion of patients in the electronic use of their data or to bridge the 'digital divide' that accompanies health care disparities," according to Health Affairs.

Julie Robinson, chief scientist at NASA's ISS division, says findings on the effects of space travel on human health are being used to prepare for a long-term mission to Mars.

The integration of the two technologies helps with the Medicare Chronic Care Management efforts of Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital’s rural providers.

Speaking from experience, Bradford Power, founder of Reengineering Cancer Treatment and an author focused on process improvement, discusses the ways oncology treatment needs to become more personalized.