Population Health

New research found that software problems caused harm to a small percentage of patients in a test but the authors said the findings are likely below what a national study would uncover.

Primary care physicians initiate completely digital consults with specialists, from within the health system's electronic health record.

The hospital was able to better grasp what it was already doing well, and what it was not, in terms of clinical documentation thanks to homegrown software.

The state hospital association and other groups join to create a dataset that can collect social determinant information.

After switching to a cloud-based Mobile Backend-as-a-Service platform and agile development tactics, the ACN can now launch an app for $148,800 – compared to $496,000 using the Waterfall methodology.

Providers across the state will have access to a single comprehensive continuity of care document via the Wyoming Frontier Information Exchange, which aims to connect with providers in Colorado and South Dakota.

Experts from Penn Medicine, Sutter Health and VAL Health say psychological insights into decision-making processes can lead to big improvements in health habits.

The group says privacy can still be maintained while giving care providers secure access to relevant substance abuse data and calls on Congress to allow HHS to pursue patient ID strategies.

The health system will collect unprocessed data from AncestryDNA, MyHeritage and 23andMe to validate new findings and discover new mutations, the organization said. 

Chief Information Officer Jonathan Shoemaker offers a glimpse inside the health system’s innovative arrangements.