Population Health

The telemonitoring program of the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties and Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice are now connected with the state's HIE.

HIMSS17 has come and gone. Take our survey to separate the buzz from the real world work already underway at hospitals across the U.S.

Social media expert Melody Smith Jones explains what organizations need to do to benefit providers and convert unknown patients into new consumers of healthcare services.

Results of two polls published in the past week, from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Pew Research Center, demonstrate growing support for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.

There could be as many different wrap-ups on HIMSS17 as there were people there – over 42,000.

‘In our industry, you have to keep innovating,’ said Rometty about her experience at Big Blue for more than three decades.

The population health IT vendor says streamlined enrollment into care management should improve team efficiency and initiation of care.

The new version also brings analytics and risk stratification capabilities for population health management. 

The Chicago-based nonprofit’s methodology taps historical claims data along with real-time behavioral and social determinants data to better control costs by identifying patients likely to need care. 

Today, organizational population health management strategies typically focus on improved care coordination, communication and analytics. But there is a growing emphasis on consumer empowerment and access to promote person-centered care.