Population Health

Barnett comes with experience at two other prestigious medical systems in Illinois and Michigan. URMC officials cited his fluency with Epic’s EHR and experience in population health programs as critical skills for leading its technology initiatives.

A deep dive into the features healthcare organizations need, obstacles to avoid, and insights from executives who have already made the move to population health management. 

Healthcare IT News reviews software designed to provide actionable intelligence from Caradigm, Enli, Forward Health, Medecision, Medicity, Transcend Insights, WellCentive and ZeOmega.

Health IT managers who have installed population health platforms in their organizations advise that you pay careful attention to these features before buying.

The research team found two groups that can stop the virus from replicating and protect fetal brain cells.

The companies said that Cerner’s HealtheIntent platform will use 3M's grouping methodology to help customers manage both care and costs.

The new Population Health Explorer feature can show hospital executives and physicians where specific healthcare services are needed most.

The hope is that radiology optimization and predictive modeling will pay dividends, with innovations scalable to other health systems.

In pilot testing a new way to compile healthcare information electronically, researchers at the Regenstrief Center for Biomedical Informatics are using HL7's FHIR specification.

In response to the growing opioid epidemic in the state, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced the launch of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program this week. State officials hope it will help to spot patients battling addiction and allow for intervention.