Population Health

Tennessee health system said it intends to will roll out one system across its entire care continuum.

Specific hospital ratings will be posted on the CMS Hospital Compare website soon.

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine say the new genome sequencing test to detect mutations can guide precision cancer treatment with more than 95 percent accuracy.

Wellcentive complements Philips’ health IT portfolio with cloud-based IT systems to manage clinical, claims and financial data to help providers deliver care that meets new quality requirements and reimbursement models, Philips said.

Population health management, EHRs and biosensing technologies were also among the top investment areas.

The names and Twitter handles of this year's social media favorites as voted on by the people. 

The hospital said participating in MissionPoint ACO enables groups of doctors to share the financial benefits of improving care.

Hospitals can use the interactive map, based on CMS Five-Star Quality Rating System data, to compare skilled nursing and home health facilities in specific regions to smooth care transitions. 

Officials say the deal will help providers moving to value-based pop health models.

Advanced Plan for Health’s analytics technology will receive consumer health data from iHealth Labs mobile devices with the aim of enabling employers to reduce employee health costs and improve health outcomes.