Population Health

Many analytics programs are well underway but demand more resources, while just as many are nascent and require more development, Stoltenberg Consulting said.

Leading providers are already thinking about how to transform themselves from data-driven to information-driven organizations, able to offer drastically improved patient experience akin to Amazon and Google. But it's not easy.

EHR makers including Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner, drchrono, Epic and McKesson said they will embrace open specs including S4S APIs and FHIR to connect research apps to electronic health records software.  

The Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance also announced that it will begin working on apps to help prevent falls, share medication lists, and reduce hospital-acquired ulcers.

Hospital is looking to the public to nominate one of three initiatives: a patient identification shield, a surgery blood loss manager, or a bioprinter to produce living tissue replacement.

With estimates that such programs can reduce costs by $3.27 for every dollar spent and building wellness centers can bring a 10 percent return, more and more providers and payers are getting into the wellness game.

Pieces Technologies announced $21.

A new report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology claims technologies such as telehealth and wearable sensors should be put to work to help more elderly Americans stay healthy and connected as they age.

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While mobile apps are new enough on the care delivery scene that many providers have only begun dabbling, consumers are sending a strong message that forward-thinking hospital executives can translate into an opportunity for improving population health management programs.