Population Health

 
Q&A: 3M on how Open HDD and VA, DoD iEHR will trigger innovation
May 16, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Jon Lindekugel, president of 3M Health Information Systems, speaks with Government Health IT about the newly open sourced health data dictionary and its potential implications for improving healthcare. Hint: Accurate, consistent, and complete clinical documentation.
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ONC seeks comments on NwHIN road rules
May 11, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
ONC will use comments it receives to help develop a proposed rule on governing the nationwide health information network.
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6 ways big data can boost healthcare
May 9, 2012 |
Michelle McNickle
What with health entities 'drowning in information but dying of thirst' the analysis of big data sets hold great promise. Here are half-a-dozen things to know now.
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Q&A: RWJF's Michael Painter on meaningful use Stage 2's impact on public and population health
May 8, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation senior program officer Michael Painter, MD, discusses how the meaningful use program is creating an electronic records and exchange infrastructure that stands to benefit public health.
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CMS awards 26 projects $122.6M to innovate care, cut costs
May 8, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
Ground-breaking solutions among healthcare organizations anticipate reducing spending by $254 million over three years.
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OHN's 12 health IT best practices, part 5: Information
May 8, 2012 |
Dawn Bonder
O-HITEC director Dawn Bonder on the keys to choosing and optimizing an EHR, the foundational technology health entities need to achieve the triple-aim.
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IHI highlights 'dynamic grassroots movement' toward triple-aim
May 8, 2012 |
Bernie Monegain
The new book "Pursuing the Triple Aim" shines a light on seven pioneering healthcare organizations that are gearing up to improve patient and population health at a lower cost, and doing so without drivers from the federal government.
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Big data and public health, part 2: Reducing unwarranted services
May 7, 2012 |
Roger Foster
Roger Foster continues his look at how government and private health agencies can harness big data to the betterment of public health. In this article, Foster delves into ways that data analytics can both enhance patient care and cut costs.
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Vermont, Minnesota test health delivery, payment reforms
May 4, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
Many states are using the health reform law as a tool they didn't have before to drive care delivery and payment changes. Here's a look at how two such states are proceeding.
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How HHS grant is helping Portland Community Health Center
May 3, 2012 |
Stephanie Bouchard
A look at how one CHC that has received some of the $728 million in grants that HHS awarded this week to 398 projects is using the money to improve the facility and, in turn, better meet growing demand for patient services.
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Michigan ACO aims to manage diseases at home
May 1, 2012 |
Mary Mosquera
Michigan Pioneer ACO has linked up with Detroit-based @HOMe Support to start up case manager disease management care services at home.
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IBM, WellPoint hint at Watson's role in public health
May 1, 2012 |
Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org

Physicians will struggle to stay on top of medical data that is doubling every five years, the companies say, which is where the Watson supercomputer can help.
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Solving Healthcare Compliance and eDiscovery with Intelligent, Adaptive and Converged Information Management
April 23, 2012 |
Government Health IT Staff
In this session, we will look at modern and adaptable strategies to the retention lifecycle of information that frees healthcare providers from the complexities of retaining and accessing data for the long term, while radically lowering business risk.
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Fighting Healthcare Fraud with Public Records and Network Analytics
April 4, 2012 |
Alan Joch
Over 2,500 state and federal law enforcement officials have long relied on the Thomson Reuters CLEAR public-record databases and network analytics to fight fraud. These same resources can also be a powerful tool for healthcare fraud investigators. The discussion on this webinar will explore ways in which public records can be combined with other data-mining methods to improve the effectiveness of both provider and beneficiary investigations.
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Best Practices to Deploy ECM Technologies: Ensure Decisions are Made Based on all the Information, not a Portion of it
October 12, 2011 |
Government Health IT Staff
In this Web seminar, learn firsthand from five healthcare organizations how, after integrating Perceptive Software enterprise content management (ECM) products, they are realizing cost and time-saving benefits enterprise-wide. The customer panel will share lessons learned and best practices for deploying ECM technology with their business and health information systems.
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Field report: One Pioneer ACO's 9 early progress points
May 15, 2012 |
Colin Barry
While still early in the initiative, Pioneer ACOs such as Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association are already sharing notes.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
May 10, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT: Big Data, meaningful use stage 2 comments, and ICD-10.
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Gingrich foreshadows future healthcare efforts
May 3, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Expressing that he did not communicate some of his healthcare plans very well, Newt Gingrich, during his farewell speech, touches on how he intends to keep working to better healthcare.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
May 3, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT ... PHI in the cloud, skyrocketing EHR incentive payments, Johns Hopkins on how the ACA promises to improve population health, a Pioneer ACO helping patients manage diseases at home, and more.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
April 19, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT ... Big Data, the Boston Red Sox, AMA lobbyists' role in ICD-10 delay, and the 5 facets of HIT at greatest risk in SCOTUS ruling.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
April 12, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT: What the ICD-10 delay really means, CMS touts MSSP ACOs many of which are physician-led, a pair of HIEs adopt Direct, and the PHI questions to ask all your business associates.
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The great healthcare hike
April 10, 2012 |
Steve O' Keefe: My Cup of IT
Add healthcare to the list of topics never to bring up in polite settings.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
April 5, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT ... Public health, meet Big Data. VA and DoD to use open 3M HDD in iEHR, offer it to healthcare community. And HIE wins and woes.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
March 30, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT. SCOTUS, SCOTUS, SCOTUS. Wait, there's more, such as VA plans to deploy early iEHR, ONC contest winners, Obama's big data dive, and a galaxy of innovative apps.
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Consumer Innovation Challenge
March 22, 2012 |
Brian Ahier
I am privileged to work with the ONC and six different states that are responding to the Consumer Innovation Challenge. The goal of the Challenge is to rapidly create a project that will provide patients with access to their health information within six months.
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Registration now open for 8th annual Government Health IT Conference and Exhibition
March 21, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
In addition to attendees being able to register, the call for proposals will stand open until the end of this month.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
March 16, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
NwHIN and the HIE onslaught, deep inside the MU Stage 2 NPRM, and another HIPAA 5010 delay.
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