Client News Coverage

Order Set Optimization: The Next Chapter for Point-of-Care Content Strategies

Posted in Client News Coverage on Thursday, August 16, 2018.

The past decade has ushered in a new day for point-of-care clinical decision making, thanks to Meaningful Use and other regulatory initiatives aimed at improving patient outcomes and costs. By and large, most of today’s hospitals and health systems have invested significant resources into computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and evidence-based order sets to align with industry quality movements and incentive programs.

 

Hospital and Healthcare Management»

 

The Solution to Infection Prevention: Clinical Process Improvement

Posted in Client News Coverage on Thursday, August 16, 2018.

In every hospital and health system across the country, the fight against infection is a priority for improving patient safety. Clinicians know very well the negative impact of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) on outcomes.

 

Hospital and Healthcare Management»

 

Why resolving patient identification issues is a top priority

Posted in Client News Coverage on Tuesday, August 14, 2018.

Accurate patient identification is a fundamental prerequisite for quality care, which is why resolving the long-standing patient matching challenge has moved front and center as a top priority. Not only is misidentification expensive, but it exposes healthcare organizations to significant risks from privacy breaches, fines and litigation.

 

Health Data Management»

 

The Terror of Medical Errors

Posted in Client News Coverage on Tuesday, July 24, 2018.

Never events — serious, preventable medical errors that leave patients with debilitating injuries, life-threatening infections and worse — are considered mostly rare occurrences. But they still happen. Just over 20 percent of Americans surveyed last September by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement reported personal experience with a medical error and 31 percent said they were closely involved in the care of a patient who experienced an error. In addition, more than eight in 10 people believe patient safety is mainly the responsibility of healthcare providers, hospital leaders and administrators. When asked what caused the medical error they experienced, people identified, on average, at least seven different factors1(see sidebar “Avoiding common medical errors in the OR” at www.hpnonline.com/avoiding-common-medical-errors).

 

Healthcare Purchasing News »

 

Readers Write: The Opioid Crisis: Fix the Process, Fix the Problem

Posted in Client News Coverage on Tuesday, July 03, 2018.

As the nation continues to grapple with the overprescribing and misuse of opioids, reaching a solution often feels far out of reach. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, more than 11 million individuals have been documented as having misused prescription opioids, resulting in an alarming 116 opioid-related deaths daily.

 

HIStalk »

 

Inter Valley Health Plan Hires VirtualHealth to Manage Medicare Patients

Posted in Client News Coverage on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.

Inter Valley Health Plan Inc., a Pomona-based health insurer for seniors with Medicare, has hired Virtual Frameworks Inc. to provide its software platform for patient management.

 

Los Angeles Business Journal »

Community Care of North Carolina Deploys Pop Health Platform to Transform Community Care

Posted in Client News Coverage on Tuesday, June 19, 2018.

By taking a more patient-centered approach, CCNC crafted a more proactive care management strategy.

 

Healthcare IT News »

 

The Top 6 Population Health Management Startups

Posted in Client News Coverage on Thursday, March 22, 2018.

The concept of pre-emptively caring for patients before an acute condition escalates into an expensive and risky procedure is not a new idea; yet, patients are often treated for their illnesses at the point of serious intervention. This is largely because physician have lacked the ability to gather and analyze important patient data.

 

MedTech Boston »

 

13 Value-based Solutions, Partnerships Unveiled at HIMSS

Posted in Client News Coverage on Tuesday, March 13, 2018.

Here are 13 value-based solutions or partnerships launched at the 2018 Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Conference in Las Vegas.

 

Becker's Hospital Review »

 

Advancing Community Care Models

Posted in Client News Coverage on Friday, March 09, 2018.

The promise of community-based care management is not lost on today’s payers and providers. Networks designed to address the unique population health needs of a local region are realizing notable success with the implementation of such programs.

 

Health Care Business News »

 

Vendors Unleash Value-based Care Offerings at HIMSS18

Posted in Client News Coverage on Thursday, March 08, 2018.

VirtualHealth, a software-as-a-service platform for care management and population health, announced a new joint effort with SAS to support “whole person” care. The integration will blend VirtualHealth’s clinical workflows with SAS predictive analytics and visualizations in an effort to improve outcomes and reduce costs for government agencies.

 

Healthcare IT News »

 

The Role of Telemedicine in Monitoring Blood Pressure

Posted in Client News Coverage on Monday, March 05, 2018.

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke that has escalated to alarming rates in recent years, affecting nearly 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. In an attempt to reduce its prevalence, the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC-8) released a set of hypertension management guidelines. However, various concerns arose regarding the recommendations and as a result, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA), along with nine additional specialty organizations, published an updated hypertension guideline in November 2017.

 

KevinMD »

 

Technology-Enabled TCM: Making The Most Of 30-Day Transitional Care Windows

Posted in Client News Coverage on Friday, February 16, 2018.

The hospital discharge process places patients in a precarious and perilous position. Industry data overwhelmingly backs this reality, fueling national initiatives to improve the outlook on readmissions and adverse events.

 

Health IT Outcomes »

 

Healthcare’s ‘Quiet Crisis’

Posted in Client News Coverage on Friday, February 16, 2018.

Value-based care is revealing a “quiet crisis” in health care today: the lack of capability enabling clinical teams to control, improve and standardize clinical processes in near real time.  

Without timely process control and standardization systems and tools, clinical teams are challenged in the delivery of consistent, high-quality and reliability care. As a result, outcomes and financial performance suffer.

 

Healthcare Business News Magazine »

 

Overcoming Challenges of Developing a 360-Degree Patient View

Posted in Client News Coverage on Wednesday, January 10, 2018.

The healthcare industry is evolving rapidly to adjust to new care models that support the increased utilization of innovative health information technology. Through the continual advancements of these interventions, significant improvements are apparent, such as the progression of electronic health records, patient engagement and care team communication. Yet the emergence of new digital solutions has yielded significant complications, such as the fragmentation of the information landscape.

 

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