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Accountable Care
The legislation seeks to end the Oracle Cerner electronic health record rollout and reinstate VistA. Another bill, meanwhile, would only allow new EHRM go-lives after certain clinical certifications.
A value-based care expert offers insights on direct primary care – and explains the digital infrastructure required to coordinate the various organizations involved.
Regulatory difficulties, workforce shortages, financial pressures, evolving patient expectations, an aging population and more will combine to make the next year uniquely challenging, say tech company CEOs, but they're challenges that can be met.
One expert contends telehealth can be the key to these programs, and that virtual care can be a disease-prevention tool to help with value-based care reimbursement models.
One analysis found overall, inpatient and/or observational admissions dropped by 30%, readmissions decreased by 46%, and total costs of care fell by 20%.
The seven members with medical, informatics, IT, data and health information exchange expertise will serve a three-year term on the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee.
The biggest achievement via the new virtual care workflow has been increased productivity, enabling providers to see more patients in less time.
Inbound Health, with $20 million from Flare Capital Partners, will help providers and health plans develop home-based acute care and skilled nursing models.
Among other use cases, the AI-enabled devices can help health systems reduce the time to perform surgeries by 30%. An expert from Deloitte explains what's needed to capitalize on WCA's potential.
What do providers need to do better to protect against cyberattacks? A former healthcare CISO, now leading security strategies at Google Cloud, gives some advice.
