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The New Health Information Exchange from Cloudticity: NLP, Catalogs, and Standards

Healthcare IT Today

Rapid exchange of patient data is crucial not only for coordinating care, but for research and public health.

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DirectTrust and EHNAC Announce Merger Agreement

Healthcare IT Today

DirectTrust is a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information. DirectTrust is committed to fostering widespread public confidence in the interoperable exchange of health information. About DirectTrust. About EHNAC.

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Telemedicine triage kiosks reduce ER visits by 11% for ACO

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient.

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Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"It's no secret that many providers and payers relied heavily on the use of fax machines and printed documentation," said Paul Joiner, chief operating officer of health information network Availity. " Value-based care: New impetus for change.

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Designing and Evaluating Interventions that have a Measurable Impact on Population Health through Evidence-Based Practices and Research

Healthcare IT Today

In search of this inside look, we reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community with the question – as public health initiatives evolve, how are organizations incorporating evidence-based practices and research to design and evaluate interventions that have a measurable impact on population health?

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Cindy Friend, Caradigm and Population Health – Harlow on Healthcare

Health Blawg

I spoke recently with Cindy Friend , who is Vice President of Clinical Population Health Solutions & Transformation at Caradigm – a GE Healthcare company Twitter: @caradigm. Our conversation focused on the opportunities for improving population health through ACOs.

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Data Quality Scrutiny, SDoH, Value-Based Care…What are the New Healthcare Truths of 2023?

Healthcare IT Today

Value-Based Care will Become more Popular As health systems are struggling financially and payers face rising healthcare costs, they will be looking into various programs, such as value-based care (VBC), to offset costs. billion in 2021 through its Shared Savings Program, which works with accountable care organizations.

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