Innovaccer Inc., the leading San Francisco-based data activation company, announced today the launch of its SDOH Management solution tailored to capture SDOH data and leverage it to deliver enhanced care, powered by its Data Activation Platform. Created after months of extensive research & development (R&D), Innovaccer's goal of the solution is to empower physicians and care teams with visibility into the social needs of their patients, right in the moment of care.
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DrChrono EHR Integrates with Beam to Power Telehealth Video Consults
DrChrono, an electronic health record (EHR) platform for medical practices announced an integration partnership with telemedicine network Beam Health Group. The integration with Beam’s mobile app available on Google Play and the App Store will enable physicians the ability to upgrade their practices with the ability to have patient appointments via smartphone.Integration Benefits for Medical Practices and PatientsStarting now, the physician practices using DrChrono’s EHR platform can download
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Life Image, swyMed Integrate to Enhance Telestroke Capabilities at Rural Hospitals
Life Image, a global network for sharing clinical and imaging data, and swyMed, a leading telemedicine provider are teaming up to enhance telestroke capabilities. Life Image’s interoperable solution, which integrates into existing workflows, orchestrates the flow of more than 10 million clinical encounters per month.Challenges with Acute Stroke TreatmentThere are several access-related challenges associated with acute stroke treatment, which are further compounded by the fact that diagnosis and
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute Launches Program to Address Social Determinants of Health at The Community Level
Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute is teaming up with Solera Health to launch a new program to effectively address social determinants of health (SDOH) at the community level. The national roll-out of the program expected to launch in Q2 2019 will focus on the unique environmental and cultural influences and barriers to successfully coordinating regional SDOH resources at scale.Reaching Beyond Population HealthBy tailoring local SDOH resource recommendations to directly align with individual
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Report: 8 Barriers to Addressing Social Determinants in Population Health Programs
Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) initiatives are disrupting healthcare delivery and reimbursement, according to a national survey of leading health plans and other healthcare stakeholders. Commissioned and conducted by the HealthCare Executive Group and Change Healthcare, the 9th Annual Industry Pulse Survey report reveals a significant number of healthcare leaders are planning to offer programs addressing care coordination, transportation, food insecurity, and other factors for members over
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Why Robotic Surgery is the Future of Urology
The evolution from open surgeries to minimally invasive procedures is in large part due to the development of robotics. Robotic technology allows surgeons to provide more precise, efficient outcomes for their patients than the traditional approaches used in open surgeries. From the first robotic-assisted procedure in 1985 (neurosurgical biopsy) to the invention of the da Vinci Surgery System for general laparoscopic surgery in 2000, the advancement of robotic surgery has continued to skyrocket
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Sharp Transitions Named $100k Winner of 2019 Hearst Health Prize
Hearst Health, in partnership with the Jefferson College of Population Health has namedSharp Transitions as the winner of the 2019 Hearst Health Prize for its home-based palliative care program for patients with advanced and progressive chronic illness who are not ready for hospice care. The $100k annual award was given at the Population Health Colloquium in Philadelphia today in recognition of outstanding achievement in managing/improving population health.
Why Sharp Transitions?
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Chilmark: 2019 Healthcare Provider Analytics Market Trends Report
Healthcare providers are recognizing the value of increasing volumes of data they hold and expanding their use of mainstream and advanced analytics solutions to more use cases and more user groups
Vendor analytics and reporting solutions are rapidly evolving to serve provider needs for enterprise performance management (EPM), according to Chilmark's latest report. While value-based care (VBC) initiatives remain the driving business reason for analytics adoption, leading healthcare organizations
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How Our Texas ACO Saved Medicare $14M with Population Health Approach
Only about a third of the accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) qualified for bonuses in 2017. Our ACO, the Rio Grande Valley Health Alliance (RGVHA), was one of them. In fact, we’ve generated enough MSSP savings to net bonuses for five years in a row.
In 2015, RGVHA saved Medicare $14.2 million, of which our providers received half. In 2016, our ACO’s first year in Track 3 of the MSSP, we received 75% of the $8.5 million we saved. And in 2017,
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Teladoc Acquires French Telemedicine Provider MédecinDirect to Expand Global Footprint
Virtual care provider Teladoc Health has acquired Paris, France-based telemedicine provider MédecinDirect to offer its full continuum of services to insurers and employers in Europe’s third largest market. Co-founded by François Lescure and Marc Guillemo in 2008, MédecinDirect’s accredited and mobile platform of medical expertise provides secure and completely confidential, doctors are committed to answering all medical questions by telephone and Internet seven days a week. MédecinDirect
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