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MEDITECH Taps IHM as Data Ally to Advance Health Equity

by Jasmine Pennic 04/04/2023 Leave a Comment

MEDITECH Taps IHM as Data Ally to Advance Health Equity

What You Should Know: - MEDITECH today announced they have recognized the Institute for Health Metrics (IHM) as their data collaborator to support and accelerate health equity at hospitals across the country. - Member hospitals will benefit from cleansed clinical data and data enhancement, including Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) data, and receive curated information and insight, as well as grant funding for health equity initiatives.
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Value-Based Administration Enables All VBC Network Stakeholders to Benefit

by Rahul Sharma, CEO & Lynn Carroll, COO at HSBlox 04/03/2023 Leave a Comment

Value-based Administration Enables All VBC Network Stakeholders to Benefit

Despite holding the promise of delivering superior patient outcomes while lowering healthcare costs, many providers remain reluctant to embrace value-based care (VBC) reimbursement models. Progress toward VBC adoption hasn’t achieved its potential yet, hovering around 60% of all payment models from 2018 to 2021, with the remaining 40% comprised of traditional fee for service (FFS). Though some providers simply are hesitant to abandon the FFS model that has served them well, others are leery
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Rethinking Behavioral Health Support in the ED: 3 Keys for Innovation

by Benjamin Zaniello, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, PointClickCare & Dr. Enrique Enguidanos, Founder & CEO of CBC Solutions 03/28/2023 Leave a Comment

Rethinking Behavioral Health Support in the ED: 3 Keys for Innovation

About one out of five Americans with serious illness struggled to access care during the pandemic, and rates were significantly higher among disadvantaged populations, a 2022 study found. Now, as mental health-related visits in emergency departments (EDs) continue to rise, healthcare professionals must consider: “How can we create better behavioral health supports for people in crisis?” It's a question that has significant implications for quality of care as well as cost. The High Cost of
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Accenture Report Reveals Staggering Health Inequities and the Role of US Healthcare Ecosystem in Addressing Them 

by Syed Hamza Sohail 03/24/2023 Leave a Comment

New Accenture Report Reveals Staggering Health Inequities and the Role of US Healthcare Ecosystem in Addressing Them

What You Should Know: - Health equity – or the lack thereof – is one of the biggest challenges facing US healthcare organizations today. - A new report from Accenture, US health inequity: beyond the statistics, analyzes the role US healthcare ecosystem participants can play in addressing health inequities due to race and ethnicity. The statistics are staggering.  Analysing Key Trends Concerning Health Inequities  To understand the human and economic
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Q/A: Dr. Masturzo Talks Addressing Food Insecurity with Patients

by Fred Pennic 03/13/2023 Leave a Comment

Dr. Arti Masturzo

Today, food insecurity affects more than 41 million Americans and is prevalent among children and the elderly population. Food insecurity is defined as the limited availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food or the inability to acquire these foods in socially acceptable ways. As a result, food insecurity can exacerbate medical conditions driving up hospital/health systems patient care costs. To learn more about how healthcare providers can address food insecurity, we sat down with Dr.
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ECRI Names Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023

by Jasmine Pennic 03/13/2023 Leave a Comment

ECRI Names Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2023

What You Should Know: - The pediatric mental health crisis is named the number one patient safety concern, according to ECRI’s 2023 list of most pressing patient safety concerns. - The nation’s largest nonprofit patient safety organization notes that, while rates of depression and anxiety in children have increased since 2017, the COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the situation to crisis levels.    Here are
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Surgo Health Launches RWD-Driven Socio-Behavioral Analytics Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 03/03/2023 Leave a Comment

Surgo Health Launches RWD-Driven Socio-Behavioral Analytics Platform

What You Should Know: - Surgo Health, a new healthcare technology company dedicated to personalized care announced its official launch in Washington, D.C. - Formed as a public benefits company (PBC), Surgo Health is building on the analytics and proprietary data assets from Surgo Ventures and is developing a revolutionary socio-behavioral analytics platform and generating novel, real-world data to enable a greater understanding of the complex factors that influence how individuals engage
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Unite Us Advances Black Maternal Health in Miami-Dade

by Jasmine Pennic 02/28/2023 Leave a Comment

Unite Us Advances Black Maternal Health in Miami-Dade

What You Should Know: - Today, Unite Us -- a software company enabling collaboration across sectors to improve the health and well-being of communities -- announced a partnership with Metro Mommy Agency,  a full-spectrum doula service provider to improve the quality of maternity care for Black women in Miami-Dade County. - Black women in Miami-Dade face maternal and infant mortality rates 168% higher than white and Hispanic women in the county. Doula care
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AWS, Center for Health Affairs Launches Social Determinants of Health Hub

by Jasmine Pennic 02/27/2023 Leave a Comment

AWS, Center for Health Affairs Launches Social Determinants of Health Hub

What You Should Know: - The Center for Health Affairs and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it has established the world’s first and only Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Innovation Hub. - The hub’s objective is to start locally and move globally to address structural racism and poverty that result in gun violence, behavioral health crises, and a myriad of other factors negatively impacting the health of local residents. SDOH Challenges According to the U.S. Census Bureau,
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Addressing the Diversity Challenge in Clinical Research Through Patient Advocacy

by Andrew Barnhill, Head of Public Policy, Global Legal, IQVIA & Alexandra Weiss, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Patient Advocacy Organizations, IQVIA 02/23/2023 Leave a Comment

Addressing the Diversity Challenge in Clinical Research Through Patient Advocacy

Diversity is paramount to the success of clinical research, both ethically and scientifically. Without adequate representation of racial and ethnic minorities, investigators lack an understanding of the safety and efficacy of novel treatments within those groups. From a scientific standpoint, an incomplete dataset hinders drug delivery and the development of breakthrough therapies – but from an ethical standpoint, underrepresentation creates a barrier to treatment options for populations that
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