Chronic disease care: Family helpers play key roles, but feel left out by providers19 Jan 2018
People with diabetes, heart failure and other chronic diseases often live independent lives, without a traditional ‘caregiver.’ But many of... Continue Reading
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Assessing the Generational Differences in Patient Engagement05 Jan 2018
Generational differences in patient engagement pose a challenge to providers and hospital leaders, prompting them to become nimbler in patient... Continue Reading
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mHealth Programs For Adolescents Need to Focus on Patient Engagement05 Jan 2018
An mHealth or telehealth program designed for adults won’t necessarily work for adolescents, who have different habits and attitudes toward... Continue Reading
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Pharma news in Clinical trials, Chronic Condition Management and Innovation from Q4 201705 Jan 2018
Digital health in pharma definitely had a milestone moment in the fourth quarter with the FDA approval of Abilify MyCite,... Continue Reading
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How Process, Outcome Measures Contribute to Population Health05 Jan 2018
The use of process and outcome measures allows payers analyze care quality and support population health initiatives. Payers rely on... Continue Reading
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10 things for Healthcare Executives to note as they head into 201805 Jan 2018
Disruption got real. Hospital-insurer negotiations heated up. Activist shareholders shook up legacy hospital operators. Healthcare and the government failed to... Continue Reading
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Providers Warming to Risk-Based Payments05 Jan 2018
AMGA released the results of a survey of member medical groups and health systems that found that they expect nearly... Continue Reading
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Stakeholders Back Standard ACO Measures for Commercial Orgs in CA05 Jan 2018
Providers, health plans, and other industry groups supported an initiative that aims to standardize ACO measures and benchmarking for commercial... Continue Reading
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Member Engagement, Medicare Advantage Growth Top 2018 Payer Trends05 Jan 2018
Medicare Advantage growth, high-deductible health plan optimization, and the need to improve member engagement will be top priorities for health... Continue Reading
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Two GA Healthcare Centers to Share Single Epic EHR Platform05 Jan 2018
Piedmont Healthcare and Shepherd Center recently signed on to share an Epic EHR platform in a hospital-to-hospital hosting agreement. As... Continue Reading
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Improving Medication adherence for Chronic Disease Management – Innovations and Opportunities22 Dec 2017
To improve chronic disease outcomes and curb health care costs, it is paramount that patients follow prescriptions as directed. When... Continue Reading
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Population health can help Providers avoid care disconnects22 Dec 2017
Population health initiatives can help providers close critical gaps in patient care, particularly when it comes to finding ways to... Continue Reading
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