Accountable Care

Press Ganey CEO Joe Greskoviak speaks with Cleveland Clinic Chief Experience Officer Adrienne Boissy, MD

How hospitals can enable lasting improvements in quality, safety and patient-centered care

By Mike Miliard 10:47 am May 14, 2019

"We're all looking to accomplish a lot," said Press Ganey's CEO at the HIMSS and Cleveland Clinic Patient Experience Summit. "But without the right organization and understanding, we'll collapse under the weight of aspirations."

Population health analytics help Banner Health better predict high-cost patients

By Bill Siwicki 02:34 pm May 13, 2019

The health system has identified tens of millions of dollars in potential savings in the area of cost avoidance through intervention.

Implementation best practices: Ringing up success with finance IT

By Bill Siwicki 03:04 pm May 01, 2019

Five experts in financial information systems offer insights and tips for launching technology to help drive cost efficiencies and boost hospital bottom lines.

Telemedicine improves care, keeps patients in place at skilled nursing facility

By Bill Siwicki 04:03 pm April 30, 2019

Telehealth technology has helped the Friedwald Center reduce hospital transfers for falls by 90 percent, and transfers for dementia by 83 percent, among other quality improvements.

HIMSS names new Global Chief Operating & Strategy Officer

By Mike Miliard 02:26 pm April 29, 2019

Dr. Sebastian Krolop, a physician, economist and technology consultant, will help chart worldwide plans and policies for HIMSS. He says he's focused on member experience and enabling more patient-centered healthcare.

How HIEs and AI can work in tandem to boost interoperability ROI

By Mike Miliard 03:08 pm April 08, 2019

InterSystems HealthShare VP Don Woodlock explains some recent examples of how customers are putting the technology to work improving pop health outcomes and increasing revenue.

Healthcare orgs boost spending on predictive analytics as they prove their worth

By Mike Miliard 02:49 pm April 05, 2019

More than 60 percent of payers and providers say they plan to increase their analytics budgets by 15 percent or more, according to a new report from the Society of Actuaries.

Analytics vendor capabilities are expanding as hospital use cases are too

By Mike Miliard 02:21 pm March 22, 2019

A new report from Chilmark Research finds more health systems broadening their applications of data tools and putting them to work for initiatives beyond value-based care.

How data visualization helped Saint Joseph Mercy improve quality, patient safety

By Bill Siwicki 04:11 pm March 19, 2019

In one initiative, the health system tracked hourly rounding compliance by nursing staff. In just over a year, the health system's hourly compliance rate improved by 78.9 percent.

Stanford Health Care taps Lumeris for help with value-based senior care

By Mike Miliard 11:12 am March 19, 2019

The company will help the academic medical center build out its Medicare Advantage plan, as well as developing new AI-powered diagnostics, clinical pathways and more.