Accountable Care

First IT-savvy med students graduate under pioneering AMA program

By Mike Miliard 03:54 pm May 15, 2018

The American Medical Association's Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium seeks to train new physicians with EHRs, pop health and value-based care in mind.

hospital pharmacy uses analytics on computer

The in-house analytics projects at Rapid City Regional Hospital have also shown some interesting findings about costs and opportunities for revenue in their retail approach to their pharmacy operations.

Why hospitals need to adopt a 'retail mindset' when it comes to analytics

By Mike Miliard 09:03 am May 15, 2018

Accountable care demands that data crunching these days be agile to enable quick pivots in strategy, says the director of pharmacy at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Part of the group practice's strategy is to train triage nurses to work with providers to schedule urgent appointments, even double booking when necessary.

Columbia Medical Associates saves $6.5 million in total cost of care by tackling ED visits

By Bill Siwicki 04:34 pm May 14, 2018

The multi-specialty group practice undertook a large project to use analytics and reduce emergency room utilization – and it worked.

Baystate Health in Springfield, Massachusetts. Credit: Google Maps

Baystate Health finds ACO success with help from its own startup

By Bill Siwicki 09:12 am April 30, 2018

The health system, through its innovation center, worked with CarePort – which now helps it deliver better care for post-acute care patients.

Prince George's County Health Department in Cheverly, Maryland. Credit: Google Maps

Population health program leverages social determinant data with help of regional HIE

By Bill Siwicki 01:23 pm April 25, 2018

Maryland's Prince George County integrated Chesapeake Regional Information System's patient data into a single population health management platform to improve outcomes and lower costs.

Can Lean methodology help improve EHR documentation?

By Mike Miliard 04:50 pm April 19, 2018

Mayo Clinic researchers write in an AHIMA report that the process technique could improve electronic health record efficiency and overall satisfaction by users.

NYU Langone Health on East 17th Street in New York City. Credit: Google Maps

How NYU Langone tweaked its Epic EHR for value-based care, saving millions

By Mike Miliard 09:45 am April 16, 2018

The New York City-based health system tailored its care pathways to fix inefficiencies and gained back big ROI from the hard work it did with staff workflows and process improvements.

Allscripts realigns business units to bolster care coordination

By Mike Miliard 12:20 pm April 10, 2018

The teams, both of which joined Allscripts via acquisition, will work to innovate acute and post-acute coordination and offer greater visibility across the care continuum.