Accountable Care

With pop health analytics, Bridges Health Partners MSSP ACO saves $8 million in first year

By Bill Siwicki 12:34 pm December 02, 2019

The health system used its new population health tools to better manage patient care, ER use, pre-visit planning and value-based care.

At one health system, self-service portal now accounts for 28% of collections

By Bill Siwicki 01:21 pm November 26, 2019

At Integris Health, billing and analytics technology is responsible for measurable rises in patients' perceptions of the financial experience – helping them set up payment plans, make payments, register for self-service and sign up for text alerts.

Patient engagement IT market changing, slowly, with the imperatives of consumerism

By Mike Miliard 10:31 am November 22, 2019

As providers seek to improve the patient experience and engage patients for better health outcomes, a KLAS report explores how vendors' claims square with health systems' priorities.

Healthcare in 21 years: Data sharing, empowered consumers, big breakthroughs

By Nathan Eddy 12:50 pm November 20, 2019

As it looks ahead to 2040, Deloitte sees fundamental improvements in the decades ahead – with advances in interoperability, improvements for patient access and major medical discoveries enabling fundamental behavior change for better health.

Patient experience is evolving as providers embrace telehealth

By Mike Miliard 12:15 pm November 12, 2019

While face-to-face visits are still preferred by many, 90% of healthcare organizations polled by HIMSS Media say they're using or piloting remote care services to boost care coordination, manage at-risk patients and broaden pop health efforts.

Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital Rural Health Clinic.

Rural health clinic enhances patient care, experience with practice management, call center tech

By Bill Siwicki 12:31 pm November 07, 2019

The integration of the two technologies helps with the Medicare Chronic Care Management efforts of Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital’s rural providers.

With brand realignment, HIMSS positions for new era of disruptive innovation

By Mike Miliard 02:51 pm November 06, 2019

A new website with a new look is only part of the larger transformation, as the information and technology leader aims to help a growing healthcare ecosystem build better health worldwide.

Bridging clinical information and communication gaps for better-informed care

12:00 am November 06, 2019

The Ascom Myco 3 is a purpose-built device which provides clinicians and caregivers with instant access to applicable patient information to help streamline care delivery.

Consumers prize convenience, self-service when seeking care online, survey shows

By Mike Miliard 03:54 pm November 05, 2019

Kyruus' new Patient Access Journey Report, which polled patients about their healthcare preferences, finds an appetite for streamlined, digitally mature scheduling experience.

Health systems upping investments in remote patient monitoring

By Nathan Eddy 11:03 am November 04, 2019

Smartphones and tablets are among the mobile technologies in focus, which can be combined with telehealth video conferencing and healthcare wearables, as well as the deployment of electronic health record-based patient portals.