Population Health

Patient using a phone app to manage prescription

Geisinger, Merck co-launch new FHIR-enabled patient apps

By Mike Miliard 01:17 pm August 15, 2018

Geisinger and Merck have collaborated on a pair of new web-based applications, designed to make it easier to incorporate patient data into health systems' electronic health records for better care coordination, treatment and outcomes.

AHRQ Director Gopal Khanna speaking at Blue Button 2.0 Conference at the White House on Tuesday

AHRQ Director Gopal Khanna speaking at Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference at the White House on Tuesday.

AHRQ, Social Security Administration aim to attract FHIR developers

By Tom Sullivan 10:58 am August 14, 2018

With a GitHub site coming and new developer challenges, the agencies are the latest to engage the developer community.

Intersystems booth at HIMSS18.

Major Australian EHR rollout approaches halfway mark

By Lynne Minion 11:10 am August 13, 2018

The digitization initiative in the remote and rural Northern Territory is implementing InterSystems technology to improve quality and access for the area's underserved population.

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Dell Medical School builds data hub to speed healthcare innovation

By Mike Miliard 03:33 pm August 07, 2018

The new initiative will help researchers streamline their analytics efforts and connect them with other resources at UT Austin that could help improve clinical practice and public health.

Think tank urges social media sites to address mental health of young people

By Leontina Postelnicu 10:13 am August 07, 2018

NHS officials In the UK said that social media platforms can have an “insidious grip” on people’s lives and companies such as Facebook have to face up to their responsibilities.

doctors discussing risk science at computer screen

Move over risk scores, what healthcare needs now is risk science

By John Supra and Shrujan Amin 10:53 am August 06, 2018

Risk science is an emerging requirement for value-based care and population health programs.

Allscripts, Cerner offer a glimpse at tech priorities in new earnings reports

By Mike Miliard 03:35 pm August 03, 2018

Rival EHR vendors have differing plans for 2018, with Allscripts diversifying its product portfolio and Cerner focusing on two landmark EHR modernizations that could have industry-wide gravitational pull.

doctors meeting and sharing data in a hospital

AMIA says draft federal data strategy will improve information sharing, analytics

By Mike Miliard 02:10 pm August 02, 2018

The informatics group says a nationwide commitment to an improved digital infrastructure and data literacy across the workforce will lead to better health.

Virginia links all of its ERs to improve care, trim costs

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam with Bruce Lo, MD, medical director of emergency medicine at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Virginia electronically links all of its emergency departments to improve care, trim costs

By Bill Siwicki 03:00 pm July 31, 2018

The ability to view information on a patient's 10 previous ED visits across different health systems saved on unneeded imaging tests and prevented the prescription of narcotics, one physician said.

Chesapeake Regional uses big data and analytics to screen smokers for lung cancer

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Big data and predictive analytics pull in smokers for lung screening

By Bill Siwicki 03:12 pm July 27, 2018

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare sought to motivate smokers to get screened and used cloud-based analytics and marketing technology to successfully target them.