Population Health
e-Prescribing Showing Return on Investment for Diabetes Care
by Michael Burger, Senior Consultant As electronic prescribing (e-Prescribing) rolled out over the last decade, some stakeholders were concerned with whether the expenditures were justified and would realize a return …
EHRs Are Not a Magic Bullet
By Michael Burger, Practice Lead, EHRs and EDI Electronic health records (EHRs) are taking a lot of heat these days. Lloyd Minor, M.D., the dean of Stanford University’s School …
EHRs Offer Ready-Made Tools for Population Health Management
By Michael Burger, Senior Consultant Providers need tools for population health management (PHM) for reimbursement as well as reporting on metrics for related activities and quality improvement. While most physicians …
Medication Non-Adherence: Is There an App for That?
By Pooja Babbrah, Senior Consultant Getting patients to adhere to their medication regimen is a growing problem—and solutions are being sought. The reasons are compelling. Non-adherence to prescribed medications results in $100 to $300 billion in avoidable healthcare costs. A significant portion of …
Using Real-World Data to Power Population Health Analytics
Insights for Life Sciences Companies As the quality of payers’ data on their members’ health outcomes gets better with each passing day, achieving measurable quality targets is increasingly becoming the basis for …
Why Pharmaceutical Companies Need to Invest in Population Health Management
Investing in population health management programs (PHMs) is becoming increasingly important for pharmaceutical manufacturers. Amidst the uncertainty of health reform, we can still count on payers pushing ahead in their efforts to contract with …
A Practical Approach to Implementing a Population Health Management Program
By Michael Solomon Whenever I engage in discussion with health care executives or clinicians about strategies and programs for population health management (PHM), we have to step back and invest …
Reading the Tea Leaves: What Lies Ahead for Health IT in the Trump Administration?
By Tony Schueth, CEO The voters have spoken and there will be a new administration in roughly two months. What does this mean for health information technology (health IT)? Point-of-Care …
Experian and NCPDP Launch New Patient Identifier
By Keith Fisher, Senior Consultant Correctly identifying patients for diagnosis, treatment and billing across the fragmented healthcare ecosystem is a challenging task. Currently, there is no uniform or universal way …
Surescripts Unveils New Patient Record Locator Service
By Michael Burger, Senior Consultant Patients typically get care and treatment from many doctors and in many places, including physicians’ offices, hospitals, pharmacies and urgent care clinics. Doctors wish they …
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