Similarities Between 1980s Wall Street Innovation and HealthEC
Like most people during this season of giving, I tend to get somewhat reflective.
Healthcare IT
Health Plans, Mobile Applications and Closing the Referral Loop
In my last blog, I talked about the communication gaps between primary care providers and specialists when it comes to referrals, the need for healthcare IT vendors to close this referral loop, and HealthEC’s success in already doing so.
HealthEC – Defying Limitations in 2019 and a Look Ahead to 2020
2019 was a wonderful year for HealthEC! We were blessed to work alongside some of the industry’s most innovative and dedicated professionals, while partnering with a dynamic, forward-thinking customer base that is second to none. With an emphasis and focus on strategic growth, product and professional development, as well as having fun, we accomplished some …
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The Social Determinants of Health – More Than Just Buzzwords
While the introduction of the proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule (CMS-2393-P) grabbed headlines at last week’s National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) Fall Conference, discussions about Social Determinants of Health could also be considered front-page news.
Closed Loop Keeps Primary care providers and Specialists on the Same Page
As a patient, have you ever felt a bit confused about next steps after your primary care provider refers you to a specialist?
Innovation Give Vendors the Opportunity to Prove in Healthcare Market
Remember when the doctor dusted off a paper copy of your medical record ahead of an office visit? While the days of medical record isolation are long gone, data remains a critical part of today’s healthcare market.
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare – The Doctor Will See You Now
Imagine the future when you go to your doctor to be treated for some sort of ailment. After collecting and entering key data into an app, she’s presented with a clinical diagnosis and optimal course of treatment, including the correct medications. While she’s there to talk “human-to-human” to the patient, it’s a predictive model and …
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Outcomes-Based Certification – Coming to a Module Near You!
Upon returning home from last month’s Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference in Chicago, I took the opportunity to reflect on how things have changed since attending the conference in 2002 and how Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Service, states and vendors continue to face many of the same challenges year after year. While I could write …
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame (This Week’s MESC and NACHC CHI & EXPO Conferences)
The Washington Nationals are likely to be a hot topic of conversation in Chicago baseball circles ahead of their series with the Cubs later this week.
Year in Review and a Look Towards 2019
We strive each day to help healthcare organizations succeed with value-based care and population health management (PHM), but let’s take our foot off the gas for just a moment to reflect on the past year, with an eye on what’s coming in 2019.