Leveraging Technology
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, DC, laid out the department’s four areas of emphasis for creating a value-based health care delivery system and urged hospital and health system leaders to help accelerate progress.
Also in this week’s roundup: Maine hospital named for Barbara Bush recognizes her passing and University of Virginia Medical Center uses app to communicate with non-English speaking patients.
The Medical University of South Carolina has proven particularly adept at generating clear value for its affiliate partners and itself.
list icon These Medical Delivery Drones Could Soon Be Supplying U.S.
Providers who straddle fee-for-service and value-based care models must make sure their information technology investments can fully support both.
In this week’s roundup, a Wall Street Journal article examines how more health care organizations are helping to improve the wellbeing of residents by hiring and buying in communities; profiles of eight women who are transforming health IT; and more.
Read about health care organizations' needs to pick up the pace in embracing consumerism; health care uses for drone deliveries; and how health care has been inextricably linked to Medicaid in rural areas.
A new online tool from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality allows users to compare county-level hospitalization rates for opioids, alcohol, stimulants and other drugs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced MyHealthEData, a federal initiative to expand patient access to their medical data electronically.
Hospitals and health systems are using health IT to engage patients, improve care coordination and better communicate across care settings.