Care Delivery
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This is the second in a three-part series on the rise of health insurance exchanges and what they mean for hospitals and health systems.
IBM Watson Health last year formally jumped into predictive analytics and has been on a tear ever since, doing deals and partnering with health care providers and commercial enterprises. For years, IBM had a traditional computer infrastructure business in health care.
Century Club GrowingNumber of Americans 100 years old and older:1980: 15,0002000: 50,281
Developing health care delivery and payment models to achieve the Triple Aim will be challenging.
Changes in care delivery may include new partnerships among payers, providers, government and the community and across the continuum; greater use of technology to empower clinicians and patients…
Hospitals are making greater investments in community health. More and more, they are engaging in “upstream” efforts to address the social determinants of health in the communities they serve. These efforts include assistance with locating affordable housing, elder care, child care,…
One in four Americans experiences a mental illness or substance use disorder each year, and the majority of those also have a comorbid physical health condition. Hospitals provide essential behavioral health care services to millions of Americans every day. In recent years, the challenges of…
Is there a more intimidating phrase out there today than Big Data? It sounds like some sort of bully. Oh-oh, avert your eyes, Big Data is swaggering this way.
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
Health systems now require enterprise data warehouses to create a foundation for future analytics.
The shift from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement is driving the need for sophisticated analytics systems that can…
For years, Caitrin Houlihan sought solace in drugs and alcohol. She started smoking marijuana at age 12 and gravitated toward painkillers, angel dust, cocaine and heroin in her teens. “Where I grew up, it was very acceptable,” Houlihan, 38, says of her Boston neighborhood. “That’s how I knew how to…
Cancer Forecast1,685,210 new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. this year.595,690 people are expected to die in the U.S. this year.