Are 3 Square Meals the Key to Avoiding Hospitalizations?
We’d like to welcome a new guest blogger to our ranks. If you’re on social media, you probably know Colin Hung (@Colin_Hung), Co-Host of #hcldr. Colin is also head of Marketing for @PatientPrompt, a...
View ArticleShould Every Patient Have a Number of Health Scores?
In today’s #HITsm chat, I saw an interesting tweet from Gus Gilbertson (@gusgilbertson) about incorporating various environmental scores into the healthcare analysis we do: I hear a need for local...
View ArticleMeeting Patients Where They Are
Last week the sixth pediatric school clinic in Toronto opened its doors at the Nelson Mandela Park Public School. This clinic is part of the model schools pediatric health initiative – a joint program...
View ArticleConnecting Data with Effective Interventions
I recently had a chance to talk with Robert Slepin, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at Axispoint Health. They’re doing some fascinating work in population health management. During...
View ArticleHospital Takes Step Forward Using Patient-Reported Outcome Data
I don’t usually summarize stories from other publications — I don’t want to bore you! — and I like to offer you a surprise or two. This time, though, I thought you might want to hear about an...
View Article#HIMSS18: Pushing Inpatient Care Out
At present, we need acute care hospitals. Despite the fact that many types of care can now be delivered in outpatient settings, and chronic conditions managed remotely for connected health, there are...
View ArticleStudy Offers EHR-Based Approach To Predicting Post-Hospital Opioid Use
With opioid abuse a raging epidemic in the United States, hospitals are looking for effective ways to track and manage opioid treatment effectively. In an effort to move in this direction, a group of...
View ArticleHealth Orgs Were In Talks To Collect SDOH Data From Facebook
These days, virtually everyone in healthcare has concluded that integrating social determinants of health data with existing patient health information can improve care outcomes. However, identifying...
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