I'm a healthcare business and technology guy who likes to learn, create, share, and curate knowledge about payer and provider healthcare information processes and systems.
There are some simple things that can be done before, during and after an office visit that don't require fancy technology and which can greatly improve outcomes and patient-physician engagement.
Zelis highlights how employers, payers, and consumers are integrating digital tools to manage healthcare costs.
Maybe it's not an either-or? There are certainly some ways patients are being treated/acting like consumers.
A full list inside. But do any of them do the job?
During the first 10 days of July, the tweet streams I use for monitoring the #healthit and #HITsm hashtags on Twitter were flooded with a lot of tweets related to the 2014 #HIT100 event. At times, the nominations for people I a...
A few days ago, Betsy Nicoletti penned a post titled “The ICD-10 emperor has no clothes.” Kate Warnock – social business strategist at BCBS of Florida – aka @FLBlue – asked me and a few others if we agreed or not. Here’s my response Kate: I largely disagree with Betsy’s post. And here’s why: 1. […]
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.