Sunday, September 3, 2023
Health care professionals have to think about a lot when working with individual patients, including their health history, family history, lifestyle, and environment. But it’s important to remember that every patient is part of a larger community— a community with its own unique healthcare needs and challenges. Population health management is all about improving the
[ Read More ]If there is one thing we’ve discovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s the need for research to better public health in a time of crisis. Through public health officials, we have learned about social distancing, masking, and disease prevention. With the adoption of new health policies and greater research to combat the spread of the
[ Read More ]What causes two patients of the same age and with the same disease but from different regions to respond differently to a certain treatment? Even if these two patients appeared similar on paper, their lifestyles are very likely to differ- socioeconomic status, gender, race, ethnicity, family structure, and education. Is SDOH a promise for a
[ Read More ]Consider a situation where healthcare is not just an industry term- a situation where EHRs are not an integral part of physicians schedule but just a support to providing care. All considered, imagine a situation where patient-centric care actually involves the patient, and patient engagement is not just a buzzword but a reality. Unfortunately, all
[ Read More ]Emma Jones, 67 was diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes and morbid obesity five years ago and had always faced issues managing her HbA1c levels and morbid obesity. Her last test report revealed her HbA1c to be higher than the ideal and her obesity , barely controlled. Emma’s PCPs and specialists knew that the problem was related
[ Read More ]The way we see healthcare today is very different from what it was a couple of decades ago. Back then, we did not have the technology to capture the best practices. But, today we have the capability to use medical data as a source of innovation and create impact at scale. But the question is
[ Read More ]As value-based care becomes the primary focus of healthcare organizations, providers now need to broach Population Health Management and to manage it with risk stratification with a delicate balance. It is now important for providers to focus on patients’ individual and distinct health signs and take decisions to take their journey forward to better and
[ Read More ]This is the first of a three part series addressing population health problems around the globe and some thoughts on how behavioral economics combined with blockchain technology can help solve some of these problems at scale. It is no secret nations around the globe are experiencing rapid growth in their aging and low-income populations and the corresponding
[ Read More ]This webinar offers a quick introduction to a key tool for gap analysis: customer journey mapping. A journey map is a tool that puts those of us who work in healthcare into the customer’s, member’s, or patient’s shoes — and then keeps us there throughout the story of an experience and associated resource touchpoints. By telling
[ Read More ]Big data is an overused term and is interpreted differently by many. Yet a common definition that has recently gained widespread acceptance is “Big data processes large data sets which cannot be handled by traditional databases or relational databases.” While some of the problems of how to extract value out of data remain the same
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