Health Innovation

A Visit to Oscar Health

By John Halamka MD – I’m in New York City visiting Oscar Health, on my continuing quest to determine how best to integrate digital platforms, patient-family engagement, and care coordination in preparation for MACRA/MIPS and the transformation from fee for service to alternative payment models.

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Kudos to the Healthcare Community and HHS

By D’Arcy Gue – We healthcare writers spend a lot of time looking critically at federal compliance initiatives, especially the devils that may be in the details. Seriously, who even likes the unfortunate term “compliance?” Despite the hard knocks, HHS in fact has been an extraordinary trailblazer in modernizing American healthcare through information technology adoption.


Cyclical Conundrum in Complication Prediction

By William A. Hyman – A popular form of Clinical Decision Support is the prediction of forthcoming complications. I have commented on reports of such systems before, and another example has been posted recently, in this case seeking to predict cardiovascular complications from CT scans.


HIE Rundown 8-19-16

The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Recently making news in health information exchange is Carequality, Kno2 & HealtHIE Nevada, FCC Connect2Health Task Force, Surescripts, Translational Software, Inc. and NetDirector.


AMIA Unveils Advanced Health Informatics Certification for Broader Health Professions

By William Hersh – While the clinical informatics physician subspecialty has been an excellent way to recognize the value of the informatics profession, there are clearly many important other professionals in the informatics field who deserve the same professional recognition for their knowledge and skills in using data and information to improve health and healthcare.


Next Generation Healthcare Products

There are new and improved products in healthcare being developed everyday. The following are announcements and launches of upgraded or new health products recently publicized by Premier Inc., Oticon, Prime Medical, Versco, VASCO Security Data and Doctor Globe.


Web Tool Reduced Medical Missteps During Hospital-Shift Changes: Study Says

By Shefali Luthra – It’s 4 p.m., and if you’re a hospital patient, that could be one of the most critical times of the day. Your doctor’s shift just ended, and someone new will take over your care. How these professionals communicate could have major repercussions for your recovery. Those shift changes, also known as handoffs, are prime opportunities for key information about a patient’s condition to get lost in the shuffle.