by Jamie Janvier | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog, Care Coordination, Clinical Outcomes, Encounter Notification Service, Interoperability
While the COVID-19 pandemic has been at the forefront of medical and public concern for the past year and a half, the opioid overdose epidemic has continued to quietly take its toll in the United States. In the twelve months leading up to April 2021, over 100,000...
by Jamie Janvier | Nov 30, 2021 | Blog, Emergency Preparedness and Response, PULSE
Natural disasters continue to increase in frequency and severity on a global scale, limiting real-world opportunities for individual localities to train personnel, test plans, and apply lessons learned from previous disasters. Consequently, planning and drilling are...
by Jamie Janvier | Nov 23, 2021 | Blog, Healthcare IT, Interoperability, Policy
It has been an active year so far in the health IT policy world. Implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act has continued at a steady clip and many policy developments have helped advance efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, momentum will continue...
by Jamie Janvier | Nov 12, 2021 | Blog, Care Coordination, Clinical Outcomes, Health Equity, Social Determinants of Health
Over the past 20 years, maternal mortality rates have continued to rise in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in 2019 the maternal mortality rate had risen to 20 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared to 17 deaths...
by Jamie Janvier | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog, Care Coordination, Encounter Notification Service, Healthcare IT, Interoperability
Reducing hospital readmissions has been a major goal in healthcare for the past decade. In 2012, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) included a provision called the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program to incentivize hospitals to reduce readmissions. A readmission or...
