by dbauza4gmailcom | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog, Care Coordination, Clinical Outcomes, Healthcare IT
The shift in healthcare from the current fee-for-service (FFS) model to value-based care (VBC) has been unfolding over the past decade. Rather than reimburse providers per service rendered, VBC payment models reimburse providers for the overall value of the care they...
by dbauza4gmailcom | Mar 23, 2022 | Blog, Care Coordination, Clinical Outcomes, Encounter Notification Service
The costs of hospital readmissions are a major topic of concern in the healthcare industry, impacting a hospital’s quality of care as well as their financial health. As value-based reimbursement models begin to replace fee-for-service, developing a strategy to reduce...
by dbauza4gmailcom | Mar 17, 2022 | Blog, Care Coordination, Clinical Outcomes, Encounter Notification Service, Healthcare IT
Hospital readmissions continue to be a significant patient-safety issue that plagues the healthcare industry. Despite the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) in 2012, the 30-day...
by Jamie Janvier | Jan 13, 2022 | Blog, Care Coordination, Clinical Outcomes, Encounter Notification Service, Healthcare IT, Interoperability
Health information exchange (HIE) plays a critical role in the drive towards interoperability in healthcare. HIE evolved as a solution to data silos that emerged among hospital and health systems and the variety of electronic health record software they implemented,...
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 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...
