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...
If the first month of 2022 is preview for how the rest of the year will shape up, we are in for an exciting ride on the healthcare interoperability track. On January 7th, efforts to standardize health data took a major leap forward with the release of Project US@, a...
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,...
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...
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...
Patient-centered care has been a trending topic in healthcare for the past decade. While patient-centered care sounds self-explanatory—shifting focus to the patient and their needs in a healthcare setting—there is more to it than that. Patient-centered care at its...
