Population health with Emory — “They’re able to access information much easier.”
Reducing readmissions with paramedicine
Meditech’s portal functionality — “It doesn’t fit our patient population.”
From outdated systems to being a Horizon development site
The mentor that “helped moderate” him
Being the new CIO — “It’s all about interacting with people. The strategy will come.”
Randy Gaboriault, SVP & CIO, Christiana Care Health System, Chapter 2
Chronic Care Reinvented: Leveraging Paramedicine To Reduce Readmissions
Sometimes real change in health care comes not from innovating or redesigning existing models of care, but from considering a problem from a completely new point of view. One solution that fits this description and is currently gaining traction around the nation is Community Paramedicine, a care delivery model that leverages the untapped resource of […]
Cletis Earle, VP & CIO, St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, Chapter 2
Consistent voice with community docs – “We all say the same thing.”
Patient alerts — “They’re starting to see the benefits.”
Building excitement around data analytics
Hudson Valley’s core initiative
Getting innovative with bus routes
Breaking down silos
“It’s trying to figure out, what can we do next?”
Michael Martz, CIO, Meadville Medical Center, Chapter 2
Fernando Martinez, SVP & CIO, Parkland Hospital & Health System, Chapter 1
The Idiot’s Guide to Drastically Reducing Readmissions
Problems fall into two boxes; easy and difficult. An easy problem to solve is “Do you want fries with your order?” A more complex problem, one I faced two weeks ago, was helping my daughter buy a dress for the eighth-grade dance. I have some experience buying clothes, some experience going to dances, and even some […]
Can You Decrease Readmissions By 50 Percent?
The June 10, 2014 issue of Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN) featured the article, ‘Technology is the key to patient engagement at the individual level.’ It is worth reading. It got me wondering about how we define engagement, wondering about engaging patients, and about engaged patients. I think engaged patients are the result of different […]