Evaluating Progress in mHealth, Recapping Telehealth21 Virtual Summit

Progress in mHealth, connected health, and telehealth can be evaluated from multiple angles, including regulatory changes and technological advancements. Eric Wicklund, senior editor of mHealthIntelligence, explains how mHealth technologies and regulations have evolved and what needs to happen for that evolution to continue. He also reviews the conversations at the Telehealth21 Virtual Summit.

Building Up Home-Based Healthcare, Breaking Down Siloed Care

Home-based healthcare was once the primary nature of healthcare. It took the coronavirus pandemic to bring this care setting back into the spotlight. Kristen McGovern, convener at Moving Health Home, and Chris Johnson, vice president and head of corporate development at Landmark Health, discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on home-based care, how value-based care can bolster home-based care, the barriers to home-based care, and more.

Leveraging Population Health Data to Promote, Bolster Advanced Primary Care

All high-value providers will aim for cost-savings, but advanced primary care practices recognize that population health data is key to lowering healthcare spending. John Collier, president and chief executive officer of Proactive MD, and Jeremy VanderKnyff, executive vice president of health data science, value, and validation at Proactive MD, share about the role that population health data plays in advanced primary care.

Designing Quality of Care Metrics, Processes with Providers for Providers

As the healthcare system pivots towards value-based care, some healthcare professionals may now take it for granted that quality measures are essential to high-quality care. But how can healthcare organizations design quality measures with both the provider and the patient in mind? Anthony Romeo, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and chief medical editor of Orthopedics Today, details how healthcare organizations can collaborate with providers to develop effective quality of care measurements.

Assessing the State of Value-Based Care in 2020, Expectations for 2021

Throughout 2020, speculations abounded as to the impact that the coronavirus pandemic would have on the progress of value-based care. Emily Sokol, director of research at Xtelligent Healthcare, reveals the trends that emerged through the most recent Value-Based Care Assessment.
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Eliminating Racial Healthcare Disparities in the Payer Industry

With their member data and member engagement capabilities, payers are uniquely positioned to reduce healthcare disparities. Kedar Mate, president and chief executive officer at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and Mark Friedberg, senior vice president of performance measurement and improvement at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA), describe areas in which the payer industry has historically failed to eliminate racial care disparities and they explain steps that payers can take to eliminate disparities in their communities and companies.

Establishing Quality Measures to Assess Telehealth Quality of Care

As telehealth continues to expand, healthcare professionals must confront a repercussive question: how should healthcare organizations conduct quality measurement in telehealth? Sheri Winsper, senior vice president of quality measurement at the National Quality Forum (NQF), explains why quality measurement for telehealth is critical to patient-centered care and shares elements that healthcare organizations should consider in telehealth quality measurement.

Addressing Pediatric Impact of Housing As A Social Determinant of Health

It is well known that housing is a social determinant of health factor, but the implications of poor housing for children's health have gone under-explored until recently. Kelly Kelleher, MD, vice president of Community Health at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and senior author of a recent study on the subject, explains the pediatric implications and shares how hospitals and health systems can take action to support communities with poor housing.

Adapting EHRs for Data Collection during Infectious Disease Outbreaks

During infectious disease outbreaks, data needs shift. Providers want to see heat mapping, total case count, points of transmission and other data points that are not typically evident in an electronic health record (EHR). April Diaz, vice president of clinical services at Marquis Companies, and Vicki Nordby, nurse consultant at Marquis Companies, share about their health system's experience adapting EHR tools to meet the demands of an infectious disease outbreak.

Assessing the Value of Using Genomic Data To Guide Population Health

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the value of genomic data for population health efforts. However, the US lags behind other nations in sequencing genetic data. David Relman, MD—professor of Microbiology at Stanford University and member of the standing committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Threats at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine—explains the benefits of genomic sequencing and explores ways that the US can catch up in this field.