Source: Small, doc-owned practices key players in value-based care By Aine Cryts Small, physician-owned practices are an ideal environment to practice value-based care, writes Farzad Mostashari, M.D., former national coordinator for health information technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in the Annals of Family Medicine. That’s because practices of this size are […]
Source: Posting doc-patient reviews pays off When Salt Lake City residents search the Web for physician reviews, they’re likely to come across a set of ratings from an unlikely source: the University of Utah Health Care’s website. Since December 2012, UUHC has been posting patient satisfaction ratings for its doctors. Other providers with a similar […]
Technologies such as mobile apps and text messaging may help teens better control their Type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in Journal of Medical Internet Research. The study polled 174 adolescents with Type 1 diabetes and their parents about their use of five technologies in their efforts for better control: social networks such […]
As Prof Mike Short pointed out recently, 2016 is the tenth anniversary of the start of the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) programme that in retrospect, because of poor trial design, probably slowed the uptake of digital health in the UK more than any other single action. It seems appropriate therefore to look at how telehealth* […]
Post-acute-care providers are adjusting their business plans to better navigate the changing terrain created by the Affordable Care Act, as reduced payment rates and consolidation pressure their industry. The biggest impact of the ACA has come through reductions in annual Medicare marketbasket updates, said Jay Grinney, CEO of Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth Corp. Savings from those […]
There’s more evidence that CMS’ attempt to reimburse for telehealth isn’t hitting its mark. A recent survey finds that almost 70 percent of physicians don’t understand how to use the proper CPT code and less than 20 percent are using it. Launched at the beginning of this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
It is rare to hear about telehealth from the Middle East, so it is refreshing to see a report dedicated to this subject. click to enlarge“Enabling Telehealth: Lessons for the Gulf” is a new report from the Intelligence Unit of The Economist which identifies principles and practices relevant to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. […]
These days it seems you cannot get away from talk of innovation in the NHS – even the London Business School, this editor’s alma mater, is holding a conference on it, on 20th October. Then there’s the NHS Innovation Accelerator programme, the Accelerated Access Review (AAR), that this reviewer is involved with, the National Information Board (NIB), that this […]
A new global-risk adjusted model may be more appropriate for accountable care organizations (ACOs), experts argued in a Health Affairs blog post. According to the authors, David Krueger, executive director and medical director of Bellin-Thedacare Healthcare Partners in Northeast Wisconsin, and John Toussaint, CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value: “if an ACO can […]
Today’s doctor is, by and large, and expert at providing “epistrophic” care – healthcare delivered in episodes, during catastrophes. It’s what happens to patients in between those medical emergencies that causes the wheels of the American healthcare system to bog down. And that’s where healthcare is failing its patients. Daniel Sands, MD, an assistant professor […]
