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Care coordination: What's needed to succeed with accountable care and home health?

Healthcare It News

Post-acute care is a key part of the care continuum and a significant component of healthcare spend. Healthcare IT companies are working to defragment the post-acute care continuum and create scale and interoperability. By leveraging care coordination tools, we ensure that patients receive high-quality care across the continuum.

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Health Plans: Tackling Diabetes Disparities for All Americans

HIT Consultant

These patients often come from traditionally underserved populations, including Black and Latinx communities, that disproportionately experience the clinical and economic burdens of diabetes.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

She led the development of the Map it, Zap it coronavirus symptom tracker, adopted by nearly 100,000 community users, and helped develop GuideSafe, which enabled delivery of ongoing COVID-19 symptom monitoring across Alabama. CIO, Delaware Valley Community Health. Coast Guard and community care providers. Damian Jankowicz.

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Biden Admin Builds on Cancer Moonshot with 13 More Initiatives

HIT Consultant

And, the White House and Cancer Cabinet have held more than 50 community conversations and events. – The Cancer Moonshot has spurred tremendous action across the federal government and from the public and private sectors, building a strong foundation for the work ahead.

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Roundups: 22 Recent Strategic Digital Health Partnerships

HIT Consultant

This strategic partnership focuses on serving the entire continuum of care and includes highly integrated collaborations with Medline and Advantus’s physician-led clinical integration team that works to improve physician alignment, product implementation, clinical process design and integration.

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Real Risks of Caregivers on Continuing Care Community Property

Florida Health Care Law Firm

Providing a high-quality and safe environment and care for vulnerable seniors is a top priority for continuing care communities (CCCs). Sometimes overlooked are the risks that arise when independent living residents bring their own personal caregivers into the community to support their needs. Growing Use of Personal Caregivers.

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Accenture Report Reveals Staggering Health Inequities and the Role of US Healthcare Ecosystem in Addressing Them 

HIT Consultant

According to the report, health ecosystem players’ current efforts to address inequities are disconnected from the daily realities faced by underrepresented communities. Acknowledge bias and gaps in data analysis that don’t accurately reflect communities. Engage community-based organizations and leaders from the beginning.