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63-Provider Horizon Health Care Inc. Achieves 110K Annual Visits with eClinicalWorks Intelligent Cloud EHR

By: June 1, 2023 at 9:58

Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) leverages eClinicalWorks Behavioral Health module to expand its practice and reach WESTBOROUGH, MA.—June 1, 2023— Horizon Health Care (Horizon), a federally qualified health center (FQHC) located across South Dakota, is adding solutions from eClinicalWorks to modernize and expand its 63-provider practice. With eClinicalWorks®, the largest ambulatory cloud EHR, Horizon has seen success with the company’s Behavioral Health module across its 32 medical and dental clinics. With 110K annual visits, eClinicalWorks and healow are helping the 45-year-old health center continue to grow and increase practice efficiency. […]
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Putting Together the Pop Health Puzzle

By: December 6, 2022 at 2:32

Given how central and important value is to so many aspects of life, it may be surprising to learn that value-based care wasn’t really on anyone’s radar until 2008, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services introduced several programs intended to improve the Medicare program.
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Making Pop Health Easier with Speed, Flexibility, and Insight

By: November 16, 2022 at 11:44

This month, our Population Health blog series looks at the innovative solutions presented at the 2022 eClinicalWorks and healow National Conference in Orlando. Read on to learn how eClinicalWorks is helping practices bring together new thinking and the latest Population Health solutions to achieve the goals of value-based care.
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Addressing the Acute Need for Chronic Care Services

By: August 17, 2022 at 3:32

Employing effective tools for high-risk, high-need patients The numbers don’t lie: The older we get, the more chronic medical conditions — on average — we accumulate. Yes, there are 90-year-olds who spring out of bed and go hiking or waterskiing, but they are the exception. For most humans, age takes its inevitable toll.
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Innova Primary Care: The Upside to Downside Risk

By: November 2, 2021 at 3:03

Physicians don’t usually encourage their patients to take unnecessary risks, much less take such risks themselves. After all, they are supposed to be role models. But there are times when taking on risk is not only the right thing to do but can show others the path to a bright healthcare future.
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Putting the Pieces Together for Quality Healthcare

By: January 29, 2021 at 2:02

There are few things as satisfying as placing the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle in the correct spot. January 29, 2021, is National Puzzle Day and even though finishing a jigsaw puzzle may be satisfying, solving unique problems specific to healthcare is another area worth celebrating.
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How Little River Medical Center Thrived During the Pandemic

By: November 6, 2020 at 6:10

It’s been months since the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the way providers practice medicine. For many, the need for an almost overnight transformation became too much of a strain on their resources, and practices were forced to shut down permanently. Others like Little River Medical Center found the means to adapt and utilize comprehensive tools and strategies to find success in the wake of a global pandemic.
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The Importance of Chronic Care Management Today

By: July 13, 2020 at 4:09

I believe that Chronic Care Management (CCM) is one of the best tools that has ever been given to healthcare providers. I started using CCM in my office in October 2014 — a year before it became a benefit— because I’ve always believed healthcare was a team sport.
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