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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Transition Care Management helps reduce hospital readmissions
No one likes going to the hospital; however, getting the care we need sometimes requires making the trip. What shouldn’t be necessary is being readmitted to the hospital because a provider lost track of where a patient was, didn’t check to see what medications they were on, or was too slow to provide necessary follow-up care.
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In last month’s opening blog in this series, we defined the field of Population Health as including “health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies and interventions that link these two.”
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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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From rural health centers to urban clinics and everywhere in-between, eClinicalWorks® and healow® are helping practices reinvent themselves to face emerging challenges and provide quality care to patients.
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Most Americans probably don’t put Arkansas high on their list for tourist attractions. But from Blanchard Springs Caverns and the Buffalo National River to famous Civil War battlefields, and country music, our state has it all — natural beauty, history, great music, and wonderful people.
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Matt Cady, Chief Innovation Officer at Florida’s Adult Medicine of Lake County, says that before his practice began using eClinicalWorks to track patients moving among care settings, they had a system in place: Post-It® Notes and spreadsheets.
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