By Arlene Bierman MD, MS, Director of AHRQ’s Center for Evidence & Practice Improvement, Cindy Brach, MPP, Senior Healthcare Researcher in CEPI & Brent Sandmeyer, MPH, Social Science Analyst in CE Twitter: @AHRQNews Health systems built on a strong foundation of primary care achieve better health outcomes. Healthcare delivery, however, accounts for only 20 percent of population health. It has long…

By Maureen O’Hagan, Kaiser Health News Twitter: @KHNews On Kimberly Repp’s office wall is a sign in Latin: Hic locus est ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae. This is a place where the dead delight in helping the living. For medical examiners, it’s a mission. Their job is to investigate deaths and learn from them, for the benefit of us all. Repp,…

The alphabet soup of acronyms in the world Artificial Intelligence. What are they? What do they mean? What is the difference between them? This is our ongoing reporting on AI and how it is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward using artificial intelligence. Read more posts…

The alphabet soup of acronyms in the world Artificial Intelligence. What are they? What do they mean? What is the difference between them? This is our ongoing reporting on AI and how it is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward using artificial intelligence. Read more posts…

By Chris Muir & Brett Coughlin Twitter: @ONC_HealthIT One in an occasional series of ‘Where-are-they-now?’ posts about ONC Challenge Winners We recently checked in with ClinicalBox and Lowell General Hospital about their progress since being selected as one of six winners of ONC’s 2015 Market Research and Development (R&D) Pilot Challenge in 2015.* This challenge broke down the barriers between promising start…

By Gopal Khanna, M.B.A., Director of AHRQ Twitter: @AHRQNews I am excited to announce that AHRQ has reached an important milestone in one of its ongoing challenge competitions. We’ve selected 12 semifinalists in our Visualization Resources of Community-Level Social Determinants of Health Challenge. We understand that medical care alone is insufficient for ensuring better health outcomes. And, indeed, HHS Secretary Alex Azar noted…

By Sonia Singh, Senior Director, AVIA Twitter: @HealthAVIA What’s Behind Door #1? Two very different answers emerge, depending on how health systems build their digital front doors Create a consumer-grade digital experience for your patients — something that rivals the ease-of-use of Airbnb or Lyft — or risk being lapped in a race you can’t afford to lose. This is…

By Dr. James Occhiogrosso, Dimensional Insight Twitter: @DI_tweet It would seem logical that newly-minted physicians entering the medical workplace would expect that some level of performance monitoring would apply. However, this complex and ever-changing world of hospital and physician performance measurement often makes the young medical practitioner apprehensive and questioning. Are such measurements in the context of pay-for-performance (or non-performance),…

Increases Transparency, Predictability, and Efficiency of RHC Program Funding Decisions The Federal Communications Commission (@FCC) took action to promote telehealth in rural America through reforms to the Rural Health Care Program that ensure limited program funds are disbursed efficiently and equitably, promote transparency and predictability in the program’s administration, and strengthen safeguards against waste, fraud, and abuse. The RHC Program…