Some Specific Areas Where Hospitals Are Investing in Innovations

Innovation is all the rage these days and hospitals are developing innovation centers to promote changes in the healthcare industry. A recent article listed the specific areas where hospital executives believe innovation will drive improvements in care (see:Here's where hospitals are investing in innovation today). I list the five specific areas listed in the article below with a short commentary following the list:Patient-generated data and customized services. With more and more patients wearing smartwatches, wristbands and other fitness trackers, hospitals are “eager to understand how to securely integrate these data,” to improve patient experience as well as managing high-cost populations under risk-based contracts, the report explained.Network utilization and management. Hospitals are looking to maintain network integrity for tracking and managing patient populations in the transition to value-based care. That involved analyzing patient utilization data, profitability, demand management, scheduling and patient readiness.Referral management and in-network retention. In the case of aligning patients with appropriate clinicians, hospitals are turning to new technologies for decision support, logic-based provider screening and referral tools. Social community support. Providers are looking to surrounding communities, including underserved populations, to both control costs and improve outcomes....Convenient patient access — including telemed...
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