Health Data Privacy Shouldn’t Mean “Stuff your health information in your mattress” [Quote]
Our focus has been to figure out how to accommodate the 5% of patients that get their peace of mind knowing that they have absolute control of every piece of their data. Our focus really should be on the 95% that get their peace of mind knowing that when they show up in the ER, all of their data will be there.
Lawrence Garber MD, Internist/Medical Director for Informatics, Reliant Medical Group. Comment at ONC JASON Task Force, July 2014.
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Source: e-CareManagement - September 2, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Source Type: blogs
Swiss Cheese Health Insurance? “Benefits Adequacy” Moves To Front & Center
Swiss cheese health insurance?So, so many holes.
Ending insurance discrimination against the sick was a central goal of the nation’s health care overhaul, but leading patient groups say that promise is being undermined by new barriers from insurers. The Washington Post
In the past year, network adequacy has been one of the hot button issues for Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) in the Federal health insurance exchange. Network adequacy has focused on access to care providers and the narrow networks used by many health plans.
In the next year, the big issue will be around benefits adequacy, i.e., lack of coverage and high out...
Source: e-CareManagement - August 20, 2014 Category: Information Technology Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Chronic Care Challenges Health Policy/Reform Source Type: blogs
Swiss Cheese Health Insurance? “Benefits Adequacy” Moves To Front & Center
Ending insurance discrimination against the sick was a central goal of the nation’s health care overhaul, but leading patient groups say that promise is being undermined by new barriers from insurers. The Washington Post In the past year, network adequacy has been one of the hot button issues for Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) in the […]
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Source: e-CareManagement - August 20, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Chronic Care Challenges Health Policy/Reform Source Type: blogs
Patient Digital Health Platforms …A First Take
This post was originally published on the HIMSS blog with the title “Patient Digital Health Platforms (PDHPs): An Epicenter of Healthcare Transformation?”
Apple’s recent announcement about its HealthKit platform is a beacon of a much bigger trend. We are at the early stages in the rise of a new business and IT ecosystem:
Patient Digital Health Platforms (PDHPs)
These new platforms should be high on the radar screens of healthcare providers. While v1.0 of PDHPs is starting fairly narrow, companies will be highly incentivized to move up the food chain into mainstream health data exchange, workflow integrati...
Source: e-CareManagement - June 18, 2014 Category: Information Technology Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Source Type: blogs
Patient Digital Health Platforms…A First Take
This post was originally published on the HIMSS blog with the title “Patient Digital Health Platforms (PDHPs): An Epicenter of Healthcare Transformation?” Apple’s recent announcement about its HealthKit platform is a beacon of a much bigger trend. We are at the early stages in the rise of a new business and IT ecosystem: Patient Digital […]
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Source: e-CareManagement - June 18, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Source Type: blogs
MCOL Thought Leaders: Implications of Narrow Networks
ow far will the trend towards narrower health plan networks go – and what are the implications?” Alexander Domaszewicz Principal, Mercer ACA legislation put many guardrails on health program design – premium cost sharing must be affordable based on percent of pay and cost sharing through design requires at least a 60% value plan. […]
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Source: e-CareManagement - February 28, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Collaborative Care Management Networks Guest Posts narrow networks Source Type: blogs
MCOL Thought Leaders: Implications of Narrow Networks
ow far will the trend towards narrower health plan networks go – and what are the implications?”
Alexander DomaszewiczPrincipal,Mercer
ACA legislation put many guardrails on health program design – premium cost sharing must be affordable based on percent of pay and cost sharing through design requires at least a 60% value plan. Narrow networks are one of the few areas that insurers and program sponsors still have left to positively impact cost and quality while staying compliant. The increased use and focus on local plans through exchanges, both public and private, will also spu...
Source: e-CareManagement - February 28, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Collaborative Care Management Networks Guest Posts narrow networks newtag Source Type: blogs
Open.Epic: A (Not So Open) API
If one more person describes Epic’s new API as being “open”, I’m going to turn purple. Don’t let the URL fool you: http://open.epic.com/
Last week EHR vendor Epic unveiled it’s new API (application programming interface) targeted at developers — more specifically at remote patient monitoring companies and health/wellness apps or portals. Epic seems to have had second thoughts about the site since only remnants of the landing page are still there as of today.
Not to worry. As a public service, I kept a copy and have reproduced the text below — with personal annotations/translat...
Source: e-CareManagement - September 27, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: EHRs/PHRs API Epic open newtag Source Type: blogs
The Latest Health Wonk Review at Healthcare Talent Transformation
"Will a government shutdown stop ObamaCare?" and many other timely topics are reviewed in the latest edition of the Health Wonk review.
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Source: e-CareManagement - September 27, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Blog Carnivals Source Type: blogs
The Latest Health Wonk Review at Healthcare Talent Transformation
“Will a government shutdown stop ObamaCare?” and many other timely topics are reviewed in the latest edition of the Health Wonk review. You can read it here.
Many thanks to Peggy Salvatore at Healthcare Talent Transformation — it takes a lot of work to pull all this together!
Tags: Blog Carnivals (Source: e-CareManagement)
Source: e-CareManagement - September 27, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Blog Carnivals newtag Source Type: blogs
Open.Epic: A (Not So Open) API
Last week EHR vendor Epic unveiled it's new API (application programming interface) targeted at developers — more specifically at remote patient monitoring companies and health/wellness apps or portals. Epic seems to have had second thoughts about the site since only remnants of the landing page are still there as of today.
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Source: e-CareManagement - September 26, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: EHRs/PHRs Featured API Epic open Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Transformation: Coping With the Neutral Zone
I’m being asked the same series of questions a lot lately:
Do you think the changes occurring in US healthcare are real? Are we truly moving away from rewarding volume of care under fee-for-service (FFS) and toward value-based payment and delivery? Are the changes past the point of no return? Will the economic interests of the powers-that-be prevent real change from happening, just as they have done in the past?
The phrasing of these questions assumes a split, dichotomous view of the world — that change has/hasn’t yet happened. The questions also mask the underlying and difficult process of transition that ...
Source: e-CareManagement - September 24, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Health Policy/Reform Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Transformation: Coping With the Neutral Zone
I'm being asked the same series of questions a lot lately: Do you think the changes occurring in US healthcare are real? Are we truly moving away from rewarding volume of care under fee-for-service (FFS) and toward value-based payment and delivery? Are the changes past the point of no return? Will the economic interests of the powers-that-be prevent real change from happening, just as they have done in the past?
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Source: e-CareManagement - September 24, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Featured Health Policy/Reform Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Social Media: Real Engagement or Fluff?
Would your personal experiences and observations of healthcare social media indicate that real engagement is generally occurring, or to-date Is it mostly just promotion and marketing “fluff” that is being facilitated – and how can healthcare engagement objectives be better met?
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Source: e-CareManagement - September 3, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Social Media: Real Engagement or Fluff?
Reprinted courtesy of mcol
Today’s Topic
Would your personal experiences and observations of healthcare social media indicate that real engagement is generally occurring, or to-date Is it mostly just promotion and marketing “fluff” that is being facilitated – and how can healthcare engagement objectives be better met?
Cyndy Nayer
President, CyndyNayer.com
Founder, Center for Health Value Innovation
As a person who uses social media to advance healthcare ideas, projects and policies, I’m obviously intrigued and excited about social media mean to the connected health. The opportunity to learn and share gl...
Source: e-CareManagement - September 3, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) Source Type: blogs
