AHA Center for Health Innovation
Providers and insurers have been working together for years to align incentives on payment and quality, but Delaware-based ChristianaCare and Highmark Health Options are taking their relationship a step further. They鈥檝e established a 10-year deal to create a new for-profit joint venture company鈥
Archive: 2020 Community Health Improvement Week
Advisory councils or boards can play an integral role in engaging the voice of the patient to help shape changes from providers and health plans. But some organizations are going a step further.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) launched a national strategy on April 20 to address racial health disparities, starting with maternal health. This multiyear strategy is built on harnessing data analytics to measure and track disparities and taking programs that work for individual鈥
On a recent Saturday in South Philadelphia, Tyrique Glasgow volunteered to be a patient ambassador to spread the word about a one-day COVID-19 vaccination clinic being run by Penn Medicine and Mercy Catholic Medical Center in a local gym.
In an indication that it will be targeting social determinants of health (SDOH), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will begin piloting programs to address food insecurity. The payer is partnering with several state organizations and food banks to boost enrollment in the Food and鈥
Digital technology adoption has not been without its challenges. The proliferation of online solutions can alter the workforce while taking valuable time away from the provider-patient interaction. This Transformation Talks video covers digital disruption.
What was once a small but mighty contingent of health care systems providing 鈥渉ospital-at-home鈥 care before the pandemic has grown into a larger movement. With this model, hospitals across the country are 鈥渁dmitting鈥 patients to their own homes for acute care with excellent results.
Enthusiasm for and adoption of commercial artificial intelligence (AI) tools to aid clinical decision-making and patient care have been accelerating at a rapid pace. A new study, though, cautions that critical information often is missing from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance鈥
Nearly one in five health care workers say they need mental health services due to the pandemic but have yet to seek care because they鈥檙e too busy, unable to get time off work, can鈥檛 afford it or are too afraid or embarrassed.