Social Determinants of Health Measures, Baked into the EHR, Are Improving Patient Care
The Memorial Healthcare System is focusing on food, housing, and transportation to help reduce unnecessary ED visits and boost care quality.
New Florida Law OKs Prescribing Most Controlled Substances By Telemedicine
The new law allows providers to use telemedicine to prescribe most controlled substances, as long as they meet federal guidelines. It's an important step forward for a heavily-debated virtual care service.
Proposed CMS Cuts Could Hinder Remote Patient Monitoring Growth
Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a 12% reduction in reimbursement for CPT codes supporting RPM. Health systems and advocates say that could affect a service that has been known to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations by 50%.
Health First Sees Success With Hospital at Home Program
The Florida-based IDN has cared for almost 240 patients at home, instead of in the hospital, since launching the program, and expects to expand the platform to give more patients that option.
Mastering the Tricky Act of Transforming Population Health With Technology
At Franciscan Health, Chief Medical Officer Albert Tomchaney, MD, has spent more than a dozen years exploring how technology can be used to gather the right data to help clinicians make the right decisions.