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Analytics is the wave of the future
06-3-2015 | Quality
While “Big Data” and analytics are among the most widely discussed topics in healthcare today, many healthcare organizations are still just beginning to grapple with why and how best they should incorporate analytics into their operations in order to better understand the reams of data new health IT is helping them collect.
West helps providers and patients engage effectively
05-20-2015 | Quality
Providers and payers may end up doing most of the work of healthcare reform, but non-traditional players are going to make some real contributions, too.
IBM Care Management leads the way to patient-centered care
05-20-2015 | Quality
Clinical data may provide the key to a patient's health, but comprehensive care plans require other data, as well.
HHS Gives $36.3 Million in Quality Improvement Rewards
12-19-2014 | Quality
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded $36.3 million of Affordable Care Act funding to 1,113 health centers for various quality improvements.
Want to Talk About It? Counseling Sessions Can Keep At-Risk Patients Healthy
05-31-2014 | Quality
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that web-based counseling sessions can cost-effectively keep heart disease at bay.
IBM reception at HIMSS14 to focus on healthcare's "grand challenge"
02-7-2014 | Quality
IBM will sponsor a reception at HIMSS14 that includes a panel discussion that looks at the growing understanding of how healthcare considerations need to be an integral part of any economic development policy.
Vote for the H.I.T. MEN & WOMEN of year
01-14-2014 | Quality
The annual award honors the people who through their vision and talent are advancing the adoption of technology to improve healthcare's effectiveness.
The factors that determine community health
09-13-2013 | Quality
Many believe that healthcare facilities determine the state of a community's health. But interestingly, that's not the case
Nature abhors a vacuum, and so does healthcare
09-11-2013 | Quality
In this era of financial and institutional focus on addressing underlying problems in healthcare, just treating symptoms isn't enough
Q&A with AT&T ForHealth’s Andrew Biviano
07-18-2013 | Quality
Andrew Biviano offers his perspective on emerging population health management opportunities – and the challenges that go along with them