Healthcare Toolkits: The Medium is the Message
Guest Blogger: Patricia Donovan We've been talking toolkits lately at HIN. Whether the topic is disease management or motivating resistant patients, nearly every healthcare expert presenting at our...
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We are in the process of conducting an Awards program to identify the top Healthcare Toolkits created by health plans, healthcare providers, employers and other organizations serving the needs of the...
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Incorporating Cultural Diversity into Your Healthcare System
This week's Disease Management Update features two recent studies published in the American Cancer Society's journal CANCER that illustrate that race can and does play a part in disease management. For...
View ArticleMaking Web Videos on a Shoestring Budget: HIN’s Four-Part Video Series
After launching our first video for the Web, Web 2.0 and Healthcare, we couldn't help but think that other organizations might also want to learn how to do this. So we've created a 4-part video series...
View ArticleSpreading the Word About Infectious Disease Control
A cruise line I recently traveled with had an interesting method for infection and germ control. Each time we boarded the ship, they sprayed our hands with sanitizer. At the entrances and exits to...
View ArticleHealth Reform Toolkit Needs Focus on Health Management and Prevention
The toolkit needed for healthcare reform is more broad-based than containing costs and improving quality, says Kenneth Thorpe, executive director, for the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease. Thorpe...
View ArticlemHealth: There’s a Grant for That
By 2015 more than 500 million smartphone users worldwide will be using healthcare applications, research studies show. So it's not surprising the FDA is taking a closer look at some of these apps,...
View ArticleHealthcare Industry Not Prepared to Protect Patient Privacy; Data Breaches...
As new uses for digital health information emerge and access to confidential patient information expands, a majority of healthcare organizations are not prepared to protect patient privacy and secure...
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6 Effective ACO Tools and Procedures
To measure quality and efficiency, accountable care organizations (ACOs) must use the latest healthcare technology and the best tools and programs. The most effective tools can be used to monitor and...
View ArticleHealthcare Hotspotting: Camden Coalition Drives Interventions with Data
Look out, big data: a coalition of providers in one of the most dangerous cities in the country is tapping widely available hospital claims data to defragment the healthcare system and close gaps in...
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Infographic: The Guide to the Future of Medicine
Digital literacy is readily available to patients and meaningful use of social media is already in progress, while home diagnostic tools still need time to develop, according to a new infographic from...
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Infographic: 2018 Healthcare Provider Referral Trends
While 77 percent of healthcare providers recognize the importance of keeping patients in-network for care coordination, a notable 79 percent say they refer patients out of network, according to a new...
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