The role prescribing guidelines play in patient-monitoring
Research showed healthcare providers were able to reduce opioid misuse in their practices by 40% when they followed prescribing guidelines that included regular prescription drug monitoring program checks and toxicology testing.
Ways to reduce opioid misuse through patient monitoring
Tackling state and federal prescribing guidelines can improve healthcare providers documentation and administrative reporting and potentially reduce their liability for patient opioid misuse.
Digitization of care plans boosts clinical decision making
Digitization of care plans can help healthcare providers create processes of care that focus on achieving high-value outcomes.
Cutting through the hype to find practical approaches to interoperability
To promote interoperability, the healthcare industry should seek to optimize existing tools by ensuring consistency of use across the continuum of care.
Analysis: Price check in the EHR
Humana may be a more desirable partner for physicians interested in risk arrangements if its collaboration with Epic reduces potentially preventable ED and inpatient utilization due to increased medication adherence.
9 considerations for a comprehensive technology plan
Healthcare organizations should develop IT plans, measure themselves against their plans and consistently review how regulatory and product changes mandate the need for plan revisions.
4 ways healthcare organizations can use blockchain
By 2025, the blockchain adoption percentage by healthcare organizations is projected to be 55%.
Using artificial intelligence to uncover social determinants of health
Natural language processing can help providers discover patients’ social needs from the vast amounts of unstructured data in electronic health records.
How health plans can achieve next-level cost efficiencies using artificial intelligence and analytics
Health plans can transform their cost structures by implementing predictive analytics and artificial-intelligence processes.
Future-proofing organizations for patient-centric care
Chris Hobson outlines three strategies for using technology to manage patient care.