SDOH
Combating the opioid epidemic in North America with Nobel Prize winning research
American Researchers Dr. David Julius and Dr. Ardem Patapoutian from California were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for their path breaking work on the development of non-opioid painkillers, showing immense promise for combating the epidemic.
Read More4 indispensable habits of value-based healthcare provider, ConcertoCare
During an August webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review, patient engagement experts from ConcertoCare joined me to discuss the ways predictive analytics have improved patient care and health outcomes.
Read MoreUse SDOH + Analytics to power better outcomes for underserved population
Whether you’re a payer, provider or patient, on the front lines of care, sitting in front of a computer or receiving treatment, you’ve been affected by the pandemic. Of all the groups who participate in healthcare in one way or another, perhaps no single group has suffered more over the last year during the pandemic than the underserved— those people without ready access to needed healthcare services.
Read MoreUnfamiliar Healthcare Players, Interoperability and Social Determinants Round Out 2020 Megatrends
By Scott Hampel, president of MedeAnaltyics We conclude our 2020 Megatrends with an exploration of new players entering healthcare, the necessity and importance of data interoperability as well as social determinants. While each of these topics appear at first glance to be unconnected, there is a single thread that links them all: data. Now on…
Read MoreMore Megatrends: Price Transparency, Telehealth, Individualized Medicine
By Scott Hampel, president of MedeAnalytics Now that we’ve dealt with Megatrends one through three, we’re approaching the next set. In this group we’re exploring price transparency (and its likely difficult implementation), the increasing use of telehealth thanks to internet-connected devices and precision medicine, made easier thanks to technology. Yet again it is data and…
Read MoreData and Social Determinants of Health
By Scott Hampel – I think a lot–and I’m not the only one–about how we can improve the ways we pull information from data. Data on its own is inert: just waiting to be understood and then used. And that’s a major challenge for many organizations. Data is often trapped in different applications with no easy or convenient way to extract it.
Read MoreWhy Social Determinants Need Analytics for Success
Many challenges face healthcare’s underserved. There are issues with food, housing, reliable transportation, steady employment and more. Each contributes to and is one element of social determinants of health (SDH). In communities around the world, public and private organizations are taking steps to address SDH-related issues and challenges that negatively impact healthcare.
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