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Smartphone App Deliver Results for Mental Health Patients
It can be difficult to find creative ways to optimize the time of psychiatrists and other caregivers who treat mental health patients. Likewise, finding better ways to integrate behavioral health and primary care to improve patient access and outcomes can be challenging. Montefiore Health System in New York has made great progress in all of these areas by implementing the Collaborative Care Model and deploying a smartphone app for patients and caregivers.
How You're Transforming: Genesis Health System
Like a lot of employers in and out of health care, Genesis Health System has focused on its employee-wellness program to improve the health of its staff and cut costs. And it's achieving some uncommon levels of success, as a recent case study from the AHA's Value Initiative demonstrates.
It’s Time to Get Back to the Basics on Social Determinants
Some hospitals and health systems are taking steps to address social determinants of health (SDOH) in their communities by funding affordable housing, partnering with rideshare companies and food pantries to meet local needs. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, however, may indicate a greater need for a more fundamental task — screening all patients for food insecurity, housing instability, utility needs, transportation needs and interpersonal violence.
Hospitals Make Progress on Value-Based Payment Models
The 2020 Industry Pulse Report from Change Healthcare, a technology company that provides data and analytics solutions to improve clinical and financial outcomes, found payers were far more likely than providers to have migrated to value-based care strategies. The survey drew from a sample of 445 respondents — health care payers, providers and third-party vendor organizations — but illustrates some key issues about work remaining on these important issues.
How You’re Transforming: Jefferson Health
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and GE Healthcare are partnering in a five-year, risk-sharing program designed to achieve $1 billion in savings and improved patient care across the 14-hospital system.
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4 Actions to Close Hospitals’ Predictive AI Gap
For CEOs and health system C-suite leaders, the implications of the digital divide of predictive artificial intelligence (AI) are twofold: Competitive pressure is rising and inequities in care and operations may deepen unless addressed.
Why Hospitals Are Building Their Own Nursing Pipelines
A new AHA Trailblazers report, “Buy or Build? Solving the Nursing Shortage,” explores how hospitals partnering with workforce education companies are creating reliable, sustainable nursing pipelines and cutting their dependency on contract labor.
Banner | Aetna Aligns Incentives to Drive Innovation
Banner Health and Aetna formed a provider-partnered value-based care health plan in 2016 to drive innovation, improve outcomes, reduce costs and enhance patient experience. Results from the partnership show improvement in all areas of the value equation.
Buy or Build? Solving the Nursing Shortage
How to develop your in-house talent into future nurses - TrailBlazers