Population Health

The speciality exhibit will feature a dedicated room for attendees to ask questions and get 'upfront and personal' on pressing issues.

The request extends the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period for the acquisition, but CVS Health continues to expect the deal will be completed in the second half of 2018, according to an SEC filing.

Particularly surprising was the speed at which the improvements took place, with better surgical quality results within two years of the expansion.

Experts from nonprofit MultiCare share success stories in using analytics to drive outcomes and quality improvements that reduced COPD readmissions by 14 percent at HIMSS18.

More and more technology vendors are offering simple electronic reminders, an inexpensive option that can move the needle on adherence.

There was little evidence that the program made a dent in readmissions, observation stays, outpatient use or ER visits.

Making Choices Michigan offers free advance directive services that Great Lakes Health Connect enables clinicians to access, and Community Manager Carol Robinson said doing so helps the organizations pursue the Triple Aim.

Hospitals face more uncompensated care, reduced margins and for non-profits, a negative credit rating.

Weingart Foundation also gave $7.5 million. The South Los Angeles' medical group will use the $15 million to help eliminate the physician shortage problem, which it estimates to be about 1,200 primary care and specialty doctors too few in the area.

The condition is costing the overall economy at least $80 billion per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and that means providers, researchers and IT vendors should pinpoint better disease management techniques to reduce that expense.