On Being Accountable
By: George Beauregard, DO, Chief Population Health Officer Accountable: Required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible. – Oxford Dictionaries My career as an internal medicine physician started in the Boston area in 1992. Like almost all others whose ambitions lead them into health care, I was passionate and deeply committed […]
Better Health + Reduced Costs = Healthier, More Productive Connecticut
The weekend of June 8-9, 2024 the following opinion piece on Value Based Care (VBC) appeared in nine daily and 13 weekly newspapers, all of which are run by Hearst Media Connecticut. Better Health + Reduced Costs = Healthier, More Productive Connecticut By: George Beauregard, DO and James Uberti, MD Imagine a health care world […]
Matters of the Heart
By: Nina Arnold, MPH, ACM-RN, CHWC Manager, Care Management at SoNE HEALTH February is heart health awareness month. When it comes to matters of the heart, the SoNE HEALTH population health management team gets to the heart of caring for patients with chronic heart conditions by focusing on prevention and management. With the growing population […]
Navigating Medicare Open Enrollment: A Guide for Medicare Eligible Beneficiaries
By: Bill McCarthy, Senior Vice President at May, Bonee & Clark Insurance (a full-service insurance brokerage agency) Are you approaching the age of 65, newly retired over age 65, or recently qualified for Medicare due to a disability? Congratulations, you’re about to embark on a new chapter in your healthcare journey. As a newly eligible […]
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
By: Renee Broadbent, MBA, CCSFP Chief Information Officer & Information Security Officer The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded in recent years. The use of AI in healthcare holds potential in many areas and can ease the burden of the physician while enhancing and improving the patient experience. That said, there are not […]
Working Together To Find Solutions
By: John Sunde, MHA VP, Payor Strategies at SoNE HEALTH When you are looking for a home for you and your family to provide them with safety and comfort you want it to be designed and constructed by a skilled team of architects, carpenters, electricians and plumbers. Check! When you are looking for an automobile […]
Innovative Pilot Program Working to Combat Food Insecurity
By: Lisa Flynn, MPH, Program Support Coordinator at SoNE HEALTH Food insecurity is not having, being uncertain of having, or being unable to acquire enough food to meet one’s basic needs due to insufficient funds or other resources for food. In the United States, roughly forty-two million people do not know where their next meal […]
Balancing Inequities in Healthcare
By: Renee Broadbent, MBA, CCSFP Chief Information Officer at SoNE HEALTH Healthcare has long faced a divide around equitable healthcare for all. Entire populations of the underserved cannot access healthcare for several reasons including location, cost, and health literacy. The result is that we have sicker populations with reduced life expectancy, health issues that end […]
SoNE HEALTH Launches Phase II Colorectal Cancer Screening Campaign
By: Kit McKinnon, MBA, BSN, RN, CDCES, CCM, NE-BC Director of Care Management, SoNE HEALTH March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness month, but it is always the right month to launch a PHM Colorectal cancer screening campaign. A 2014 study published in Preventive Medicine examined the frequency of exposure to screening information as a predictor of […]
Experience Makes the Difference- Nurses Week 2023
Experience Makes the Difference – Nurses Week 2023 By: Patricia Cubin, BSN, RN, CCM and Nina Arnold, MPH, ACM-RN, CHWC In celebration of Nurses Week 2023, we recognize and appreciate the work of all our SoNE HEALTH nurses. We are proud of over 500 total years of nursing experience our team provides to patients as […]
