Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Department Utilization
Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Department Utilization By: Christin Fulton, RN, Director, Population Health Management Emergency Department (ED) visits are expensive, and a significant number are preventable. Increased use of the ED, especially in non-emergent cases, may indicate lack of access/relationship to primary care, a worsening behavioral or medical health condition, or lack of knowledge on appropriate […]
Achieving Value in Healthcare: What it Means and How We Get There
Achieving Value in Healthcare: What it Means and How We Get There As appeared in Hartford Business Journal on October 18, 2021. Author: Lisa Trumble, President and CEO These days it seems that everyone and every business is talking about healthcare value or value-based care: What is value-based care? Why is it needed? What does […]
SoNE HEALTH Enables Behavioral Health Support Through Primary Care Collaboration with Concert Health
SoNE HEALTH Enables Behavioral Health Support Through Primary Care Collaboration with Concert Health Author: Sarika Aggarwal, MD, MHCM is Chief Population Health Officer at SoNE HEALTH For many, accessing mental and behavioral health care can be challenging—whether it’s a lack of providers, high out-of-pocket costs, or a lack of access to appointments. To further pursue […]
Why Data is a key ingredient of Value-Based Care
Why Data is a key ingredient of Value-Based Care Author: Renee Broadbent, VP, Information Technology I have been in healthcare Information Technology for twenty-five plus years. In a very short time, healthcare technology has evolved considerably – from paper to Electronic Health Records, to achieving full data interoperability, well almost on this, but we’ve made […]
Leveraging the Care Team to Achieve the ‘Triple Aim’
Leveraging the Care Team to Achieve the ‘Triple Aim’ As healthcare shifts to value-based care and other payment models, the focus on patient-centered care is gaining more attention, moving the focus away from throughput toward improved quality and patient experience. SoNE HEALTH has developed its population health programs to provide wrap-around care for our patients […]
Secure Clinical Data Exchange Comes to Connecticut
Authors: Jenn Searls, Executive Director, Connie and Renee Broadbent, VP, Information Technology, Southern New England Healthcare It was every adult child’s worst nightmare – a frantic drive to the Emergency Department with mom getting worse by the minute. For Brenda, the stress was just beginning. Upon arrival, the staff asked Brenda for a list of […]
Virtual Health
Author: William G. Rabitaille, MD, FACP Director of Safety Net Clinics: Gengras and Burgdorf Clinics, Trinity Health Of New England Virtual health…or telehealth…or telemedicine…they’re all variations on the same thing: A clinician is in one area and a patient is in a totally different area, yet they are communicating about health. Not surprisingly, virtual healthcare […]
Social Work Month 2021
March marks National Social Work Month. The social work movement began in the late 1800’s, with the first class offered at Columbia University in 1898. The social work profession stems from raising awareness and addressing social injustices impacting community members. Their work began with individuals experiencing abuse and neglect and evolved to working with individuals […]
Diagnostic Imaging and Healthcare 3.0
Today, healthcare in the United States encompasses a disproportionate amount of the economy, hovering just below 20% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It has been immune to rational market forces that would ultimately drive competition and value in any other industry. No other country in the world has faced such high cost and low return as measured […]
The Value of Bundled Payments in the Value-Based Healthcare Transformation
At 17.7% of GDP, healthcare costs in the United States hold the dubious distinction of being the most expensive among the 37 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, significantly more than Switzerland (12.3%) and France (11.3%), the second and third highest spenders. But wait, you say: “you get what you pay for”. Not […]
