CATEGORY: healthcare

One increasingly-popular model for slowing the growth in healthcare spending and addressing affordability concerns for consumers is “healthcare consumerism,” where patients are encouraged and empowered to shop for products and services more widely than they are today. This creates additional market forces beyond the traditional insurer/provider negotiation model, allowing providers to compete on[…]

Population health management (PHM) empowers healthcare providers to unlock value in patient data and become more efficient and effective at delivering care and accomplishing their missions. It’s a powerful model for decreasing costs while improving outcomes that should be part of any healthcare provider’s IT strategy.

The America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)  Expo and Conference was held in San Diego from June 20-22. I wanted to share some observations from the conference on some of the challenges and opportunities facing the health insurance industry.

I had the opportunity to attend the MegaPAW - Predictive Analytics World in Las Vegas on June 5 and 6th.  My focus was on the Healthcare sessions.  I noted the following:

Investment in technology is essential to keep up with trends in the healthcare industry. The field is changing with new technologies, such as: Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, virtual reality (VR) and much more. It’s imperative to understand these technologies, and have a strategic plan in place to ensure a strong ROI while maintaining a focus on patient care.