In-depth perspectives on combating the opioid epidemic: Case studies

Cigna and the Economist Intelligence Unit put together a report examining eight different case studies.  The approaches highlighted include community-based programs, inpatient treatment, medical treatement that includes alternative practices, different forms of psychiatric treatment, outpatient treatment, peer counseling, and living in a sober house.  

A byzantine system of third-party payers, including insurers and government programs, keep consumers from understanding the true cost of their medical services, says Eli Lilly’s CEO.

PULSE POLL: Physician attention

Each month, the Truven Health Analytics PULSE® Healthcare Survey polls approximately 3,000 Americans to gauge attitudes and opinions on a wide range of healthcare issues. This independent, multi-modal (land line, cell phone, Internet) survey collects information from 80,000 randomly selected US households. The results depicted here represent responses from 3,003 survey participants interviewed from Nov. 3 – 15, 2017, and 3,007 participants interviewed from Oct. 1 – 13, 2013. The margin of error in both polls is +/- 1.8 percentage points. Truven Health is part of the IBM Watson Health™ business.This Truven Health Analytics PULSE® Healthcare Survey asked Americans about their experiences with primary care physicians. Respondents were asked identical questions to a study conducted in 2013, providing a comparison. Some of the topics covered include scheduling, device usagee, and time spent with patient. 

The full results can be viewed below.  

Blockchain Technology for Healthcare: Facilitating the Transition to Patient-Driven Interoperability

Authors William J. Gorgon and Christian Catalini review blockchain technology as a way to improve patient centered interoperability.  Interoperability in healthcare has traditionally been focused around data exchange between business entities, for example, different hospital systems. However, there has been a recent push towards patient-driven interoperability, in which health data exchange is patient-mediated and patient-driven. Patient-centered interoperability, however, brings with it new challenges and requirements around security and privacy, technology, incentives, and governance that must be addressed for this type of data sharing to succeed at scale. This paper looks at how blockchain technology might facilitate this transition through five mechanisms: (1) digital access rules,(2) data aggregation, (3) data liquidity, (4) patient identity, and (5) data immutability. This review then look at barriers to blockchain-enabled patient-driven interoperability, specifically clinical data transaction volume, privacy and security, patient engagement, and incentives. It concludes by noting that while patient-driving interoperability is an exciting trend in healthcare, given these challenges, it remains to be seen whether blockchain can facilitate the transition from institution-centric to patient-centric data sharing.

The full review can be accessed below.  
 

Healthcare stakeholders are seeking new strategies to improve access to care, address disease management, and spur treatment innovation as a growing number of patients require higher quality, more complex care at lower costs. At a time when the number of people with chronic conditions continues to rise at a staggering rate, providers must manage more patients with the same number of resources, or less, and deploy technology that improves efficiency and effectiveness.

The healthcare industry is deeply vested in identifying new ways to improve the overall health and satisfaction of patients. As a result, provider organizations are adopting remote patient monitoring (RPM) services – inclusive of data from home health devices – as a new standard of care.

This report from eHealth Initiative (eHI) in partnership with Validic analyzes the driving market trends and subsequent barriers for the adoption of patient-generated health data (PGHD) as part of remote care programs. The report delves deep into the financial, operational, and clinical returns on investing in such initiatives – offering perspectives from providers, technologists, regulators, and even a patient enrolled in such a program.

6.12.18 presentation from June eHI Workflow for Provider and Patient Experience Workgroup meeting by Lori Kondas, Executive Director, Patient Experience, Cleveland Clinic 

To manage the costs of Medicaid, states are increasingly interested in contracting with managed care organizations (MCOs) to deliver healthcare services to Medicaid beneficiaries. eHealth Initiative (eHI) and Foundation recently conducted interviews with executives from leading Medicaid MCOs to better gauge their progress in developing and implementing clinical data strategies.

Join eHI for a webinar featuring industry leaders who will review the results of the interviews and share real world examples of how MCOs are using clinical data to support their physician networks, manage risk, and improve their members’ care.

Our panel will discuss:
-Common sources of clinical data collected by MCOs
-Transitioning from a culture of claims data to a culture of clinical data
-The biggest challenges faced by MCOs in the collection, use, and exchange of clinical data
-The role that clinical data plays in value-based contracts and in managing performance risk of networks against value-based payment goals

Panelists:
-Gary Christensen, General Manager, States — Public Sector, InterSystems
-John A. Johnson, MD, MBA, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, Virginia Premier Health Plan, Inc.

eHealth Initiative conducted six interviews with executives from leading Medicaid Managed Care Organizations to better gauge MCOs’ progress in defining and implementing their clinical data strategies. Executives were asked about their organization’s main sources of clinical data; progress related to collecting, storing, and sharing clinical data; and about leveraging clinical data for various processes. Interviews revealed the ways clinical data is used in case management systems and value-based contracts with states and provider networks. Read the full report.

A strong care coordination program is instrumental in engaging patients in their health outside the care setting and giving them the confidence to make important health decisions. Download this eBook to learn 6 strategies to jump-start your care coordination program to boost revenue, cut costs and enhance the quality of patient care. 

In this exclusive report, IQVIA features the top 30 largest ACOs in the U.S. Under ACOs, decision making is more centralized and controlled. With so much at stake, service providers must understand how to position themselves in the eyes of new and powerful stakeholders. As of February 2018, IQVIA has obtained professional rosters from 636 ACOs representing 281,000 affiliations and organizational rosters from 526 ACOs representing 14,000 affiliations. Learn who the new influencers are to improve your sales and marketing efforts.