In caring for our communities, a carefully designed Care Continuum Blueprint becomes the roadmap to enhanced population health outcomes—a testament to the profound impact of integrated care and strategic coordination. …
In the Race to Value, we must recognize that quality of life is the ultimate currency of healthcare, and this aim is all the more important in senior living facilities. …
Connecting the health and wellbeing of patients of patients directly to the bottom line isn’t just good business; it is a visionary approach that shows how healthier outcomes can actually …
In value-based care, true leadership emerges from the depths of the heart, where empathy, compassion, and authenticity converge to illuminate the path of positive change. Purpose-driven leadership can not only …
In this week’s episode, we embark on a journey into the realm of transforming rheumatology care with tech-driven value-based care. Autoimmune conditions affect millions of people worldwide, causing chronic inflammation, …
We have Dr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo as a guest on this week’s Race to Value! She is a healthcare social entrepreneur, board-certified pediatrician, community health equity consultant, career transition and …
In rural communities, the transformation towards value-based care is an ongoing journey rather than a fixed destination. Rural healthcare faces unique challenges such as geographic barriers, limited resources, and reduced …
Medication adherence remains an important yet vexing issue in American health care. According to the World Health Organization, medication adherence can have a more direct impact on patient outcomes than …
In value-based care, we have both an economic and a moral imperative. What’s at stake is so much more than saving our healthcare system. It is about ensuring the continued …
The healthcare industry is facing immense financial pressure. Staffing shortages, skyrocketing labor costs, continuing supply chain disruptions, inflation, rising interest rates, and volatile markets are pressuring both revenue and expenses …
This week on the Race to Value you will hear from Dr. Neil Wagle, the Chief Medical Officer at Devoted Health. This is a company we have been wanting to …
Did you know that an estimated 80 million Americans currently lack access to dental care? As oral health is essential to the overall health and well-being of an individual, the high volume of those without …
Paying it forward begins in the heart. Leaders who use their gifts in the service to others are those who understand that value given is value added. By every measure …
Did you know that musculoskeletal care is one of the biggest challenges facing the value transformation of healthcare? Musculoskeletal healthcare spending is rising at an unsustainable rate – having doubled …
Equitable and accessible care must ensure appropriate and optimal use of medications since nearly 70 percent of clinician visits involve drug therapies. However, each year there are an estimated 275,000 deaths and $528.4 …
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) afflicts 24 million adult Americans and represents the 3rd leading cause of death. COPD is also the 5th most costly chronic disease in the US …
Creating a value-based healthcare ecosystem with the highest quality outcomes at a reasonable cost for employers and their healthcare consumers requires collaboration. In the state of Connecticut, a grassroots community …
Healthcare costs due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is in excess of $32 billion due to high rates of re-hospitalizations and ED visits, complex and inefficient clinical pathways during …
This week on Race to Value, we are excited to celebrate Pharmacy Week – it is a time to recognize the invaluable contributions pharmacists and technicians make to patient care …
As one of the leading integrated health systems in the country — serving more than 3 million residents throughout 45 counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey with 30,000 employees, nine …
The traditional definition of post-acute care (PAC) represents the legacy of a fragmented approach to healthcare that segments care into “silos” and finances institutions to care for a “slice” of …
This is one of the most health challenging times in modern history. Healthcare systems and practitioners face dire circumstances in delivery of care to scores of citizens. A reverential ethic …
Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, made an important observation when he said, “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it …
An industry inflection point is coming in the transition to value: federal and state governments are feeling an insurmountable level of pressure as public debt and spending increase, large employers …
North Carolina seems like an unlikely laboratory for value-based care. It refused to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act and ranks in the bottom third among states in measures of overall …
Many industry insiders believe that health system-led ACOs are inherently disadvantaged to demonstrate value-based care in an environment where most revenue is still generated in fee-for-service. In moving to value, …
MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization (MHACO) serves a uniquely heterogeneous population that is spread across coastal, rural, and urban communities with multiple different cultural components. And they serve the oldest population …
