At the recent R&D and Quality Summit, hosted by Veeva Systems, industry experts broke down the moving parts underlying patient-centered care. One requirement is consolidate data sources so that different parties can work together from the same playing field in risk management. In addition, […]
Engaging Patients and Improving Outcomes through Self-Driven Healthcare
The UK agency Innovate UK established the idea of self-driven healthcare (SDH), a broad term covering strategies to help engage patients in their own healthcare. In a newly published paper in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, authors lay out a framework for SDH that would use digital […]
Community Care Hubs as an Avenue to Improve Health Outcomes
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has prioritized the need to address social determinants of health to improve health outcomes for marginalized people. In this month’s issue of Health Affairs¸ authors discuss the use of community care hubs to help improve community health […]
FACILITATE Patient-Centered Framework Will Boost Repurposing of Clinical Trial Data
The Framework for Clinical Trial Participants’ Data Reutilization for a Fully Transparent and Ethical Ecosystem (FACILITATE) is a project supported by a coalition of EU and Non-EU nations to help support the re-use of clinical trial data. This will allow increased access to existing pools of […]
PCOC 2022: AJMC Talks with Dr. Kashyap Patel About Value-Based Care
This year’s Patient-Centered Oncology Care 2022 saw several talks about defining value in oncology care, according to Dr. Kashyap Patel of Community Oncology Alliance and Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates. Patel spoke about this and other topics covered at the conference with the AJMC staff […]
Study Finds Involving Pharmacists in Hemophilia Care Results in Better Outcomes and Lower Costs
Hemophilia care often comes with a high price tag and requires a multidisciplinary care team. A newly published paper in The Permanente Journal finds that adding a pharmacist to the team can help improve outcomes and lower costs. The study examined 15 medical providers that actively involved […]
Using Patient-Centered Care Through Pharmacies for Better Health Outcomes
Patient-centered care is one option to help improve health outcomes , but implementation through primary care is held back by the number of patients who avoid or cannot access preventative care. In a new Drugstore News article by Nicholas Turos, VP of business development at Babson Diagnostics, […]
Transforming Value-Based Care: 4 Areas of Focus
The US spends more than any other nation on healthcare, yet falls behind in many different measures of health outcomes, such as life expectancy, preventable hospitalization, and avoidable deaths. Value-based care has been presented as a way forward, replacing the current fee-for-service model that […]
Addressing Burnout and Improving Care Quality Through Accountable Care Organizations
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are a key piece in establishing value-based care modalities that improve health outcomes and keep costs down. Although the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the total savings of these programs, value-based care saved Medicare $3.6 billion before shared savings payments […]
Dr. Ben Zaniello of PointClickCare Talks Value-Based Care
Value-based care has been offered as a solution to minimize healthcare costs for patients and payers while providing the best possible health outcomes. In a new interview with Skilled Nursing News, Dr. Ben Zaniello, CFO of PointClickCare talks about the challenges and benefits of value-based care. […]
