The Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model is a child-centered local service delivery and state payment model that aims to reduce expenditures and improve the quality of care for children under 21 years of age covered by Medicaid through prevention, e
Read more…Local health departments are working to protect public health by communicating with transportation officials, educating health care providers and communicating to the public best practices to reduce the spread of infectious diseases. What can we lea
Read more…As the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States there are state policymakers taking action to contain the virus using information and technology. Some states are using information and technology to increase access to telehealth and to
Read more…The coronavirus pandemic is shedding light on how important health exchange data and interoperability is. In Florida, there is one health information exchange that created a portal where all health systems and patients can have access to health recor
Read more…Data can be used to do a lot of things. The amount of data around health is enormous and it continues to grow. The data that is available can help identify several things, to include cost-effective programs and policies around health. If we have this
Read more…During this coronavirus pandemic we are hearing a lot about how are people going to handle loss of money to pay their bills and feed their families, how the economy might tank, and how the healthcare system is being overloaded. What we’re not hearing
Read more…This is the time for adaptive leadership to come forward and figure out how they can help communities adapt to the future that’s coming, particularly since most people are resistant to change. People are struggling right now and the coronavirus pande
Read more…Messaging is important and certain words and language have negative meanings for people and lead to stigmatizing attitudes toward certain populations of people. Today the NIC hosted a webinar that was around making a case for meaningful systems chang
Read more…Thanks to those who participated in the webinar I guided yesterday, Transforming Your Data Into Impact, and I appreciate Daniel, Sondes, and others at NIC/Stewards of Change for carving out time for this discussion.
Here are some follow-up resources
Read more…The coronavirus is spreading rapidly across the world and healthcare systems and governments are working non-stop to contain and eliminate this virus. In the latest HIMSS podcast, they discuss how new technology is playing a role in this pandemic and
Read more…Social distancing is a term many of us have been hearing a lot of over the last few weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. To assist with social distancing many states have closed schools, restaurants, movie theaters, gyms, etc., and while social dis
Read more…I'm curious if anyone has incorporated or is going to incorporate this new Special Announcement element from schema.org?
Are there other practical items that are needed?
