On Day 1 of the Caradigm Customer Summit (CCS), we heard about the journey to Population Health Management, and the collaboration that’s needed.
On Day 2, we explored in greater depth the variety of paths that healthcare delivery organizations can take to begin that journey. Population Health is not one size fits all. You need to tailor your strategy to your organization’s particular goals and areas of strength.
We heard presenters at the summit describe different paths to Population Health Management:
- A clinically integrated network, Rush Health, talked about how they formed their Population Health strategy in response to their rapidly expanding network and organizational belief in differentiating on quality.
- An integrated delivery network (IDN) with a high throughput care management team needs to get more efficient in order to improve quality and manage an even larger case volume in the future.
- A multi-state organization, Healthcare Corporation of America, talked about the challenge of protecting immense amounts of data that needs to move frequently and yet still be easy to access for a growing network of clinicians.
- An organization taking on risk for a population for the first time needs safeguards for overutilization.
These organizations share similar initiatives on their paths to Population Health. For instance, they have valuable data from a lot of different sources, but are looking for ways to get that data back into the EMR to help physicians at the point-of-care. In addition, many are considering a patient portal for Meaningful Use attestation, and are interested in new strategies that can actually work to modify patient behavior in a patient-centric model. Yesterday, we also heard about other specific initiatives such as data aggregation, readmissions management, predictive analytics, and quality improvement measures.
It’s no longer a question of whether you need a Population Health strategy, but rather which Population Health strategy will give your organization the best chance for success. The journey will vary from those who want to “dip their toe” into the population health waters to those who take a bigger plunge. Regardless, Caradigm has apps that can help your strategy succeed, show progress quickly and expand over time.
Day 2 of CCS was fantastic. Thank you to our fabulous roster of Day 2 guest speakers:
- Hospital Corporation of America - Bobby Stokes, AVP Identity Management and Development Services
- Rush Health - Theresa Burkhart, VP Data Management & Business Intelligence
- Rush Health - Cynthia Jones, RN, MSN, MBA – Performance Improvement Nurse
- Beacon Partners - Wendy Vincent, National Practice Director, Strategic Advisory Group
- Elsevier Clinical Solutions – Dr. Peter Edelstein CMO
Bobby Stokes, AVP Identity Management and Development Services at Hospital Corporation of America
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