Recently, a healthsprocket list was posted showing six technological innovations that assist with making a connection between patients and providers. The list comes from Property Casualty 360 (A National Underwriter Website) article by Kimberly George, Senior Vice President, Senior Healthcare Advisor at Sedgwick.

This week, a healthsprocket list was posted displaying the bottom five providers in overall customer service for Medicare Advantage. The list is from a health pocket healthcare research infostat by Jesse Geneson, data researcher at HealthPocket, and Kev Coleman, Head of Research Data at HealthPocket. Their analysis involves the companies with the lowest customer service scores.
 

This week, a healthsprocket list was posted stating the four essential steps toward population health management. The list is from a news article by Jill E. Sackman and Michael N. Abrams, Hospitals and Health Networks Daily. They talk about the need to define the population, provide a continuum of care, obtain performance-based contracts, and use of data.

Recently, a list was posted on healthsprocket regarding five trends that involve transforming from patient encounter to an actual customer experience. The list is from a news article by Steve Jacob, D Healthcare Daily founding editor. He explains how physicians are being judged by new standards, importance of patient satisfaction, and how a plethora of physicians dislike the morphing of patients into real customers.

This week, a list was posted on healthsprocket displaying three advantages of using mobile health in operating rooms. It is based on a news article from Marion McCall, BBA, RN, CNOR, CPHIMS who is the Vice President of Surgical Information Systems. She elaborates on how efficient clinicians and patients can be through quality care.

Recently, a list was posted on healthsprocket outlining the positive and negative effects EHRs have on physician practices. The list is based on a survey from Medscape's public EHR report, which focuses on practice operations.
 

Most Expensive Cities for Healthcare

Mon, 07/14/2014 - 09:52

 Recently a list was posted on healthsprocket outlining the most expensive cities in healthcare based on common medical services. The list is based on a study by Castlight Health, which focus on four outpatient services; llipid panel, CT scan, NOT, and preventive primary care visits. 
 

Healthcare Blogs: An Update

Mon, 07/07/2014 - 10:38

On February 9th 2011, a list was posted on healthsprocket entitled Forty-Six Health Care Blogs for Professionals. This list has consistently been one of the most popular lists on healthsprocket. The blogs on this list are all still relevant and worth checking out, but we thought we'd add a couple to the list.

Data From ASPE

Mon, 06/30/2014 - 11:11

Three new lists have been posted this week based on data from the office of The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE); Average Premium After Tax Credits, Average Premium Before Tax Credits and Percent of Individuals Who Selected Plans With Tax Credits.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics(NCHS)has made available an early release of selected estimates based on data from the 2013 National Health Interview Survey. It includes coverage & utilization measures, health status measures and health related habit measures. Three health related habit measures have their prevalence by year (1997-2013) listed on healthsprocket.