Healthcare IT News December 4, 2017
Population health initiatives are becoming increasingly important to healthcare providers.
Population health initiatives are becoming increasingly important to healthcare providers, according to a recent HIMSS Analytics survey, sponsored by Intel. Eighty percent of respondents identified population health as relevant to patients’ health and well-being; another 76 percent of respondents identified population health as relevant to their organization[1]. Survey participants included business leaders, IT leaders, IT professionals and clinical staff at healthcare organizations.
Irrespective of their role, respondents agreed that enacting population health initiatives requires the integration of a number of diverse technologies. The top 10 technologies that providers plan to invest in to support population health initiatives over the next two years include:
- Automated care management outreach