HIT Consultant November 1, 2024
The healthcare industry is at a crossroads, grappling with the dual challenges of declining health quality metrics and skyrocketing care costs. The reality is that health outcomes are driven more by what patients do than by what providers or payers do.
It is estimated that 80% of health outcomes are driven by non-medical factors – often social or behavioral risks that impact health and lead to poor outcomes and high costs. Value-based care (VBC) shifts this focus to helping the patient achieve their best outcome by identifying and addressing social and other issues before they become severe health problems later.
The Data Dilemma in Healthcare
Healthcare systems collect vast amounts of data on patients – demographic, clinical, medication,...