For South Texas Physician’s Alliance, social determinants of health referral has been a learning experience. The organization, which has joined providers across the country in efforts to address social determinants of health, knew the best solution was connecting patients to social services providers. A patient presenting with food insecurity needs a referral to a food…
If Hollywood can revive old movies or create sequels about stories from years ago, like 1986’s Top Gun, then I can revive some old topics that are still relevant today. Back in 2017, Amy Kotch wrote a Salient Healthcare blog on Patient Engagement. While she certainly highlighted a few key points, such as the value…
Despite interest in addressing social determinants of health to improve patient outcomes, little progress has been made in integrating social services with medical care. We aimed to understand how health care providers with strong motivation (for example, operating under new payment models) and commitment (for example, early adopters) fared at addressing patients’ social needs. We…
Programs that address patient self-management, community-based care, social isolation, and affordability in healthcare are going to be front and center as the medical industry shifts to a consumer-centric model, according to CVS Health. In its Health Trends Report 2020, CVS Health outlines just how the medical juggernaut is designing a holistic consumer experience, leveraging its vast…
As healthcare organizations develop more sophisticated big data analytics capabilities, they are beginning to move from basic descriptive analytics towards the realm of predictive insights. Predictive analytics may only be the second of three steps along the journey to analytics maturity, but it actually represents a huge leap forward for many organizations. Instead of simply…
As healthcare professionals continue to focus on patient engagement, they face an onslaught of varying and often confusing terminology. Between phrases that sound the same and phrases that sound like they should mean the same thing, it is easy to get caught up in the vast web of patient engagement keywords. What is patient engagement,…
Building strong patient loyalty has become a key goal in an increasingly competitive healthcare industry. In order to survive amongst the numerous healthcare options on the market, healthcare organizations need to become patients’ trusted partners and their go-to confidante when they fall ill. That much has always been clear, according to Robert Braithwaite, the CEO…
Whether they are called patient navigators, advocates, coaches, or community health workers, non-clinical health workers are becoming increasingly important for patient engagement and care coordination. About half of all healthcare workers are non-clinical staff. This includes community health workers, patient navigators, health coaches, and other individuals who interact with patients but do not dispense medical…
Payers that implemented value-based payment models reduced healthcare costs by an average of 5.6 percent, improved provider collaboration, and created more impactful member engagement, according to a new study from Change Healthcare. The Finding the Value: The State of Value-Based Care in 2018 report, presented at the 2018 AHIP Expo, found that payers are effectively…
Medical professionals and other healthcare industry stakeholders need to develop strategies that allow clinicians to address the social determinants of health without adding to administrative burden and provider burnout, according to a recent report from Leavitt Partners. The whitepaper, informed by a survey of 621 clinicians across the country, contended that the increased focus on…