Author: Lumeris

Jim Hansen, vice president of health policy for Lumeris participated in an ACO roundtable on early MSSP ACO results on “This Week in Accountable Care” with host Gregg Masters.

Baptist Health South Florida, one of America’s largest and most visionary health care organizations, has selected Lumeris as its operations, technology and consulting partner for value-based care.

Keith Blankenship, vice president of technical solutions for Lumeris, spoke with Healthcare Informatics about the importance of integrating EMR and claims/cost data for population health management.

IDC Health Insights’ Research Director Cynthia Burghard discusses three types of tools – analytics, workflow and communication – needed to be successful in accountable care.

Meeting the goals of accountable care and achieving the associated cost reductions requires a more robust health IT infrastructure than just an electronic health record can provide, says a report by IDC Health Insights. The triple aim of improving the patient experience, improving population health, and slashing system-wide costs can only be realized when healthcare organizations incorporate advanced technology and embrace the principles of value-based healthcare that provides the foundation for accountable care organizations (ACOs).

In order to effectively manage population health, accountable care organizations’ technology needs go far beyond electronic health systems. A recent IDC spotlight has identified the IT systems and technological abilities ACOs need to effectively monitor the health of a population.

While EMRs provide accountable care organizations (ACOs) with data critical for population health management, additional health IT tools that integrate patient data from multiple sources, support the management of care plans and enable patient communications are required as well, according to a report from Mass.-based research firm IDC Health Insights.