Category: Articles

South Florida Business Journal Article: Baptist Health signs affordable care program with Florida Blue

March 18, 2014 | By

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.


Managed Care Outlook Article: Addressing Five Key Areas of Value-Based Care

March 15, 2014 | By

Managed Care Outlook’s March 2014 issue features a contributed article, “Addressing Five Key Areas of Value-Based Care” from Keith Blankenship, vice president of technical solutions at Lumeris.


Healthcare Informatics Article: Data Revolution: When Claims and Clinical Data Meet

January 31, 2014 | By

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.


PR Newswire Release: First National ACO Survey on Startup Costs

January 27, 2014 | By

First national aco survey on startup costs 


EHRIntelligence Article: What tools are needed for managing population health?

February 17, 2014 | By

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


Government Health IT Article: ACOs Struggle With Data Sharing

January 27, 2014 | By

Government Health IT Article: ACOs Struggle With Data Sharing


EHR Intelligence Article: Accountable Care Requires More Health IT than Just EHRs

January 9, 2014 | By

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).


Becker’s Hospital Review Article: 11 Technologies ACOs Need

January 9, 2014 | By

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.


Clinical Innovation+Technology Article: ACOs Require More than EMRs to Manage Population Health

January 10, 2014 | By

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.


Healthcare IT News Article: Looking Back to Before Data was Big

January 2, 2014 | By

It’s hard to go too long these days without hearing someone hype the benefits of big data. It’s to the point where the term is all but a cliché. Hard to believe that’s it’s still a fairly recent coinage.
“Maybe three years ago?” says Cynthia Burghard research director for accountable care IT strategies at IDC Health Insights, when asked when she first heard the now-ubiquitous term. “It’s still relatively new, across all industries. Some industries have used pieces of the big data and analytics technology stack, but not in its entirety.”


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