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Here’s what needs to happen for digital health care information-sharing to actually become a successful reality
A vision delivered needs relentless focus on execution Jared Kushner and Seema Verma’s vision of a patient-centered health care information-sharing ecosystem through the MyHealthEData initiative drew near-universal praise, including my immediate take following last Tuesday’s announcement. In the days that followed the launch, a multi-stakeholder coalition, of which I am a part, pledged to enable consumers to [...]
CareJourney Open Data Report
In late August, CMS released the 2017 performance year results for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The big news was that the program generated net savings for CMS for the first time, as ACOs saved the federal government $313.7 million. Most high-level trends persisted from previous years: ACOs with [...]
Apple’s Move to Bring Health Care Record to the iPhone Is Great News
IN LATE JANUARY, Apple previewed an iOS feature that would allow consumers to access their electronic health records on their phones. Skeptics said the move was a decade too late given a similar (and failed) effort from Google. Optimists argued that Apple was capable of translating health data into something [...]
Startup Health Festival Fireside Chat: The Government Mindset to The Entrepreneur Mindset
Aneesh's recent panel at the Startup Health Festival
A prescription for healing the healthcare industry
The year is 1900. Life expectancy is 47 years. Almost all hospitals in the U.S. are nonprofit institutions founded by religious organizations. More people die in war due to infection than in battle. Fast-forward to today. Healthcare in the U.S. has ballooned into a massive industry worth $3 trillion. The [...]
Harnessing Open Health Data & Methodologies to Serve Value-based Care Networks
In December 2016, CareJourney launched the Insights Workbook—a monthly executive-level review of ACO performance, with actionable metrics and data visualizations to get to increased savings. Our analytic model is firmly rooted in the questions population health leaders seek to answer and is driven by our members. [...]
The Rise of Open APIs in Healthcare
Aneesh Chopra sat down with Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, to talk about the future of healthcare delivery on this week's episode of StartUp Health NOW Watch Now
Data-Fueled, Patient-Centric Health Care: HealthChangers Podcast
There's little debate that health care in this country needs improvement. Costs are high, paperwork is cumbersome and confusing, and patients can get lost in the shuffle. Some believe technology will drive improvements in health care. But the guest on this episode's podcast disagrees. Aneesh Chopra was the first ever [...]
Joe Biden just brought the debate over medical records into the limelight
Aneesh Chopra sees positive momentum in FHIR development
Drchrono injects FHIR support into its EHR
“Increasingly, more of our healthcare system’s burden is on patients, when it comes to higher deductibles, the need for second opinions, the need to understand what preventive services are available to them .... That shift to more responsibility is concurrent with the need to have more information so you can get [...]
Aneesh Chopra on the future of FHIR: It’s starting to come together
Aneesh Chopra says healthcare is entering an upgrade cycle to more modern technology en route to democratizing health data.
Open APIs: A nerdy phrase with big meaning for health care
“Without special effort.” That humble phrase deep inside the 21st Century Cures Act sets up a tricky little puzzle for ONC’s new chief as he ponders the best way to make IT an asset for better health care. With its budget slashed by a third, ONC’s primary duty over the [...]