value based healthcare

Industry voices - 2020 should be about investing in mental health as health

As we look at the progress we have made in health care we also need to advance parity in mental health.

David Wennberg, M.D., CEO of Quartet Health shares what we can expect to see in 2020:

Cloud-based ERP supports the journey towards value-based care

As the process of rolling out EHRs slows, the focus has shifted to the next generation of ERP system, cloud-hosted solutions that link HR, finance and supply chain. KLAS finds in its latest report that more and more C-suite executives are learning the benefits of the cloud: improved efficiency and transparency, massive computing power, better security, all at lower operating costs.

Blue Cross in Texas wants to provide low cost healthcare

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas aims to do more than just pay healthcare bills. The state’s largest health insurer is getting in the provider business. It has goals to lower health costs, improve care and reach out to many Texans who don’t have insurance or medical home.

Atlantic Health System teams up with MedExpress to expand access to urgent care

As patients are getting access to better healthcare facilities through value-based healthcare, companies are contributing too by strategically merging to expand services to patients.

Treating mental illness

Michael Porter, the Harvard professor mentioned in his paper on “Value-Based Mental Health Care Delivery”, that value is the singular goal that can unite interests of all healthcare stakeholders.