In today’s complex healthcare landscape, effective care management requires seamless coordination across multiple disciplines, including care management, utilization management, care coordination, disease management, and population health management. Automated solutions enhance efficiency, but without well-structured workflows, even the most sophisticated technology can fall short of delivering optimal outcomes.
Category: Healthcare IT
Medicare Advantage: Can At-Risk Models Deliver Better Care?
A recent study published in JAMA Network Open suggests that physician groups operating under at-risk Medicare Advantage (MA) payment models (2-sided risk) may be delivering higher-quality, more efficient care than their fee-for-service (FFS) counterparts.
Data-Driven Impact in Healthcare: A Success Story
At HealthEC, we know that healthcare isn’t just about data—it’s about lives. That’s why we approach our work with empathy and humility, understanding that behind every metric are real people. This approach, combined with robust data insights, leads to meaningful change.
HealthEC Achieves Fourth Recertification for Accreditation from EHNAC for Privacy and Security Compliance
OSAP accreditation ensures adherence to health data processing standards and compliance with security infrastructure and integrity requirements.
Preparing for the Future of Population Health 4.0
Public Health 1.0 identifies the initiation and growth in both knowledge and tools for medicine and public health. Public Health 2.0 characterizes the development of our traditional public health systems within both local and the federal government. Public Health 3.0 encapsulates the involvement of multiple sectors including other governmental agencies, community-based organizations, and the private...
How Health IT Can Mitigate the Effects of Physician Burnout
Exhaustion. De-personalization. Lack of Efficacy. These three cardinal symptoms characterize physician burnout, as defined by the World Health Organization, and measurable by the Maslach Burnout InventoryTM developed by Christina Maslach and her colleagues at the University of San Francisco in the 1970s. Our nation’s clinicians have expressed burnout for several years due to personal and...
Health Plans, Mobile Applications, and Closing the Referral Loop
In my last blog, I talked about the communication gaps between primary care providers and specialists when it comes to referrals, the need for healthcare IT vendors to close this referral loop, and HealthEC’s success in already doing so.
The Social Determinants of Health – More Than Just Buzzwords
While the introduction of the proposed Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Rule (CMS-2393-P) grabbed headlines at last week’s National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) Fall Conference, discussions about social determinants of health could also be considered front-page news.
Closed Loop Keeps Primary Care Providers and Specialists on the Same Page
As a patient, have you ever felt a bit confused about next steps after your primary care provider (PCP) refers you to a specialist?
Innovation Gives Vendors the Opportunity to Prove Themselves in the Healthcare Market
Remember when the doctor dusted off a paper copy of your medical record ahead of an office visit? While the days of medical record isolation are long gone, data remains a critical part of today’s healthcare market.









