Healthcare IT Archives

Healthcare’s Groundhog Day

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Jan 13, 2023 | Healthcare Policy

We all know about Groundhog Day, February 2, when Punxsutawney Phil emerges from hibernation and predicts whether we will have six more weeks of winter. But there is a second Groundhog Day, which is January 1. On that day, about 20% of patients switch healthcare plans...

Revolutionary Health IT

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Sep 5, 2022 | Healthcare IT

While the U.S. spends close to 20% of GDP on healthcare, in a report published by the Commonwealth Fund the U.S. ranked last on access to care, administrative efficiency, equity, and health care outcomes. Only in use of measures of care processes does the U.S. rise...

Crazy U.S. Healthcare: How Did We Get Here?

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Jun 24, 2022 | Healthcare Policy

According to the Commonwealth Fund the U.S. has the lowest life expectancy among the ten highest income OECD countries. We have the highest chronic disease burden and our obesity rates are twice the average of other OECD countries. We also have the highest number of...

Enterprise Analytics: Data, Insight, Process Change, Repeat

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Jan 15, 2022 | Analytics

In 1966, Avedis Donabedian proposed a conceptual model for examining health services and evaluating quality of care. The Donabedian model includes three pillars: structure, process, and outcomes. Structure represents the physical plant, equipment, and staff available...

Digitally Driven: Link Technology to Process Change

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Sep 28, 2021 | Analytics

[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] While many organizations recognize the need to become digitally driven to survive in a value-based contracted healthcare marketplace, many providers struggle with creating a provable strategy to achieve success. Measuring digital...