Author: Brittany Eastman

Learn how accountable care organizations (ACOs) are using home visits to improve care transitions, manage chronic conditions, and reduce or prevent the need for costly readmissions.

On January 14, Benjamin Zaniello, MD, MPH and Melissa Morales, LCSW presented a webinar on how care teams can take advantage of collaboration technology to curb incidences of workplace violence in hospitals and other care settings. Read the recap.

Today, January 8, 2020, Collective Medical is beginning to roll out a new notification trigger for patients with a history of sepsis.

The Department of Health and Human Services will soon publish final rules on several facets of the 21st Century Cures Act that have broad ramifications on the healthcare technology industry. Taken together, these efforts are aimed at facilitating interoperability to improve care coordination and transitions of care. Learn how Collective can help.

Changes in healthcare policies impacted a number of areas this year, including the opioid crisis, social determinants of health, value-based care, workplace violence, and the emergency department. Here are the top five policy changes that were proposed or took effect...

When Martha (names have been changed), arrived at the emergency department with her eleven year old daughter, Micca, she explained that her daughter had been struggling with severe digestive pain over the past few days. But after Micca was admitted, and food was...

Accountable care organizations, or ACOs, are responsible for a variety of diverse beneficiaries, many of which have chronic conditions or complex needs. This makes care collaboration essential when it comes to best supporting these beneficiaries and improving care...

The new discharge planning rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) went into effect late November. The final rule is intended to empower patients and enhance their rights, in addition to utilizing technology to ensure seamless transitions...

On December 5th, Becky Wilkinson, MSW, CWSA and Regional Behavioral Health Outreach Program Manager at Providence Health presented a Collective-sponsored webinar through Inside Digital Health on addressing social determinants of health (SDOH). She shared details of a...

On December 4th, Gina Sulmeyer, MD and David Presser, MD, MPH from Torrance Memorial Medical Center presented a Becker’s Hospital Review webinar titled “Collaboration: The Key to Optimizing ED Utilization, Tracking, and Workplace Safety in the Hospital Care Setting.” Learn how Torrance Memorial has been able to streamline care for patients with high ED utilization, substance use disorders, and those with histories of violent incidents—resulting in a reduction in visits per month of 52 percent.

Social determinants of health account for 80-90 percent of modifiable contributors to a patient’s health outcome, making the issue critically important for care teams to identify and address. Patients struggling with social determinants often have complex needs that can’t be met at a single point of care. Technology can help bridge the gaps.

The Collective Medical data science team conducted an observational study and found that clinician-generated care insights reduced emergency department visits and increased throughput.