by Dylan Bestler | Jul 11, 2022 | Blog
Population health can be defined in many ways, but generally, it is considered the outcomes of a group of individuals, often sharing a geographic location, but can also be divided into employees, ethnic groups, prisoners, insurance enrollees, or any other defined class. It can also include the distribution of health services, which depends heavily on the social determinants of health – where one lives, works, learns, and plays. Tracking the care outcomes of these groups can help providers better understand the complexities associated with them, however, some leaders are skeptical of the population health concept, as being too broad and so not useful in decision making and guiding specific research. There are several approaches organizations can take to improve population health management and outcomes, such as linking it into its overall strategy, collaborating with community leaders, data tracking, and implementing new technology.
by Dylan Bestler | Jul 7, 2022
Forbes The mental health of America’s teenagers is on the decline, as Generation Z faces a global pandemic and epidemic of gun violence in the United States. While overall rates of anxiety and depression stayed relatively stable in the first year of the pandemic –...
by Dylan Bestler | Jun 29, 2022 | Blog
The pandemic might have been the final straw for many healthcare workers, but they were stressed and feeling burnt out long before masks and social distancing were even a thought. Issues included long and sporadic shifts, underwhelming pay, hectic work environments, and using unfamiliar or inefficient technology. According to a 2019 survey, clinical process design and structure, both of which are highly impacted by EHR’s, contributed to approximately 40% of clinician stress. Healthcare staff are stressed enough from the work they do – they don’t need their EHR adding to their stress. Fortunately, it does not have to be this way. Here are seven issues that often cause problems for clinical staff, and how Cantata’s Arize EHR help resolve them.
by Dylan Bestler | Jun 29, 2022
Forbes The Covid-19 pandemic reshaped the healthcare landscape in a myriad of ways – mainstreaming multiple elements that were previously non-existent or on the periphery. Face masks and vaccination websites are all here to stay at some level or another but the most...
by Dylan Bestler | Jun 22, 2022
The City As part of a federal law signed by Trump in 2020, callers will be able to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and its local outposts simply by dialing 988. In the city, those calls are plugging into the existing NYC Well. New Yorkers generally know...
