Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

An accountable care organization (ACO) is type of managed care organization in which physicians, hospitals and other providers takes responsibility for the health and wellness of a population of patients, including responsibility for high quality, appropriateness, and efficiency of the care provided.

Why many clinical leaders prefer Registries to EHRs: Actively Structured Information

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I went to the huge HIMSS’11 convention in Las Vegas a few weeks ago.  When visiting the bewildering number of vendor booths, I focused on a few key questions relevant to the challenges facing physicians and hospitals working to establish successful Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): 1) What is the current state of clinical data exchange

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Video of ACO Breakfast at HIMSS’11 Meeting

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The following is the link to a hand-held video from the “ACO Breakfast” event on February 21, 2011 at the annual Health Information Management Systems Society convention in Orlando. http://www.healthcareitnews.com/video/aco-breakfast-himss11 The panel discussion was kicked off by Eric Dishman, Director of Health Innovation for Intel, and featured: Aneesh Chopra, the Chief Technology Officer of the

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Learning from Manufacturers about Culture and Technology: The Case of PLM Systems

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Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems are software tools that are used by product manufacturing companies to support the entire lifecycle of ideation, business planning, requirements, design, manufacturing, launch, and eventual retirement of products. They are interesting to me for two reasons: (1) they are relevant to the development of software products, and (2) they share

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Harold Miller’s Paper: How to Create Accountable Care Organizations

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This is probably the single most useful reference regarding Accountable Care Organizations, outlining alternative ways of conceptualizing them and giving a balanced explanation of the pros and cons of alternative models, including structure and reimbursement.  David Share, MD, from BCBSM was involved, and the document uses BCBSM’s Physician Group Incentive Program as a case study.

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