Care Coordination Pilot Looks to Prevent Hospital Readmissions

Artificial intelligence (AI) improved detection of actionable lung nodules without leading to higher rates of false positives, the study found.

To mark the publication of The American Journal of Managed Care®’s 12th annual health IT issue, on this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Christopher M. Whaley, PhD, health care economist at the RAND Corporation, who focuses on health economics issues, including the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care delivery.

Developing a terminology strategy that reflects real-world practice and industry standards can help data scientists and other allied data professionals efficiently and accurately identify clinically relevant insights that help improve the health of populations and individual patients.

An unprecedented level of detail and robustness around interoperability standards is on its way, and on this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Donald Rucker, MD, the former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in HHS, about what the opportunities and responsibilities for payers are.

First steps include assembling equity data and reaching out to veterans’ advocacy groups.

A letter from the guest editor highlights the potential for the findings in this special issue help us take steps toward realizing the promise of information technology in health care.