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Population health management (PHM) is a strategy that healthcare organizations use to improve the health outcomes of a defined group of people based on a hospital population, geographic area or specific disease. PHM relies on data to identify gaps in care and develop care plans that aim to close gaps

DataLink Software (DataLink) is thrilled to have earned two distinctions for being an exceptional place to work—a testament to our efforts to earn employee trust and create a great workplace environment. For the second consecutive year, we have been named a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company for December 2020-December 2021

Download “New Perspectives in Value-Based Care & Interoperability Rules for 2021: Creating Long-term Sustainability, Building Strategies Post-pandemic and Leveraging Opportunities with New Government Leaders”     After struggling through 2020, the U.S. healthcare system now faces an uphill climb in 2021.  Based upon his record and past performance, President Joe

Don’t miss “The Data Lag Problem and How to Overcome It,” at RISE National 2021, Tues. March 30, 2021, 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. (ET). During the COVID-19 pandemic, primary care visits dropped 60% with many Americans temporarily putting off going to the doctor. Experts speculate that this will lead

The healthcare system in 2020 faced extraordinary challenges and 2021 is expected to bring even more changes with the transition of the U.S. presidency and ongoing struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on past statements, President Joe Biden is likely to carry on federal efforts to remove interoperability roadblocks and

As Americans wait anxiously for the COVID-19 vaccines to become available, many of us have questions about how and when it will reach communities. Operation Warp Speed—a partnership among components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National

Now that the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR®) data-exchange standard has been included in recently finalized Interoperability and Patient Access rules, payers and providers are seeking ways to comply with a key provision requiring the use of FHIR version 4 as the technical standard. This provision reinforces the application program

Health plans and providers need innovative ways to optimize high-value care through the use of aligned measures in key quality areas that are essential to value-based programs. While electronic claims data transmission from provider’s offices to payers supports a consolidated view of the individual patient, supplemental data, such as a

Amid the enormous effects of the COVID-19 pandemic—and the potential upheaval of the presidential election—stakeholders in the provider and payer communities will still want to take time to examine these key points and trends which DataLink has identified for their material impact upon business and financial performance. Please review the

To learn more about how to improve operational performance, care delivery and patient outcomes, download DataLink’s latest white paper, “New Perspectives in Value-Based Care: Improving Quality Measurement and Reporting in the Age of Pandemics.” In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals and private physician practices are struggling financially