COVID-19

A COVID-19 “Time-Out” for your Practice (Part 1 of 2)

A preoperative time-out, which The Joint Commission defines as an immediate pause by the entire surgical team to confirm the correct patient, procedure, and site, was introduced in 2003.

COVID-19

A COVID-19 Time-Out for your Practice (Part 2 of 2)

During this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, it has been reassuring to see practices large and small activate their business continuity plans to minimize disruption in the availability and quality of clinical services to their patients.

COVID-19

Staffing the Post-COVID-19 Doctor's Office

In conversations with thought leaders across the country, many have used phrases like, healthcare will not return to the way it was before COVID-19 and, Nothing will be the same after the pandemic.

Population Health

Can Population Health Management Tools Help Stem the Opiate Epidemic?

NextGen Healthcare’s Chief Medical Officer provides insights into how a Population Health Management tool could play a role in the opioid crisis.

NextGen Advisors

Can This Problem be Handled Virtually or Should the Patient be Seen in Person?

The COVID-19 pandemic fueled an unprecedented surge in the use of telehealth visits. It is estimated that 200 million telehealth visits will be conducted by the end of 2020.

COVID-19

Small Ambulatory Care Practices – Too Essential to Fail

Faced with drastically reduced patient volumes, many practices are confronting significant financial peril.

Population Health

Social Determinants, Finally Out from the Shadows

Dr. Betty Rabinowitz discusses a study calling for the evaluation and implementation to reduce the socioeconomic inequalities that negatively impact health.

COVID-19

When a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic rapidly evolves, we are being bombarded with information regarding the disease and its spread across the globe.

COVID-19

Organizational Resilience in the Midst of a Pandemic

In a matter of weeks, practices have been thrust into a new reality that has required significant shifts in the way care is delivered and the business of health care is conducted.

NextGen Advisors

COVID-19: Herd Immunity, Vaccines, And A Return To Normalcy

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the term herd immunity has become a household term, engendering intense hope and anticipation.

NextGen Advisors

How Community Health Centers Can Lead the Way in a New Era of Healthcare

The growth of the CHC model has been nothing short of remarkable, today there are nearly 1,400 health centers operating 12,000 service sites.

NextGen Advisors

A National Patient Identifier Would Have Made Vaccinating the Entire U.S. Population Much Easier

Developing the COVID-19 vaccine was the first monumental milestone on a long and arduous journey to achieving vaccination of the entire U.S. population.

Population Health

CMS Announces Primary Care First Model Options

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Betty Rabinowitz provides insight on how Primary Care First Model Options support delivery of advanced primary care for seriously ill patients, reducing administrative burdens and improving outcomes.

NextGen Advisors

Men's Mental Health: We Treat Just the Tip of the Iceberg

June is men’s health month and this year as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, more than ever there is a compelling need to focus on male patients’ overall health with emphasis on their mental health as a key to their wellbeing.

Industry news

What does it take to be a data-driven practice?

Dr. Betty Rabinowitz, Chief Medical Officer, on the importance of embracing data and becoming a data-driven organization.

NextGen Advisors

Will COVID-19 Jump Start the Lagging Transition to Risk Based Payment Models?

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last year that they want to have 100 percent of providers taking on some downside financial risk by 2025. This will result in $1 trillion of healthcare risk shifting from the government to hospitals, health systems, and physician practices across the United States.

NextGen Advisors

Evidence Shows Mitigation Measures Reduce the Spread of COVID-19

On October 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a morbidity and mortality weekly report that contains encouraging news that community mitigation measures were found to be successful in reducing the spread of COVID-19.

NextGen Advisors

Evidence Shows Mitigation Measures Reduce the Spread of COVID-19

On October 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a morbidity and mortality weekly report that contains encouraging news that community mitigation measures were found to be successful in reducing the spread of COVID-19.

Industry news

Accountable Care Organizations: A 'Risky Business'

Dr. Betty Rabinowitz notes how it appears risk-bearing ACOs are here to stay and the need for Population Health solutions to provide data-driven insights has never been clearer in this weeks blog.

Small Practice

EHR Optimization: An Antidote to Physician Burnout

Physician burnout is a growing problem in the U.S. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Betty Rabinowitz dives into the serious issue and discusses how EHR optimization makes a strong positive impact.

NextGen Advisors

Vaccinating the Entire U.S Population -- Health Information Technologies are Positioned to Help

As several viable highly effective vaccines have been developed at record speed, we will now be called to meet the next challenge of vaccinating the entire nation. In this blog, we investigate what role health information technologies play in the success of this endeavor.

NextGen Advisors

Survey Reveals How Patients Really Feel About Virtual Care and Electronic Patient Engagement

Recently, NextGen Healthcare commissioned Harris Poll to conduct an online Connected Healthcare Study among 2,055 adults ages 18+. The survey was conducted within the United States between March 25 -29, 2021. The survey focused on individuals who had interacted with the healthcare system in the last year.

COVID-19

Post COVID-19: Can We Measure Only What Matters?

The COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be a watershed event for the American healthcare system. A watershed event is defined as a turning point, the exact moment that changes the direction of an activity or situation.

Interoperability

Postpartum Depression: The Importance of Early Detection and Treatment

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Betty Rabinowitz discusses the importance of early detection and treatment of postpartum depression and how to start a multidisciplinary approach.

NextGen Advisors

Integrated Care – Coming of Age After 300 Years... Part II of II

A recent original research article and editorial in the Annals of Internal Medicine addresses the factors influencing physician practices adoption of behavioral health integration in the United States.

NextGen Advisors

Integrated Care – How Did Care Ever Get Separated in the First Place? – A Historical Review

Read about the theoretical underpinning of modern-day integrated care.

NextGen Advisors

The Whole Person Care Model Is Seeing its Day in the Sun

In this blog, Dr. Betty Robinowitz explores whole person care model, which is known to improve patient outcomes, reduces costs, increase patient satisfaction, and is associated with less provider- and care-team burnout.

NextGen Advisors

The Whole Person Care Model Is Seeing its Day in the Sun

In this blog, Dr. Betty Robinowitz explores whole person care model, which is known to improve patient outcomes, reduces costs, increase patient satisfaction, and is associated with less provider- and care-team burnout.

NextGen Advisors

Delivering Whole Person Care: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Integrating Primary Care into Community-Based Mental Health Centers

Many behavioral health practices are considering adding primary care services in order to better address these whole person healthcare needs. In the NextGen® Advisors’ conversations with behavioral health and physician groups across the country, we find several challenges that groups are universally grappling with.

NextGen Advisors

What is Patient Engagement? Depends Who You Ask

Patient engagement is a broad term that has multiple connotations. Speak with a care team member, a nurse, care manager or physician about patient engagement and they will likely be referring to a broader concept that combines patient activation with interventions designed to promote positive patient behavior, such as obtaining preventive care or adhering to a medication regimen.

COVID-19

Have We Prematurely Reassured Younger Americans about their Risks from COVID-19?

To the surprise of many, as of March 16, 2020, 40% of patients hospitalized for Coronavirus in the U.S. have been younger adults.

NextGen Advisors

Healthcare is Making Progress on the “Social” in the Biopsychosocial Model

The biopsychosocial approach systematically considers biological, psychological, and social factors and their complex interactions in understanding health, illness, and healthcare delivery.

COVID-19

Tips for Keeping Your Practice Safe and Mitigating the Spread of COVID-19

With an average wait time from arrival until a patient is seen by the provider, there is ample time for the mingling of patients who have an acute infectious disease and those who do not.

Small Practice

To Err Is Human

Medical errors are the third-highest cause of death in the United States, but why do they happen and can we avoid them? Chief Medical Officer Dr. Betty Rabinowitz explores some of the causes of medical errors and how to prevent them.

Industry news

The Big Paradox of Health Care’s “Little Data”

NextGen Healthcare's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Betty Rabinowitz's discusses how here at NextGen Healthcare, we are committed to little data analytics of the highest order. We like to apply big data methodologies to all data – both big and small.

COVID-19

Will COVID-19 Kill the Doctor's Office Waiting Room?

The impact on inpatient facilities has been significant as those facilities have been caring for many of the sickest COVID-19 patients.

Small Practice

When it comes to prescriptions, nothing is more important than accuracy

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Betty Rabinowitz discusses what NextGen Healthcare's recent 2018 White Coast Award for Highest Accuracy means industry wide.

NextGen Advisors

The Future of General Internal Medicine is Bright

NextGen Advisor Dr. Betty Rabinowitz details why there is reason for optimism about the future of internal medicine based on several recent trends.

Industry news

Gender equality in the HIT industry - is it time for a reboot?

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Betty Rabinowitz discusses how gender equality in the HIT industry has changed since she first attending medical school.

NextGen Advisors

The Growing Role of Pharmacists in the Practice of the Future

Considering the significant percent of Americans taking medications, many as part of complex regimens, it is not surprising that the estimated annual cost of drug-related morbidity and mortality resulting from nonoptimized medication therapy is $528.4 billion, which is equivalent to 16 percent of total U.S. health care expenditures in 2016.

NextGen Advisors

Measuring Patient Reported Outcomes-Measuring What Matters

In a recent blog, we called for a shift in the way we measure quality in healthcare post COVID-19. Measurement of patient reported outcomes has long been regarded as a worthy substitute for most, if not all the quality measures that providers are required to report on.

COVID-19

The Promise and Challenge of Integrating Primary Care into Community-Based Mental Health Centers

There is ample evidence that patients with severe mental illness are at high risk for significant medical comorbidities. A complex combination of factors contributes to this excess risk and consequential poor outcomes.

Industry news

Quality Measurement - Could we have gone too far?

The complex, at times confusing landscape of quality measurement programs in which practices and providers are required to participate, are the culmination of over a century of evolving quality measurement and improvement efforts in the American health care system.

NextGen Advisors

Racial Bias-The Unintended Consequences of Population Health Algorithms

The results of a 2019 research article in the journal Science uncovered significant racial bias in commonly used population health algorithms used to identify and assign care to patients with complex, active health needs.

Industry news

2019: The Year of the Patient in HIT

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Betty Rabinowitz give her health information technology predictions for 2019, in this insightful blog.

Industry news

2019: The Year of the Patient in HIT

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Betty Rabinowitz give her health information technology predictions for 2019, in this insightful blog.

Industry news

May is Mental Health Month – Every Month Should Be Mental Health Month

The burden of mental illness in the U.S. is among the highest of all diseases.