Innovation/New Models of Care
Access to behavioral health care unfortunately remains difficult due to the shortage of providers, stigma, lack of a true connected continuum of care, and more. This series of case studies featuring the innovative work of hospitals and health systems and their community partners, details how鈥
WakeMed Health & Hospitals faced a behavioral health crisis in the system鈥檚 seven emergency departments in 2017. Patients waited for days to get access to acute inpatient services. Today, a high-performance, multidisciplinary network of inpatient, outpatient and community-benefit鈥
In Tampa Bay and West Central Florida, 1 in 6 people live with depression and 1 in 12 have a substance use disorder. Leaders from a broad representation of health care systems, agencies, elected officials, insurance companies, large employers and community service agencies recognized that they鈥
Rural areas have the highest rates of suicide and drug overdoses in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Avera Behavioral Health offers a full suite of behavioral health care services including a comprehensive eCARE telehealth solution delivering services in鈥
Advocate Aurora Health recently launched a subsidiary, Advocate Aurora Enterprises, focused on investing in companies that improve the overall health and well-being of patients. The launch reflects its strategy to employ a 鈥渨hole-person鈥 care model extending beyond medical treatment.
William Shrank, chief medical officer, Humana, explains how payer-provider partnerships help advance patient care and value-based care models.
The Advancing Care Conference starts virtually then pivots to the in-person conference experience in March. Using cutting-edge design thinking exercises, attendees are equipped with custom strategies and an actionable plan to tackle challenges. The experience continues online after the conference鈥
Although 鈥渃ompassion tech鈥 does not yet define a particular category of innovations, it follows the natural evolution of health care technology. While e-health was popularized by the digitization of health care through electronic medical records, we now use 鈥渄igital health鈥 to refer to a wide range鈥
A complicated set of factors involving governmental and private-sector spending on health care will bring about significant changes over the next several years that will effectively flatten reimbursement levels, even as demand for services is expected to keep growing. While that鈥檚 generally bad鈥
Even as we continue to address COVD-19 challenges, let鈥檚 consider the experiences of the past year, looking for lessons learned and opportunities for the future. Here are four major areas that changed during the pandemic and are likely to keep transforming health care in the year ahead.