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Systemness as a Lever for Greater Health System Resilience

“Systemness” is a word coined by Kyruus CEO Graham Gardner to describe operating in a way that enables the system to create more value than the sum of its parts. In a recent essay, Gardner described how systemness can contribute to health systems’ resilience. Hospitals and health systems are under more strain than they’ve ever been, and the word “resilience” is being bandied about everywhere from leadership development books to conversations about physician burnout. While there are plenty of initiatives that organizations can undertake to build...

Capital BlueCross Announces Innovative Virtual Care Pilot Program with Bermudian Springs School District

Capital BlueCross is teaming up with the Bermudian Springs School District to provide convenient, affordable access to healthcare for school district staff during working hours. The partnership, which uses American Well’s Virtual Care system, will help faculty and staff address minor health concerns during the course of the work day. Through the pilot program with the school district, a secure space is available in the campus administration building where staff can do a virtual care visit using an iPad provided by Capital BlueCross. The tablet will only...

Komodo Health Appoints Richard Kho as Chief Revenue Officer and Saiba Sabherwal as Chief Financial Officer

Komodo Health today announced the promotions of Richard Kho, Ph.D., as chief revenue officer and Saiba Sabherwal, M.B.A., as chief financial officer. In addition, the company announced the strategic hire of Julie Rogers as vice president of people & experience. Dr. Richard Kho moves into the chief revenue officer from his most recent position as Komodo’s head of life sciences. He will lead the customer team and oversee sales, account management, and customer success functions. His 18-plus years of experience includes roles at Genentech and Onyx...

Payment Designed for People: Introducing the Primary Care Outcomes Model

Early data shows that alternative payment methods (APMs) such as Alternative Quality Contract or Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have been associated with lower spending on healthcare and improved use of healthcare resources. However, both of these APMs have produced only modest cost reductions in Medicare spending. Why? Because these models fail to leverage behavioral economics to maximize the impact of incentive dollars on changing physicians’ way of practice. Furthermore, they offer “relatively small rewards with delay and uncertainty while being complicated by too many metrics.” In...

Propeller Health research suggests asthma guidelines update

Clinical guidelines for determining asthma control were set many years ago, and now new research from Propeller Health suggests that those guidelines should be updated. The research was done in partnership with the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. It showed that both patients and providers can get a better view of a patient’s medication when digital sensors are used to record the number of incidents of rescue inhaler use. Digital data, the research found, can be used to more accurately measure and...