Why Most Generative AI Investments Fail (and How to Fix It)
A recent MIT report, The Gen AI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, suggested that 95% of all generative AI projects fail. This means
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Rethinking risk stratification in the age of social determinants
As value-based care (VBC) replaces fee-for-service, providers and payers face pressure to improve outcomes while controlling costs.
Microsoft Dragon Copilot intros new AI capabilities for clinicians
The platform is designed to integrate easily into nurses’ day-to-day workflows, and now gives them the ability to pause, edit and validate entries to ensure
An End-to-End Solution for Better, More Efficient Patient Care
Here’s how Lightbeam Health Solutions, a population-health management company that empowers health care organizations to provide superior care at a lower cost, achieved multiple Inc.
The Role of Analytics and AI-Driven Tools in Aligning Payers and Providers Around Value-Based Care Models
As we work on building a brighter future for healthcare, one where people are the main focus, value-based care models and AI tools have been
Saint Peter’s enlists AI to cut emergency room visits
Saint Peter’s University Hospital is using AI to help improve clinical outcomes, reduce cost of care and increase communication among its team.
AI, Analytics, and the Future of Healthcare Strategy
In this episode, Andy Dé, Chief Marketing Officer at Lightbeam Health Solutions, discusses the transformative role of AI and analytics in shaping personalized, value-based healthcare.
PopHealth Week
Mike Hoxter, Chief Technology Officer, and Briana Rodriguez, RN, BSN, the Director of Clinical Programs discuss empowering ACOs, predictive analytics in population health, closing care
Transforming Healthcare with AI and Deviceless Remote Patient Monitoring
As healthcare systems around the world continue to face increasing demands and resource constraints, innovative solutions are becoming critical in ensuring that care delivery is
Ai-powered, Data-driven Tools Can Maximize Value-based Care Success
Lightbeam Health Solutions’ Paul Bergeson and Mike Hoxter discuss how the company’s products can help healthcare organizations manage high- and rising-risk patients, improve their engagement
How Data Science Propels Value-Based Care Forward
In this episode of “The Wilshire IT RevCast”, Daniel and Evan are joined by Soy Chen and Danielle Bergamn from Lightbeam Health Solutions for a
Ineffective Tcm Programs Are Keeping Patients In The Hospital
One area that is causing clinical and financial strain on organizations due to limited resources is transitional care management (TCM) programs.
The Keys To Centracare’s Success As A Medicaid Aco
Rachael Lesch, R.N., M.B.A., executive director of population health and quality at Minnesota-based CentraCare, discussed her team’s approach to value-based care in the Medicaid space
Healthcare IT Today
We met briefly with Dr. Kent Locklear, CMO at Lightbeam Health Solutions, to talk about why he’s keeping his eye on trends like bulk #FHIR and #healthequity.
Winners Announced: Financial Executive Awards
D CEO revealed the winners of its 2023 Financial Executive Awards
Revolutionising Healthcare With Data Management
Lightbeam Health Solutions’ Kent Locklear reveals how data and analytics can reduce burnout and lead to better staff support
Augmenting A Transitional Care Model With Artificial Intelligence Decreased Readmissions
Evaluate if augmenting a transitions of care delivery model with insights from artificial intelligence (AI) that applied clinical and exogenous social determinants of health data
Ineffective TCM Programs Are Keeping Patients In The Hospital
One area that is causing clinical and financial strain on organizations due to limited resources is transitional care management (TCM) programs.
The Ever Evolving World of Cybersecurity Threats
Technology and the way people are using it are evolving in an increasingly steady pace.
Reducing Avoidable Emergency Visits And Hospitalizations With Patient Risk-based Prescriptive Analytics: A Quality Improvement Project At An Oncology Care Model Practice
Cancer-related emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations that would have been appropriately managed in the outpatient setting are avoidable and detrimental to patients and health
The Ins and Outs of Remote Patient Monitoring
Divided into the many different avenues we need to be using in order to properly discuss RPM.
The Power Of Data: Time To Use and Share It!
Strategic partnerships can help lead the way. As even the casual observer knows, we have a data-driven economy in the U.S. — and healthcare is
Boosting Population Health with Increased Patient Engagement
How the merger between Lightbeam and CareSignal will help them assist more health systems to improve patient engagement and population health.
The Retail Revolution Is Changing Modern Medical Care and Healthcare Organizations Need To Act Now
As patients and healthcare providers continue to navigate a post-pandemic world, we have begun to see an overlying trend — especially among the younger generation
Where Will The Healthcare Facility Of The Future Look Like?
As we look into the future, we’re seeing how what was needed in the past isn’t what the healthcare facility of the future is going
Social Determinants Of Health: How To Drive Action From Data
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are entering the healthcare conversation more often these days for a reason.
Lightbeam Scoops Up Jvion To Expand Ai, Sdoh Analytics Capabilities
Lightbeam expects the acquisition to further enhance and expand the company’s proactive and preventive capabilities, bringing SDoH and health equity offerings to tens of millions
KLAS: 6 Vendors That Aim To Resolve Payer-provider Friction
Payer-provider friction can result from a number of challenges, but payers are leaning on certain vendors to help bridge the gap.
Four Ways Healthcare Leaders Can Respond To The Retail Revolution
The healthcare industry is undergoing an evolution towards retail service, driven in large part by the growing influence of consumers in the marketplace.
Avoid The Digital Trap: Care Management Tools To Improve, Not Impede, Patient And Provider Well-being
Healthcare staffing shortages and burnout are now much more than a media or talking point.
Reducing Clinician Burnout with Better Care Management Tools
For many provider organizations, one way to address burnout begins with making clinicians’ lives easier by giving them the right technology to seamlessly access critical
IT EXECS TALK PRIORITIES AND PREDICTIONS FOR 2022
Patient and provider experiences have to be top-of-mind in the year ahead, with special attention to stressed hospital workers and underserved populations, healthcare vendor leaders
2022 Predictions – Final Thoughts
Our industry experts and thought leaders have shared their predictions for 2022 with us over the last few weeks.
2022 Digital Health Predictions
As healthcare continues to emerge and innovate from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, MGMA presents these 22 industy leaders and their insights and predictions
Predictions For 2022 From Healthcare Executives
Healthcare executives look ahead to 2022 and the forces and events that will shape the American healthcare landscape.
Aggregating Patient Data in an Ocean of Healthcare Information
With advances in how data is managed and communication is handled in healthcare, it might seem like the time physicians spend with patients has become
How Care Management Tools Can Mitigate Clinician Burnout
Healthcare staffing shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic have intensified an already serious problem in healthcare: clinician burnout.
Successful Population Health Management Hinges on Efficiency
The key to efficiency under value-based care models is a strategic approach to risk stratification.
What Acos Should Do Now That Cms Won’t Extend The Next Gen Aco Model Through 2022
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) were understandably disappointed in mid-May when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that its Next Generation ACO Model
Tackling Common Care Management Risks
When organizations launch care management programs with an investment of time, staffing and technology, they often see some quick wins.
HIMSS TV at HIMSS21: Day 1
Live from the 2021 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas. Kate Milliken interviews Jerry Shultz, President at Lightbeam Health Solutions.
Operationalizing Quality Improvement Workflows
At the 2021 annual AMGA IQL conference, Shelley Davis, Vice President of Clinical Strategy at Lightbeam, sat down with Dr. Charles Van Duyne, Chief Medical
Key Medicare Advantage Plan Changes Practices Need To Be Aware Of
Good news on telehealth coding, but lifting of EFRD restrictions will present financial challenges.
How To Simplify and Improve Physician Referrals With Data
There’s nothing wrong with traditional referral methods but decision support technology can help simplify the referral process for both physicians and patients.
Thriving In The Evolving World Of Acos
In a Q&A format, Dr. Kent Locklear, Chief Medical Officer of Lightbeam Health Solutions and Gary Albers discuss strategies to thrive in value-based care models
Time and Goals Should Drive Your Post-Covid-19 Care Management Strategy
COVID-19 forced many health systems to reassess and reconfigure their care management processes and staffing models so that clinicians could better manage more of their
How To Put Some Science Behind The Art of Physician Referrals
Medicine is both an art and a science. Some physicians would contend that science—specifically data science—has overtaken medicine and limited their ability to make decisions
Mgma/Humana Report Underscores Impact of Deferred Care During Pandemic
There’s an urgent need for providers to understand where care gaps are growing as COVID-19 cases have resurged, according to the report’s authors
Knocking Down Data Barriers in Healthcare
Healthcare data is expanding at an exponential rate. Data compiled last year by Dell EMC shows health data grew an astounding 878% from 2016 to
Covid-19 and Physician Burnout: How Health Systems Can Help Reverse It
After months of being stuck at home, staying socially distant, wearing face coverings, and constantly washing your hands, do you suffer from “coronavirus burnout”?
Cornered By Covid
One of the most comprehensive studies to date about hospitalized COVID-19 patients found that 94% had at least one chronic condition, while 88% had two
Value-based Conundrum: Balancing Short-term Financial Recovery With Long-term Goals
You have undoubtedly seen or even personally experienced the devastating financial effects that COVID has created for primary care providers (PCPs) across the nation.
Why The U.S. Must Prioritize Behavioral Health Management During The Covid‐19 Pandemic
The COVID‐19 pandemic has challenged our society in countless ways — general life disruption, furloughs, economic collapse and the constant fear of exposure to a
Behavioral Health Management Crucial While Combating Covid-19
One of the most comprehensive studies to date about hospitalized COVID-19 patients found that 94% had at least one chronic condition, while 88% had two
Chronic Care Codes Offer Greater Flexibility And Payment In 2020
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced chronic care management (CCM) services and the associated codes in 2015, the reaction was, to
Kootenai Care’s Advances Around Aco Quality Measure Reporting
The leaders of Kootenai Care Network in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, have been making major advances in their ACO work, including in optimizing the collection and
Primary Care First program is less burdensome, but experience required
Following up on its Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in April the details of another
Population Health: Upstream, System Wide, And Community Wide, Across U.S.
Healthcare leaders are moving forward as never before to integrate new elements into their population health initiatives—and they’re showing results.
An Arizona Behavioral Healthcare Services Agency Leverages IT to Support a Groundbreaking Mental Health Population Health Model
The clinician leaders at Partners in Recovery, a behavioral healthcare services agency serving Medicaid and Medicare patients in the Phoenix area, are leveraging IT to
Leaders Leverage It To Support A Groundbreaking Mental Health Population Health Model
The clinician leaders at Partners in Recovery, a behavioral healthcare services agency serving Medicaid and Medicare patients in the Phoenix area, are leveraging IT to
How better data saved our ACO money
We quickly found out that we needed timely, actionable data to achieve goals. We recognized that RGVHA’s success would be limited unless we obtained reliable
How Downside Risk Will Impact Participation in Pathways to Success
ACOs must start weighing if the downside financial risk is worth the reward with the start of Pathways to Success pending.
How data analytics can help population health management
At the highest level of population health management, HCOs must use analytics to categorize their populations by health risk or disease burden.
Why Wait for the Next Big Thing? Improve PHM Now
Healthcare organizations (HCOs) involved in value-based care programs are trying to bend the cost curve by aggressively managing high-cost, high-need patients while eliminating waste and
How our Texas ACO saved medicare $14M with population health approach
Only about a third of the accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) qualified for bonuses in 2017.
Lightbeam Health Solutions Debuts New Pop Health Platform
The latest version of the platform aims to help with end-to-end management for high-risk and high-cost patients, said a company executive.
Reducing Inpatient Admissions 15% Using Care Management
A case study about how tech helped Princeton reduce inpatient utilization by 5 percent and decrease expenditures in post-acute care by 12 percent since it
AI And Blockchain Will Help Hospitals Adapt To Value-Based Care
Healthcare is in the midst of a financial shift: Value-based care is rising to the fore and hospitals simply have to share more of the
A Holistic View Of The Patient Enables Risk-based Aco Success
Implementing an enterprise data warehouse enabled Millennium Physician Group to give providers a holistic view of their patients, resulting in ACO success and shared savings.