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An expanding role for healthcare CIOs
The Chief Information Officer of LifeBridge Health talks about how CIOs are redefining digital access for consumers and why it’s important that CIOs have a say when their organization evaluates new partnerships or platforms.
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Chief Information Officers (CIO) play an invaluable role within the healthcare system and are the key decision makers when it comes to an organization’s end user. In recent years, we have seen the role of the CIO expand beyond automating and digitizing processes for providers and employees to focusing on the consumer. Small and large organizations alike are building solutions and redefining the patient experience. Healthcare CIOs are a crucial partner to move towards a more patient-centric care system.
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Mercy, Anthem ink agreement to enhance care, drive down costs
The Missouri-based health system and payer have entered into a new cooperative care agreement that aims to reduce costs while improving both outcomes and patient experience. The agreement includes a closer alignment between clinical care and reimbursement as well as increased data flow between Mercy and Anthem.
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With healthcare costs ballooning and slated to reach the staggering figure of $6 trillion by 2027, providers and payers are joining forces to rein in spending.
The latest provider-payer duo to enter into a collaboration are St. Louis-based Mercy and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri. On Tuesday they announced a cooperative care agreement with the aim of improving health outcomes and lowering costs.
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Dr. Douglas McKee
Douglas McKee, MD, is a board-certified family medicine and informatics physician, serving as Chief Medical Information Officer at Health First, a $2 billion integrated delivery network and an Inlightened expert. A collaborative leader known for bridging the gap between clinical and IT stakeholders, Dr. McKee leads IDN change management, electronic medical record modernization efforts, and digital strategy, in addition to directly caring for patients. Dr. McKee previously spent the nearly a decade as the National Clinical Lead for Emerging Health Technologies at the VA, the world’s largest and most complex medical system. His focus on improving the overall healthcare experience of patients and providers alike is driven by a unique combination of expertise in patient care, access, local and national informatics, human factors engineering, and modern IT. Having worked with paper records, athenahealth, CPRS, Centricity, Epic, eClinicalWorks, and Meditech, Dr. McKee
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