In a recent 6-month period, the Community Health Innovation Network (CHIN) saved payers $569,000 by preventing avoidable readmissions. Director and founder Janet Wheble’s announcement of that kind of result typically draws resounding applause, especially when delivered to a gathering of executives from Las Vegas’ thirteen hospitals and the health plans that benefit from their […]
According to the not-for-profit research group eHealth Initiative (eHI), clinics in poor neighborhoods can improve patients’ health and cut hospitalizations by using mobile devices, patient Web portals, and social networks to monitor and inform. These findings are based on a recent study, An Issue Brief on eHealth Tools and Diabetes Care for Socially Disadvantaged […]
