Clinical Integration: A Roadmap to Accountable Care, presents novel ideas to advance healthcare leaders' initiatives in the development of new clinically integrated networks and accountable care organizations. Expanded from its original edition, it integrates points from private sector payer perspectives on the industry shift and new chapters on operations of a network and comparative effectiveness research. Many issues are discussed, including the complexities of quality measurement across the industry, the importance of physician and collaborative leadership, and the continued adoption of new health information technologies. Acceleration in the advancement of quality, with greater attention to patient-centered care are essential elements in the reform of the U.S. health system and the growth of these new models of care delivery.

Accountable Care: Bridging the Health Information Technology Divide, First Edition, (Bridging the Divide) is a book, 17 months in the making, that touches on many elements of this technological journey with a focal point of clinically integrated accountable care organizations (ACOs) at the epicenter. As the nation and global health system shifts focus from volume-driven care to performance and quality-driven care, leadership is returning to the provider. This is resulting in a greater emphasis on clinical and administrative performance and on the priority of improving population health. Three overarching influential factors touched on throughout the book are the aging of our US and global population, complexity of the healthcare system, and the continuous drive for new innovation. As a first edition text, Bridging the Divide starts a series that will focus on various aspects of health information technologies that are part of the future for accountable care organizations and other care delivery organizations.

mHealth: Global Opportunities and Challenges, provides a practical guide for patients, providers, payers, and other healthcare enterprises making plans for the future. The authors offer several examples of real world application of mHealth technologies in use throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and in the the Far Eastern region of the world. It covers the key aspects of mHealth, including: 1) Mobile devices, such as smart phones, tablets, laptops, kiosks, interactive robots, and medical carts; 2) Mobile applications for patients, physicians, hospitals, and other participants; 3) Smart sensors for monitoring prosthetic implants and devices; 4) Wireless networks that provide real-time access to clinical and business data from virtually any location; 5) Telehealth and telemedicine programs that remove geographic restrictions on service delivery; 6) "Big data" collection and analysis programs for improved business intelligence, simulations, and predictive modeling; and 7) Emerging opportunities for healthcare technology companies and service providers. Individually, mHealth devices, applications, and systems enhance the communication capabilities of patients, providers, payers, and other participants in the global healthcare ecosystem. A groundbreaking and insightful overview of the field of mHealth as its unfolding globally in the twenty-first century.

Accountable Care Organizations: A Roadmap for Success, presents a culmination of important and timely issues being dealt with by healthcare providers, physician practices, insurers, and government agencies with regard to the movement for establishing accountable care organizations. The past decade has provided tremendous insights based on demonstrations and pilot projects related to healthcare quality and payment reform and led our nation to this point of transition in healthcare delivery system reform. The authors have examined a number of issues and pertinent literature from healthcare germane material, regulatory guidance, and historical legislation to support ideas and concepts presented. A number of models and illustrations are provided for readers to convey visually the underlying and most critical issues being discussed. NOTE: For information on quantity purchase discounts or ordering hard cover editions, please contact Convurgent Publishing, LLC.