D516 WGU Task 2 Value-Based Care and Healthcare Information Technology KC.
D516 WGU Task 2 Value-Based Care and Healthcare Information Technology KC.
KC
Student ID # XXXXX
D516: Healthcare Information Technology
Task 2: Value-Based Care and HIT
D516 WGU Task 2 Value-Based Care and Healthcare Information Technology KC.
, D516 WGU Task 2 Value-Based Care and Healthcare Information Technology KC.
A1: Moving to a value-based model:
The majority of the population that is served in McCracken County by the Paducah
Health Medical System (PHMS) lives in rural areas and has a higher rate of diabetes,
hypertension, and heart disease when compared to the rest of Kentucky (Western Governors
University, n.d.). PHMS has seen a higher readmission rate over the past three years, as well as
overuse of the emergency department compared to other organizations in the state. Inadequate
patient outreach and low health education have been cited as root causes of these issues.
Adopting a value-based model of care will not only enable PHMS to better manage the
health of its rural communities to address these issues but also bring financial benefits. This
model financially rewards organizations for the quality of care provided, encouraging proactive
and preventive care over a reactive approach (Performance Health Partners, 2019). With a
technology upgrade, the value-based model will be further bolstered. This upgrade will support
PHMS’s efforts to improve patient outcomes by enabling robust data analytics for population
identification, care gap identification, stratification, and care management. Costs will be reduced
by improving the patient’s experience, risk will be reduced, reimbursements will increase, and
patients will be more actively engaged in their own healthcare management, all of which support
PHMS’s goals for improving its population’s health.
A2: Current state of information technology:
The current state of information technology at PHMS is a system called HealthData that
was customized for the organization nearly thirty years ago. It is not compatible with external
systems, including Lourdes Hospital, nor is there interoperability between its own departments
(Western Governors University, n.d.). Over the years, the server has become fractured, with
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D516 WGU Task 2 Value-Based Care and Healthcare Information Technology KC.
KC
Student ID # XXXXX
D516: Healthcare Information Technology
Task 2: Value-Based Care and HIT
D516 WGU Task 2 Value-Based Care and Healthcare Information Technology KC.
, D516 WGU Task 2 Value-Based Care and Healthcare Information Technology KC.
A1: Moving to a value-based model:
The majority of the population that is served in McCracken County by the Paducah
Health Medical System (PHMS) lives in rural areas and has a higher rate of diabetes,
hypertension, and heart disease when compared to the rest of Kentucky (Western Governors
University, n.d.). PHMS has seen a higher readmission rate over the past three years, as well as
overuse of the emergency department compared to other organizations in the state. Inadequate
patient outreach and low health education have been cited as root causes of these issues.
Adopting a value-based model of care will not only enable PHMS to better manage the
health of its rural communities to address these issues but also bring financial benefits. This
model financially rewards organizations for the quality of care provided, encouraging proactive
and preventive care over a reactive approach (Performance Health Partners, 2019). With a
technology upgrade, the value-based model will be further bolstered. This upgrade will support
PHMS’s efforts to improve patient outcomes by enabling robust data analytics for population
identification, care gap identification, stratification, and care management. Costs will be reduced
by improving the patient’s experience, risk will be reduced, reimbursements will increase, and
patients will be more actively engaged in their own healthcare management, all of which support
PHMS’s goals for improving its population’s health.
A2: Current state of information technology:
The current state of information technology at PHMS is a system called HealthData that
was customized for the organization nearly thirty years ago. It is not compatible with external
systems, including Lourdes Hospital, nor is there interoperability between its own departments
(Western Governors University, n.d.). Over the years, the server has become fractured, with
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