Health eVillages Raises $50K for Mobile Support in “Healthcare Deserts”
By Rajiv Leventhal, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, September 9, 2014 Health eVillages, a program of the not-for-profit Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights and the Reading,...
View ArticleClearing the Air on the ICD-10 Transition: AHIMA’s Policy and Coding Leader...
By Mark Hagland, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, September 12, 2014 AHIMA’s Sue Bowman shares her perspectives on the current moment in the journey towards the ICD-10 transition When, this...
View ArticleMedicare ACO Savings, Quality of Care Improve in Year Two, CMS Reports
By Rajiv Leventhal, first posted in Healthcare Informatics, September 17, 2014 Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Pioneer ACO model and Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) have generated...
View ArticleAt Geisinger, the Path is Paved to Patient Empowerment
By Rajiv Leventhal, first posted in Healthcare Informatics, September 17, 2014 In 2012, Leonard Kish, a health IT strategy consultant made the claim that if patient engagement were a drug, it would be...
View ArticleCMIOs of the Future: Getting to the “Second Curve” on Clinical IT Governance
By Gabriel Perna, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, October 3, 2014 Pam Arlotto and David Levin, M.D. look at the gaps between needed and actual clinical informaticist leadership The Roswell,...
View ArticleMac McMillan: It’s Time to Get Serious about Healthcare Data Security
By Gabriel Perna, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, October 6, 2014 Mac Millan offers a searing assessment of the current healthcare data security environment Mac McMillan, one of the healthcare...
View ArticleFeds Looking to Standardize Decision Support for Ebola Screening in the EHR
By Gabriel Perna, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, October 16, 2014 Representatives from both the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT...
View ArticleAmid a Building Crisis, Could Clinical Decision Support Tools Make a...
By Mark Haland, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, October 15, 2014 As developments move forward rapidly in the growing Ebola crisis in the U.S., could the leveraging of strong clinical decision...
View ArticleMedication Preparation Improved with a Web-Based Tool
By Rajiv Leventhal, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, October 21, 2014 University of Kentucky study shows the tool’s ability to reduce medication dosing errors in children Recent research has...
View ArticleFinancial Performance Analysis: One Health System’s Journey So Far
By Mark Hagland, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, October 26, 2014 At CentraCare Health in Minnesota, CFO Greg Klugherz is helping to lead an organization-wide financial performance initiative...
View ArticleSurvey: Healthcare Organizations See Long-Term Value in ICD-10
By David Raths, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, November 4, 2014 Healthcare leaders continue to press for shortened reporting period in 2015 Healthcare technology association advocates used the...
View ArticleHow the Texas Health Resources Informatics Team Responded to Ebola Crisis
By David Raths, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, November 5, 2014 Redesign of EHR screens, patient-screening workflow, and an emphasis on face-to-face dialog Being the first U.S. health system...
View ArticleACC Launches Mobile CDS App
By Gabriel Perna, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, November 10, 2014 The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is developing a mobile clinician decision support (CDS) app that will give doctors...
View ArticleImplementing the Tools to Support Accountable Care and Population Health at...
By Mark Hagland, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, November 11, 2014 Bon Secours’ Michael Spine shares his perspectives on the tools needed to support ACO and population health work The Richmond,...
View ArticleAdvocate Health Care’s Bruce Smith and His Team Lead a Successful Patient...
By Mark Hagland, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, November 11, 2014 A lot is happening these days at Advocate Health Care, an integrated health system based in the western Chicago suburb of...
View ArticleWashington Debrief: NIST Releases Draft Cyber Threat Information Sharing Guide
By Jeff Smith, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, November 17, 2014 NIST Releases Draft Cyber Threat Information Sharing Guide Key Takeaway: One priority in cyber security regulation, both for...
View ArticlePartners Healthcare, EMC, Announce New Data Analytics Platform
By Rajiv Leventhal, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, November 18, 2014 The Boston, Mass.-based Partners HealthCare and the Hopkinton, Mass.-based vendor EMC Corporation have jointly developed a...
View ArticlePlanning for Radiology CDS Technology
By Cynthia Keen, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, November 18, 2014 As value-based medicine takes hold in the paradigm shift from fee-for-service to accountable care, the role of the hospital...
View ArticleStudy: Cost-Savings Can Occur When EHRs Default to Generic Medication Options
By Gabriel Perna, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, November 21, 2014 Physicians will prescribe fewer brand name drugs and can curb health spending when an electronic health record (EHR)...
View ArticleUCLA Web Tool Advances Goal of Democratizing Data
By Rajiv Leventhal, first posted on Healthcare Informatics, November 24, 2014 The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has created a new web tool that will allow access to comprehensive California...
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