CMS extends 2016 quality reporting deadline for hospital IQR and meaningful use
Eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program and/or the Medicare EHR Incentive Program will have a bit of extra time for submission...
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HIMSS, AMDIS name Peter Basch, MD Physician Executive Leader of the Year
Peter Basch, MD, senior director of health IT quality and safety, research and national health IT policy for Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Health, has received the 2016 HIMSS Physician IT Leadership...
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Mercy wins 2016 HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award
Mercy, the St. Louis-based Catholic health system with 43 hospitals and 700-plus physician practices across Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma, has won a 2016 HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award.HIMSS...
View ArticleThe health disparity of information access
Government & PolicyQuality and SafetyWomen In Health ITAmong many health disparities which mar healthcare quality in the United States, there’s another one to add to the list: health and healthcare...
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Tips for managing legacy employees during big EHR implementations
When a hospital implements a new electronic health record system, there's no shortage of challenges to grapple with as the years wear on and the costs pile up.Chief among them is the fact that, as the...
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Operational Excellence with Self-Service Analytics
Sponsor: TableauPrimary topic: Quality and SafetyTopic: Quality and SafetyResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleWinner of a HIMSS Most Influential Women in Health IT Award dedicates the...
AnalyticsClinicalQuality and SafetyWomen In Health IT‘My career has been full of individuals who were mentors and guides for me’Shareefa Al AbulmonemShareefa Al Abulmonem, head of eServices, Office of...
View ArticlePhilips, Bon Secours forge $180 million population health deal
Valhalla, New York.-based Bon Secours Charity Health System, part of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, has forged a $180 million population health initiative with technology giant Philips...
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Leading-edge IT projects lead to HIMSS Stage 7 revalidations for Children's...
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have both recently been revalidated for Stage 7 status on the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record...
View ArticleJupiter Medical Center rolls out Watson for Oncology
Jupiter Medical Center, a not-for-profit 327-bed regional medical center in Jupiter, Fla., will employ cognitive computing platform IBM Watson for Oncology, Jupiter is the first U.S. community hospital...
View ArticleMaking the most of electronic health records is easier said than done
Electronic health records have become an integral part of healthcare delivery over the past decade or so, and for the most part, providers have adapted to using them in varying capacities. Still, there...
View ArticleNorth York General Hospital lands 2016 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award
In naming Ontario-based North York General Hospital a HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence recipient, HIMSS noted the award recognizes outstanding achievement in leveraging health IT to improve...
View ArticleUC Berkeley lands $3.6 million from NIH for infectious disease surveillance
The National Institutes of Health awarded $3.6 million, five-year grant to a University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health research team, UC Berkeley announced Wednesday.The funding will...
View ArticleNIST weighs in on EHR copy-and-paste safety
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's recent study, "Examining the Copy and Paste Function in the Use of Electronic Health Records" aims to shed light on the widely-used but...
View ArticleGeorgia advances bill that makes providers criminally liable for not tracking...
A Georgia state Senate committee passed a controversial bill on Feb. 9 that would hold healthcare providers criminally liable for not tracking prescriptions.The bill narrowly passed with seven to six...
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Do what high-performing physician networks do: Make more money
Who doesn't want to make more money? Those on the forefront of health IT have an unparalleled opportunity to do well by doing good. It's the opportunity to introduce the latest innovations that fix the...
View ArticleCountdown to HIMSS17 – Part 1: Education
InteroperabilityPatient EngagementQuality and SafetyWomen In Health IT'You need a strategy'Sue SchadeThe countdown to HIMSS17 is on. It’s less than three weeks and if you’re anything like me, you’ve...
View ArticleHow Does Patient Satisfaction Impact the Likelihood of Readmissions?
Author: Sonifi HealthSponsor: Sonifi HealthPrimary topic: Quality and SafetyTopic: ClinicalPatient EngagementQuality and SafetyResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
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With performance measurement now underway, CMS officials unpack MIPS categories
ORLANDO – The rule was only finalized four months ago, but we're already in the initial performance year for the new Merit-based Incentive Payment System, which ushered in sweeping changes for how...
View ArticleNuance, Epic partner to help veterans with disabilities
Nuance Communications and Epic Systems are collaborating on putting artificial intelligence and health IT to work helping wounded warriors.There are nearly 20 million military veterans in the U.S., and...
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