Elsevier collaborates with Beijing University of Chinese Medicine for new...
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine has partnered with Elsevier and will work with the clinical decision support company to create a new taxonomy for traditional Chinese medicine in Elsevier's...
View ArticleWolters Kluwer Health CEO: Value-based care an opportunity disguised as a...
It’s undeniable that the healthcare sector has been in a state of transformation. With Congress making numerous attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and the Centers for Medicare and...
View ArticleLexisNexis taps social determinants to help hospitals predict readmissions
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has launched a new Socioeconomic Health Score, an analytics model that mines hundreds of socioeconomic data points, derived from public and proprietary records, to help...
View ArticleHP launches new laptops designed specifically for healthcare
Hewlett Packard has lifted the curtain on a spate of new healthcare devices, each specifically designed to address the next generation of patient care, The new portfolio was revealed at the HIMSS18...
View ArticleHIMSS EHR Association tackles TEFCA, opioid response, usability and safety
LAS VEGAS – Members of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association met at HIMSS18 on Thursday, and offered a briefing on some of the big issues its vendor members are focusing on this year so...
View ArticleFirst Databank and DrFirst join forces to fight opioid crisis in Nebraska
First Databank, a drug and medical device knowledge company that aims to help healthcare professionals make more precise decisions, has released its FDB Opioid Risk Management Module, which is designed...
View ArticleMedical mistakes, opioids top ECRI list of patient safety concerns in 2018
Diagnostic errors are the number one concern for the healthcare industry in 2018, according to the ECRI Institute’s list of Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations released this...
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Sponsor: SalesforcePrimary topic: Quality and SafetyTopic: Patient EngagementQuality and SafetyResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
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Allina CIO on how partnerships with Health Catalyst and Aetna help it advance...
Allina Health is amid a unique and pioneering partnership with Health Catalyst and another with insurer Aetna to drive analytics and population health management initiatives. It's been three years, in...
View ArticleArizona ACO adopts blockchain platform to improve outcomes, gain efficiencies
Arizona Care Network, an accountable care organization, will pilot a blockchain platform developed by Solve.Care with the aim to improve clinical outcomes, relieve administrative burdens and reduce...
View ArticleAHIMA calls on Congress to fight opioids with information sharing, patient...
The American Health Information Management Association is on Capitol Hill this week, in support of two bills that could help address the opioid epidemic through better, more secure information...
View ArticleMorehouse Healthcare scores National Committee for Quality Assurance...
Morehouse School of Medicine has received National Committee for Quality Assurance recognition for its use of evidence-based, patient-centered processes, which focus on highly coordinated care.The NCQA...
View ArticleTwo hospitals turn to medication adherence tech to serve patients with mental...
Lynn, Massachusetts-based Lynn Community Health Center will work with Partners Connected Health of Partners HealthCare to implement in-home medication dispensing technology. The goal is to help improve...
View ArticleFormer ATA chief Jonathan Linkous launches new AI trade group
Jonathan Linkous, who served as CEO of the American Telemedicine Association for nearly 25 years, and Mary Ann Liebert, a longtime leader in scientific and medical publishing, telemedicine, analytics,...
View ArticleOptum and HealthBI announce partnership to boost hospitals risk-based...
Optum and HealthBI announced a partnership to help hospitals better manage risk-based contracts, starting with Medicare Advantage plans.HealthBI software gives providers the ability to identify...
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A look inside the patient safety work Phoenix Children's is doing with...
Phoenix Children's Hospital Chief Information Officer David Higginson has spent the past several years putting an intense focus on patient safety, using Allscripts technology to innovate new tools and...
View ArticleEHR usability not just a pain point for doctors: It can harm patients too
The usability frustrations that doctors encounter with electronic health records are well known at this point but what has been less understood is the impact the software can cause to patients. EHR...
View ArticleDo Apple's recent hospital deals signal industry shakeup ahead?
In a recent opinion piece published by the Harvard Business Review, David Blumenthal, MD, who served as the National Coordinator for Health IT from 2009 to April 2011, writes that Apple's recent pacts...
View ArticleUsing inventory analytics can help reduce cost, shortage of medical supplies
The operating room needs better supply chain management systems and analytics to help reduce costs and support patient safety, according to a new Cardinal Health survey of surgical staff and hospital...
View ArticleNQF weighs in on meaningful measures, reducing burden of quality reporting
The National Quality Forum's Measure Applications Partnership is calling for reforming quality measurement to ensure that it is meaningful and of minimal burden for clinicians and providers at...
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