Mercy shares EHR data with Johnson & Johnson to help improve its medical devices
In another partnership that will allow its clinicians make more informed treatment decisions while also helping a major vendor improve its implantable devices, Mercy is working with Johnson &...
View ArticleUAE-based Mubadala Healthcare launches Cerner integrated information system
Mubadala Healthcare, based in Abu Dhabi, has implemented an integrated electronic health record from Cerner.The latest rollout adds to Cerner's lead in the worldwide electronic health record market,...
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford automates medication management...
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford initiated various safety interventions for medication administration. Moving from a daily medication cart fill – once every 24 hours – to multiple fills per...
View ArticleDeep trust issues remain with AI, even as it becomes more widespread in...
Health system decision-makers see artificial intelligence as a new fact of life, even if many are skeptical and even fearful of what it could mean for safe care delivery, a new survey from Intel...
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Mobile tech helps surgery practice write fewer opioid prescriptions, check...
The orthopedic surgeons at Affiliated Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of Maryland have recently adopted a mobile medication management application to better handle the prescribing and workflow...
View ArticleHHS to deep-six twenty years of evidence-based medical guidelines
The federal government is just days away from eliminating nearly 20 years of medical guidelines accumulated and curated by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.AHRQ web pages for the National...
View ArticleExperts weigh in on CMS' big changes to clinical documentation, EHRs and...
The "historic changes" announced late yesterday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, promising big adjustments to its policies around the Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment...
View ArticleSocial determinants of health gain traction as UnitedHealthcare and...
Two high-profile healthcare organizations – Intermountain Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare – are investing millions to tackle social determinants of health. These are the latest examples of the rise of...
View ArticlePremier Management streamlines ACO reporting across 33 metrics to improve...
Premier Management Company manages accountable care organizations. Two of its ACOs are leveraging clinical, financial and operational health IT to meet key performance and quality measures under the...
View ArticleHealth Catalyst launches new hospital safety surveillance analytics
Health Catalyst announced a new surveillance module for its Patient Safety Monitor suite that aims to help hospitals protect patient safety by deploying predictive analytics to monitor, predict and...
View ArticleCMS head Seema Verma: We are not leveraging the value of American clinicians
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday called for documentation of E/M visits to be scaled back. The move follows last week’s proposed rule that would bring sweeping policy changes...
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The next-generation of healthcare tech
Next-Gen seriesFrom artificial intelligence, analytics and cloud services to EHRs, revenue cycle and telemedicine tools, health technologies are changing. Fast. Our next-gen series dives into the...
View ArticleHuman factors need to play bigger role in EHR design and implementation, AMA...
In an effort to assess how electronic health records are actually used by physicians, researchers from American Medical Association and MedStar Health took a look at clinical workflows at four health...
View ArticleTop patient safety pain points and where to focus improvement efforts
Many healthcare organizations are working to improve patient safety but serious challenges remain.Medical errors are among the leading causes of death in the U.S. and non-lethal harm occurs even more...
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Student develops AI algorithms that identify and assess cancerous lung nodules
The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation recently brought together more than 650 data scientists, engineers and designers from 68 countries to build open source tools to fight the world’s deadliest...
View ArticleTexas Hospital Association pilots tech giving view of inpatient, outpatient...
Prescription drug monitoring programs offer a valuable safeguard against overprescription of opioids, but they aren't perfect. A new technology being piloted at hospitals in Texas aims to complement...
View ArticleECRI lays down 3 steps to close patient safety loop for diagnostic testing
ECRI Institute’s Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety identified ways technology can reduce and eliminate errors from diagnostic testing and medication mix-ups.WIth the goal of lowering risk and...
View ArticleeClinicalWorks fined $132,500 by HHS OIG for patient safety risk
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General fined eClinicalWorks $132,550 for failing to report patient safety issues with its EHR to regulators in a specific...
View ArticleVirginia electronically links all of its emergency departments to improve...
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam today announced the launch of the Virginia Emergency Department Care Coordination Program. The single, statewide network connects all hospital emergency departments in...
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How Northwell Health's multi-pronged approach to data cleansing aims to...
Northwell Health has taken several steps over the past two years to reduce both the backlog and creation of potential duplicate records within the health system.First, Northwell contracted with Just...
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