Mayo Clinic engineer says healthcare analytics need a system-based approach
Accountable CareAnalyticsQuality and SafetyWorkflowWorkforce'For every single problem you must have a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary team. The low-hanging fruit in healthcare is gone. Now every...
View ArticlePenn Medicine chief data scientist: Analytics should begin at the executive...
AnalyticsClinicalData WarehousingPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyMichael Draugelis, who spoke at the HIMSS and Healthcare IT News Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum on Tuesday, also said...
View ArticleOhioHealth Doctors Hospital achieves HIMSS Analytics EMRAM Stage 7
Electronic Health RecordsInteroperabilityNetwork InfrastructureQuality and SafetyWorkflowStage 7 is the pinnacle in the move to high-functioning EHRs.Bernie MonegainCHICAGO – HIMSS Analytics has...
View ArticleValue-based care good for population health management
Population HealthQuality and SafetyFrost & Sullivan analysis reveals huge opportunities to grow the market.Bernie MonegainMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – As healthcare increasingly adopts tools supporting...
View ArticleHHS funds to help small practices prepare for the MACRA Quality Payment Program
Accountable CareFinancial/Revenue Cycle ManagementGovernment & PolicyPopulation HealthQuality and Safety$20 million will be given each year, for the next five years, to provide training and...
View ArticleGoogle partners with Harvard Medical School, Mayo Clinic for symptom search
Connected HealthMobilePatient EngagementPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyThe new health initiative aims for less confusing and less alarming results.Bernie MonegainGoogle, the world's most used...
View ArticleVanderbilt University, Human Vaccines Project partner to decode human immune...
AnalyticsClinicalDecision SupportPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyThe hope is that the study's results will provide insights on basic human immunology to help the next-generation of...
View ArticleCedars Sinai launches virtual reality pilots to curb patient pain without drugs
ClinicalCloud ComputingPatient EngagementQuality and SafetyHospital executive describes the virtual reality experience as 'dreaming with your eyes open.'Bernie MonegainCedars Sinai Medical Center will...
View ArticleAs MACRA comment period winds down, MIPS scoring is 'mathematical marvel,'...
Accountable CareFinancial/Revenue Cycle ManagementGovernment & PolicyPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyThe physician practice association offered recommendations for the Merit-Based Incentive...
View ArticleIBM’s Watson to work with VA on Vice President Biden's Cancer Moonshot
ClinicalElectronic Health RecordsEnterprise Content ManagementGovernment & PolicyPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyThe effort will help doctors boost access to precision medicine for 10,000 VA...
View ArticleIntermountain, Stanford, others launch data sharing network for Biden’s...
Decision SupportHealth Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyThe new Oncology Precision Network, or OPeN, is powered by precision medicine startup Syapse.Mike...
View ArticleCMS chief tells Senate panel MACRA delay possible, open to multiple start dates
Government & PolicyQuality and Safety"We understand new rules require adjustment and preparation," said Andy Slavitt, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acting administrator.Beth Jones...
View ArticleIncrease in IV medications driving demand for automation
Electronic Health RecordsPharmacyQuality and SafetyIn addition to improved productivity and cost savings, IV automation improves quality and accuracy of admixtures.Anthony VecchioneCompounding IV...
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The Walking Gallery Year 6
ClinicalPatient EngagementQuality and SafetyWomen In Health ITToday, the gallery has 300 members walking around the world with patient story paintings on our backs. Regina HollidayThis is the sixth...
View ArticleHHS awards $36 million to boost IT uptake at health centers
Government & PolicyQuality and SafetyWorkforceIts focus is on primary care in medically underserved communitiesBernie MonegainThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will spend $36 million...
View ArticleCMS offers star ratings sneak peek: 102 hospitals will receive 5 stars
ClinicalElectronic Health RecordsGovernment & PolicyNetwork InfrastructurePopulation HealthQuality and SafetySpecific hospital ratings will be posted on the CMS Hospital Compare website soon. Jeff...
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Health in America: Improving, but disparities need policy prescriptions
Government & PolicyPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyWomen In Health ITMortality rates have not improved, and obesity is on the rise, but there Is some good news.Jane Sarasohn-Kahn The bad news:...
View ArticleMontefiore Medical Group, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Columbia...
ClinicalGovernment & PolicyQuality and SafetyThe hospitals aim to reduce HIV infections by increasing the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis in a region with one of the highest HIV Rates in the...
View ArticleSwitching EHRs has no impact on patient safety or mortality rates, Harvard...
EHRsQuality and SafetyDespite what appear to be common industry fears about new electronic health records having adverse effects on care delivery, Harvard’s School of Public Health officials said...
View ArticleMany well-known hospitals fail to score 5 stars in Medicare's new ratings
AnalyticsClinicalElectronic Health RecordsPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyOnly 102 hospitals of 3,617 hospitals received the top rating of five stars.Kaiser Health NewsThe federal government...
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