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View ArticleBrigham and Women's reduces medical errors during hospital shift changes with...
EHRsQuality and SafetyThe hospital created a web-based tool that ties into its EHR that is being used to mitigate medical errors when residents hand off patients at their end of their shifts. Kaiser...
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The gender pay gap in health IT is real
Quality and SafetyWomen In Health ITWorkforceHIMSS VP: Disparity between male and female compensation rates has widened in the past decade.Carla SmithOn July 27, 2016, HIMSS published the results of a...
View ArticleCPC+ primary care model application period now open in 14 regions
Accountable CareGovernment & PolicyQuality and SafetyCMS innovation model aimed at as many as 5,000 primary care practices of all sizes, including small, independent and rural facilities.Jeff...
View ArticlePremier, America's Essential Hospitals partner for quality improvement,...
Accountable CarePopulation HealthQuality and SafetyUrban medical centers and other hospitals focused on underserved populations will get access to Premier's operational and clinical analytics, supply...
View ArticleNIH kicks off Zika vaccine clinical trial
Government & PolicyPatient EngagementPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyParticipants include volunteers at three sites within the United States, including the NIH Clinical Center in Maryland.Bill...
View ArticleWomen Who Get IT: Caroline Young, executive director of NashvilleHealth
Patient EngagementPopulation HealthQuality and SafetyWomen In Health ITWorkforceMiriam ParamoreCaroline Young is the executive director of NashvilleHealth, an initiative focused on improving the health...
View ArticleTaking Lean to the screen: Removing waste from the electronic health record
AnalyticsClinicalEHRsQuality and SafetyWorkflowMany physicians and nurses are traveling across desolate EHR wastelands replete with digital detritus, pixel dust and other non-value-add items.David...
View ArticleRemote monitoring tools, patient engagement platforms, EHRs have greatest...
Electronic Health RecordsFinancial/Revenue Cycle ManagementPatient EngagementQuality and SafetyThe researchers also found that improving workflow is the top strategy for improving the quality of...
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Employers changing health care delivery – health reform at work
Accountable CareQuality and SafetyTelehealthWomen In Health ITThis week’s announcement of Accolade receiving a $70 million investment to further scale the company’s healthcare concierge services is an...
View ArticleZika: Locally-transmitted cases spread to Miami Beach
Two locally-contracted cases of Zika have been identified in Miami Beach, outside of the one-square mile area in Miami-Dade County where the first known cases of local mosquito-borne virus transmission...
View ArticleHHS awards DiaSorin $2.6 million for fast-turnaround Zika diagnostic test
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has awarded $2.6 million to DiaSorin – an Italy-based biotechnology company with offices...
View ArticleCMS: Medicare ACOs saved $466 million in 2015
More than 400 Medicare ACOs generated some $466 million in savings, said Patrick Conway, MD, Chief Medical Officer of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on August 25. Of those, 125...
View ArticlePediatrics expert, geneticist Diana Bianchi to head NIH’s national institute...
Diana W. Bianchi, MD, is stepping up as director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development."Diana's accomplishments as a prenatal geneticist, along with her...
View ArticleRegenstrief taps FHIR to make electronic health records more complete and...
In pilot testing a new way to compile healthcare information electronically, researchers at the Regenstrief Center for Biomedical Informatics and the National Library of Medicine are using HL7's...
View ArticleMission Health, GE Healthcare aim to save $40 million in 10 years with...
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health has tapped GE Healthcare for decade-long partnership meant to realize cost efficiencies and quality improvements. It will start with a focus on two areas: improving...
View ArticleIntermountain Healthcare study shows integrating mental and physical health...
An Intermountain Healthcare study conducted at 27 team-based medical practices and 75 traditional practices revealed that delivering integrated mental and physical healthcare in team-based primary care...
View ArticleCerner opens on-site health center for employees in India
Cerner has opened Healthe at Cerner Center at its Manyata campus in Bangalore, India – giving more than 2,200 associates access to the clinic, which offers routine screenings, physical exams, lab and...
View ArticleTeva responds to Mylan backlash with planned launch of generic EpiPen
Mylan Pharmaceutical may be getting some competition for its EpiPen, as Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announced Friday that it hopes to launch its own generic version of the device by...
View ArticleCarilion to link predictive analytics with Epic EHR for better patient safety
Roanoke, Virginia-based Carilion Clinic will put predictive analytics technology from PeraHealth to work spotting hospital patients who might be at risk. The clinical surveillance tool is based on...
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