Category: HIE
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COPD patients exposed to warm indoor temperatures have greater disease-related morbidity
If you suffer from COPD, staying cool this summer may provide much more significant benefits than simply feeling more comfortable. A study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University says it may also keep you healthier. …read more
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Mount Sinai Beth Israel earns prestigious designation for improving quality of heart failure patient care
Mount Sinai Beth Israel is the proud recipient of the 2014 American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award. It is one of only three hospitals in New York City to have earned the prestigious designation. …read more
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KLAS Report: Epic to non-Epic clinical data sharing is real but not without challenges
Providers using non-Epic clinical systems say that while it isn’t easy, they are able to share data with Epic. The methods being used to accomplish this and other key findings are shared in a recent KLAS report entitled “Epic HIE 2014: Everywhere, Elsewhere, or Nowhere Else?” “Epic is seen by many competitors and providers as…
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Where does mHealth fit into the Internet of Things?
Mobile healthcare devices and apps will play a starring role in the Internet of Things given expectations on emerging monitoring and sensor technologies that will be used to track everything from fitness achievements to surgical rehab. read more …read more
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CHOP oncologist receives Lifetime Achievement Award at ANRA association’s international meeting
The Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Association (ANRA) is conferring its highest honor on pediatric oncologist Garrett M. Brodeur, M.D., of the Cancer Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). …read more
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athenahealth, providers adjust to OIG reversal on HIE referrals
External Story URL: http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/blog/providers-oig-advisory-opinion-reversal-simple-matter …read more
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Can HIE Support Value-Based Care Under Federated Models of Data Governance?
0 When it comes to value-based care and population health management in the context of HIE, it turns out that federated HIE models with non-standardized data inputs simply don’t deliver when it comes to leveraging HIE for data analytics read more …read more
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HIE Supports Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Services
As we approach 2014 National Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 25-31), it seems like an appropriate time to pause and reflect on two hurricanes that have impacted the lives of many Americans, Sandy and Katrina, and the role of health information technology (health IT). ONC has long supported the use of health IT and health information…
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How Kaiser does privacy and security
Event Call out Unpublish: Mon, 06/16/2014 (All day) Event Teaser: This Privacy & Security Forum delivers what CIOs, CISOs and other healthcare IT leaders told us they want from an industry conference: peer-to-peer learning, case studies and forums to brainstorm and share ideas. Kaiser Permanente’s Jim Doggett knows a little something about privacy and security…
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North Carolina DHHS Signs N.C. HIE Data Use Agreement in Compliance with House Bill
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) has executed the North Carolina Health Information Exchange (NC HIE) Data Use Agreement in compliance with the NC Health Care Cost Reduction and Transparency Act of 2013 (House Bill 834). The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) has executed the…