Category: HIE

At Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta, Mark Cohen, M.D., VPMA and chief quality officer at flagship Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, is helping to lead an ongoing initiative towards improved care quality and clinical performance improvement Mark Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., is vice president of medical affairs and chief quality officer at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, the flagship facility within…

Denis Tanguay, chief information officer for Central Maine Healthcare, says his workload has “probably quadrupled,” in the past few years. [See also: Outsourcing IT takes many shapes] read more …read more    

Independent physicians are under the same mandates as their employed counterparts to offer the best possible care for their patients at the lowest possible costs. Yet independent practices often lack the IT infrastructure and tools to achieve those goals. In the Denver, Colo. area, the integrated Physician Network (iPN), a physician-led quality improvement collaborative formed…

HHS Strategy to Address Information Exchange Challenges Lacks Specific Prioritized Actions and Milestones The GAO publishes a review of HIE efforts being undertaken in four states, and finds that cost, insufficient data standards, problems with patient record matching, and concerns over variance in state privacy laws are all collectively dragging down progress. Uncertainty clouds federal…

In preparation for a panel on health information exchange at the Healthcare Informatics Executive Summit in May, Tony Gilman, Texas Health Services Authority CEO, gives his thoughts on HIE developments in Texas and across the nation, as well as challenges and what the future holds. The Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) was created by the…

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) strategy surrounding health information exchange is not specific enough for stakeholders to take action, according to a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) strategy surrounding health information exchange (HIE) is not specific enough for stakeholders to take action,…

Top News The GAO looks at HIE efforts in four states and finds a lack of sufficient health data standards, variations in privacy rules across states, difficulties matching patient records, and concerns over covering exchange costs. GAO recommends that CMS and the ONC develop and prioritize specific actions to advance HIE and develop milestones with…

The nation’s left-leaning citizens might be pleased by the findings of a new University of Nebraska study that finds those who live in liberal states tend to be healthier. …read more    

Reince Priebus says the health law will tank Democratic candidates, while Republicans have made inroads with minorities and women since the 2012 presidential election. …read more    

As he prepares to deliver a keynote address at the Healthcare Informatics Executive Summit in May, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s chief medical officer, Don Goldmann, M.D., offers a call to action for healthcare IT leaders As chief medical and scientific officer of the Cambridge, Mass.-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Don Goldmann, M.D. has…