Category: HIE

From partnering with non-traditional providers like retail clinics to targeting larger physician practices to achieve savings and boost health outcomes, watch for health plans to continue to reshape primary care delivery over the coming year, predicts Catherine Sreckovich, managing director, healthcare, Navigant. Ms. Sreckovich outlines seven ways in which payors will influence primary care, advocates…

While lots of factors have to come together to make a successful health information exchange initiative, none can work well without the proper level of skilled staffing and support – regardless of how sound its technology infrastructure might be, according to the American Health Information Management Association. read more …read more

When we talk about patient engagement, we usually refer to primary care regarding one’s physical health. But real-world results have shown us that patient engagement strategies can be applied to mental healthcare as well. The key to making that happen is paying more attention to this area of healthcare. When we talk about patient engagement,…

The Illinois chapters of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL), and Northwestern Medicine- have come together to offer selected hospitals across Illinois the opportunity to join the Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement Collaborative (ISQIC), a three-year effort to improve the safety and quality of surgical care in Illinois.…

The Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network has elected to partner with the Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority to connect the organization’s health information exchange (HIE), eVantageHealth, to others statewide. The Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network has elected to partner with the Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority to connect the organization’s health information exchange…

The use of a disease-specific approach to improve health outcomes and self-management for patients with diabetes is utilized by 77 percent of organizations, according to HIN’s 2011 survey on diabetes management programs. In this podcast, Melanie Matthews shares key metrics from the survey, including the role of the case manager, the use of incentives, the…

By Christina Caraballo, Senior Healthcare Strategist, Get Real Health The federal government’s Meaningful Use (MU) initiative is changing the way the healthcare industry operates. From hospitals and healthcare providers, to patients and health IT vendors, everyone is trying to navigate the brave new world of MU, EHR interoperability and what it means for the future…

Scan the healthcare trade media and one would think every health professional has a magic elixir for industry-wide transformation. Clinicians often read about smartphones poised to disrupt healthcare and how genetic data sharing will revolutionize the industry. It’s true. Telemedicine, wearable devices, and healthcare apps will enhance care quality, safety, efficiency, and outcomes as well…

By Mark Heaney, CEO, Get Real Health Recently I joined other health IT vendors to testify before the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Health Information Technology Policy Committee about interoperability and health information exchange. As all of us who work in this industry know, interoperability is a key requirement of Meaningful Use…

A regional hospital in eastern Michigan, McLaren Port Huron relied upon an established infrastructure to efficiently upgrade their order sets as a part of the MEDITECH 6.x READY implementation approach. In just 8 months, McLaren Port Huron successfully customized and deployed over 200 evidence-based order sets. Having the correct people and processes in place before…