Tag: healthcare it
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Farzad Mostashari: Let me be blunt
No longer constrained by the talking points that are part and parcel of life in public office, Farzad Mostashari, M.D., took the stage at the annual CHIME CIO forum in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Wednesday and spoke frankly about barriers to care transformation, limits of healthcare technology and other worries he has about the healthcare system.…
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University Of Kansas Hospital Increases Efficiency, Reliability, And Security Of Life-Critical Documents With Integrated Solution
hospital saves time, money with OpenText RightFax fax over IP. From: http://www.healthcaretechnologyonline.com/doc/university-of-kansas-hospital-increases-efficiency-reliability-0001?atc~c=771+s=774+r=001+l=a
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Genesis Creates Healthier System For Delivering Patient Records
OpenText RightFax gets the right patient information to the physicians who need it. Source: Genesis Creates Healthier System For Delivering Patient Records
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Leading U.S. Health Provider Directs Secure, Efficient Document Exchange
AllOne Health Resources ensures security, enhances customer service with OpenText RightFax electronic document delivery. From: http://www.healthcaretechnologyonline.com/doc/leading-u-s-health-provider-secure-efficient-document-exchange-0001?atc~c=771+s=774+r=001+l=a
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State public health departments do not lose funding when merged with Medicaid programs
State public health departments do not necessarily lose funding when merged with larger Medicaid programs, according to a just-released study. The findings from this first-of-a-kind research should help allay concerns that when such mergers occur they automatically lead to cutbacks in public health, says lead author Paula Lantz, PhD, who is chair of the Department…
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Viewpoints: Rep. Ryan says entitlements hold the key to an agreement; health law’s impact on smokers; WSJ on Medicaid expansion
Once those threats are removed, however, there is plenty to discuss: how to replace the sequester cuts, which are already devastating domestic programs and are about to get much worse for defense spending; how to use fiscal policy to stimulate the creation of jobs and fix the nation’s infrastructure; how to repair a broken tax…
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Citizen Mostashari reflects on service to (and exit from) federal government
In his first public address since stepping down as the national coordinator for health IT, Farzad Mostashari, M.D., delivered a relatively subdued speech to attendees at the annual CHIME CIO forum in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Wednesday evening. Stay tuned for full coverage of Mostashari’s CHIME13 address tomorrow on FierceHealthIT.com and in the daily FierceHealthIT newsletter.…
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Meaningful Use Menu Measure # 7: Medication Reconciliation
OBJECTIVE: The EP who receives a patient from another setting of care or provider of care or believes an encounter is relevant should perform medication reco… Video Rating: 0 / 5
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LIVE from the CHIME Fall CIO Forum: Post-ONC, Dr. Mostashari Offers Bracing Comments to CIOs
Just days after ending his tenure as National Coordinator for Health IT, Farzad Mostashari, M.D. on Oct. 9 shared unvarnished comments, insights, and asides with an attentive audience at the CHIME Fall CIO Forum, being held this week in Scottsdale, Arizona. Most newsworthy were his comments around what he sees as the severe improbability of…
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Could This Be the Social Networking Platform Health IT Leaders Have Been Waiting For?
Many provider organizations have been looking for enterprise social networking tools, but haven’t found ones that met their needs. Next Wave Connect has 27 organizations as founding members, including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital and Sharp HealthCare. At the last HIMSS meeting in New Orleans, I saw a great presentation…