Tag: healthcare it
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Ohio board readies decision on state’s Medicaid expansion
A seven-member state committee holds the fate of Ohio’s Medicaid expansion in its hands as it prepares to vote on the proposal, and no one is talking about how they plan to vote. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20131016/Ohio-board-readies-decision-on-states-Medicaid-expansion.aspx
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Houston Mobile Healthcare Tech Summit – Managing and adapting different software platforms
The panel is asked its current experience with managing and planning the implementation of multiple software platforms and where do they see the future of th… Video Rating: 0 / 5 Do you forsee hiring more people in IT in order to have EHR as well as infrastructure laid? Video Rating: 0 / 5
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Maine HIE to Connect to VA Facilities
HealthInfoNet, the Portland, Maine-based non-profit that operates the statewide health information exchange (HIE), was recently awarded a three-year grant to connect the VA Maine Healthcare System, comprised of the medical center located in Augusta and 11 outpatient clinics, to the health information exchange. HealthInfoNet, the Portland, Maine-based non-profit that operates the statewide health information exchange…
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Population Health Management in a Large-Group Setting: Hill Physicians Moves Forward
At Hill Physicians Medical Group, based in the San Francisco East Bay community of San Ramon, president and CEO Darryl Cardoza and chief medical services officer Rosaleen Derington are working with their colleagues to get to a strongly broad-based, multidisciplinary population health management model of care. Not surprisingly, the strategic leveraging of IT is turning…
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More than a HIPAA Compliant Surveying Tool
Advocate Health Care, one of the largest healthcare providers in Illinois, has sites in rural, suburban, and urban locations and represents a “cross-section of the U.S.” At any given time, it conducts more than 800 active research studies, and until recently, had to deal with surveying software fragmentation that didn’t comply with the rigorous requirements…
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AHIMA shares concerns with changes to federal e-discovery rules
The American Health Information Management Association commented last week on proposed changes to federal e-discovery rules they say will have a large impact on HIM professionals. read more Source: AHIMA shares concerns with changes to federal e-discovery rules
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EHRs help identify drugs that fight organ rejection
Researchers have found that electronic health record data can identify drugs that may stall organ rejection in transplant patients. read more Source: EHRs help identify drugs that fight organ rejection
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HIE saves more than $1 million in patient charges for emergency care
Provider access to data via a health information exchange improved emergency care quality and saved more than $1 million in patient charges–nearly $2,000 per patient–according to research presented this week at the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians in Seattle. read more Source: HIE saves more than $1 million in patient charges…
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Health IT central to population health in the medical neighborhood
Health IT offers the opportunity to expand upon the patient-centered medical home, according to a report from the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative. Though many providers are working… read more Source: Health IT central to population health in the medical neighborhood
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Putting Teleservices in Care Pathways
CIOs and CMIOs should play an active role in looking at integrating teleservices in care pathways, say CSC researchers. New options for patient engagement that haven’t previously existed open up possibilities for access to care and care at different locations such as the home. That has implications for cost-effectiveness. With so much on their plates…