Author: trident50
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Many EHR Buyers Looking to Replace Their Current System, Report Says
A growing number of medical practices—40 percent—were looking to replace existing electronic health record (EHR) systems in the first quarter of 2014, according to a recent report from EHR reviewer Software Advice. A growing number of medical practices—40 percent—were looking to replace existing electronic health record (EHR) systems in the first quarter of 2014, according…
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Health IT-enabled infrastructure helps reduce American Indian and Alaska Natives health disparities
American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) face disproportionate health outcomes compared to other Americans.[1] The adoption and meaningful use of electronic health record (EHRs) technology may help to reduce this gap. Like other Americans, many of these individuals have multiple providers in multiple states and EHRs have the potential to provide reliable, consistent patient data…
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Making the Leap to Accountable Care in a Physician-Driven Organization at Carilion Clinic
In his presentation at the Atlanta Health IT Summit on April 16, Stephen Morgan, M.D., CMIO at the Roanoke-based Carilion Clinic, spoke about the journey of his organization, Carilion Clinic, towards accountable care and population health In his presentation at the Atlanta Health IT Summit on April 16, Stephen Morgan, M.D., senior vice president and…
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How patients and providers are getting innovative with social media
By Kent Bottles Although some physicians and hospital leaders utilize social media platforms, many healthcare executives still express considerable skepticism. As a physician who uses various social… read more …read more
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Boston Children’s targeted in cyberattack
Boston Children’s Hospital has come under multiple attacks over the Easter holiday after the activist hacker group Anonymous took up the cause of a girl placed in state custody. The website of the residential care facility where the girl was taken, the Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, has also come under attack. read more…
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Five Thoughts on ACOs – Crossroads Ahead!
0 While much of the recent focus in this industry is on yet another ICD-10 delay, it’s quietly been an eventful month for the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) concept. In my opinion, the ACO movement is spiraling towards an eventual crossroads that will foretell its future. While much of the recent focus in this industry…
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Functionality vital to success of health IT, Cleveland Clinic CIO says
Cleveland Clinic CIO C. Martin Harris believes that technology in healthcare must have functionality and the ability to truly interact with patients for it to have any value. read more …read more
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Growth of elderly population to fuel patient monitoring market growth
A growing elderly population and the increasing portability of medical equipment will help the global patient monitoring devices market to surpass $22 billion by 2018, according to a report published this month by MarketsandMarkets. read more …read more
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ATA: State policies hinder telemedicine
The American Telemedicine Association has suggested some changes to the Federation of State Medical Board’s (FSMB) proposed regulation of telemedicine. Among the suggestions: Don’t make remote consults more cumbersome than in-person treatment and allow docs to practice across state lines. read more …read more
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iPatientCare Launches a Specialty Focused EHR for Chiropractic and Physical Therapy
iPatientCare has announced launching an exclusive specialty focused EHR for Chiropractors and Physical Therapist. “We believe, most Chiropractic professionals and Physical Therapist have very little support in terms of intuitive data entry features that save their time and effort for effective clinical documentation. iPatientCare’s Chiropractic and Physical Therapy EHR provides image based hot spots, rating…