Author: trident50
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How Community Care Physicians Can Deliver Effective Population Health Management With Clinical Analytics
Care management has historically focused on the acute space. This focus stems from the availability of inpatient data and the investment made by healthcare systems in analytic resources. Now shared accountability arrangements — such as accountable care organizations (ACOs) — are driving an expansion of scope, which includes a growing need for data regarding the…
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EHRs have turned a corner
The jury may still be out on how the Meaningful Use program should operate and whether it really improves quality. There’s no question, however, that the program was the catalyst for massive, high-speed adoption of electronic health records–and that the industry may have just turned a corner in its use and attitude regarding such systems.…
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A heavy lift? legal challenge to Medicare’s ‘two midnight’ rule
Modern Healthcare reports that some legal experts say it will be tough to convince judges to overturn the controversial rule on classifying Medicare in-patients. …read more
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Golden Jubilee National Hospital performs first Right Anterior Thoracotomy procedure in Scotland
The Golden Jubilee National Hospital has become the first in Scotland to carry out a pioneering, minimally invasive, heart valve replacement technique. …read more
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To prevent patient readmissions, stop playing ‘whack-a-mole’
What’s the key to managing readmission risks? Not playing whack-a-mole by quickly combatting problems as they arise, according to Ray Hess, vice president of information management at West Chester, Pa.-based Chester County Hospital. read more …read more
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Top 25 MU attesters earned $171 million in 2012
The 25 doctors who attested to Meaningful Use in 2012 and received the most Medicare reimbursements were paid a total of $171 million, according to a personal blog post from Steven Posnack (pictured), director of federal policy division at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. read more …read more
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Readers Write: Addressing Data Quality in the EHR
Addressing Data Quality in the EHR By Greg Chittim What if you found out that you might have missed out on seven of your 22 ACO performance measures, not because of your actual clinical and financial performance, but because of the quality of data in your EHRs? It happens, but it’s not an intractable problem…
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Improving Quality And Reducing Costs In A Medicare Shared Savings Program And ACO Environment
Over the past decade, the healthcare system in the United States has been increasingly encumbered by an aging population, the burden of chronic disease, and economic pressures. In response to this confluence of events, federal healthcare reform has stimulated the public and private sectors to bend the cost curve and improve performance. …read more
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CHIME, AHIMA: Limit ICD-10 delay to one year
The latest delay to the ICD-10 transition will be both disruptive and costly for healthcare delivery innovation and must not last beyond a year, says a coalition of healthcare organizations, including the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and the American Health Information Management Association. read more …read more
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HIMSS Analytics: Top hospital apps focus on operational efficiency
Bed management, enterprise resource planning and financial modeling applications are expected to be some of the hottest on the market among hospitals, according to a new report from HIMSS Analytics. read more …read more