Author: trident50
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Why patient-centered care will naturally move toward telemedicine
In the future, will telemedicine become just as ordinary and common as video chatting a relative or friend who’s far away? As care becomes more patient-centered, “Father of Telemedicine” Jay Sanders, M.D., believes that will be the case. read more …read more
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Cost remains a barrier to e-prescribing, despite benefits
While e-prescribing has the potential to increase patient safety and medication adherence while save money, implementation costs remain one of the biggest barriers to adoption in ambulatory… read more …read more
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DeSalvo unveils plan to transition ONC to ‘less siloed’ workgroups
National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo believes it’s time to shake things up a little at ONC. At the April 8 meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee, DeSalvo talked about ONC’s priorities moving beyond Meaningful Use; in particular, she laid out plans for transitioning the agency’s current workgroups into newer, “less siloed” workgroups.…
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Millions of dollars spent on big data, but where are the results?
Many organizations–including those in the healthcare industry–have invested millions of dollars in big data analytics over the past few years. But where are the results? read more …read more
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CIOs seek greater strategic role as workload balloons
Healthcare CIOs’ workload has ballooned in scope and complexity over the past five years, according to a whitepaper from executive search firm SSI-Search, entitled “Why the CIO is… read more …read more
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Beware the hidden costs of a poorly constructed EHR contract
We know that electronic health records can cost a lot of money, sometimes millions of dollars. So it would be pretty disconcerting for a provider to learn that it has to pay additional amounts on top of that initial layout. Yet evidently, this is not uncommon, and it’s often because providers make mistakes when entering…
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Developers Challenged to Create Apps from Medicare Payment Data
In light of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) releasing Medicare claims payment data this week, the Health Data Consortium (HDC), a non-profit advocacy and membership organization, is challenging developers to create consumer-focused apps from the dataset. In light of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) releasing Medicare claims payment data…
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‘Silo’ one of healthcare’s biggest flaws
To healthcare mogul Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, the dirtiest four-letter word in the realm of digital health is “silo.” read more …read more
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NextGen earns ONC 2014 Edition criteria certification for Emergency Department Solution
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today that NextGen® Emergency Department Solution version 6.0 is compliant with the ONC 2014 Edition criteria and was certified as an electronic health record (EHR) Module on March…
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First Edition: April 10, 2014
Today’s headlines include a range of stories taking additional looks at the Medicare physician payment data released yesterday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. …read more