Author: trident50
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Initial mHealth framework proposal: A mixed bag
The proposed strategy and recommendations for a health IT risk-based framework are being viewed both postively and negatively for the mHealth industry, getting kudos for its international… read more …read more
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Why interconnectivity is vital to hospital CIO success
Pamela Dixon and Steve Nilsen, of recruiting firm SSi-Search, recently offered up tips for how hospital CIOs can lead effectively and dynamically. read more …read more
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First Edition: April 7, 2014
Today’s headlines include stories about the next round of health law challenges the Obama administration faces as well as the new Medicare Advantage rates scheduled to be announced today. …read more
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O’Reilly Studies Health IT: The Information Technology Fix
O’Reilly Media specializes in books, courses and online services in technical innovation. This week, it released a new, comprehensive study on IT in Healthcare: The Information Technology Fix for Health (PDF). It’s written by O’Reilly editor Andrew Oram, who frequently writes on healthcare IT’s trends and issues. Oram takes on four basic, health IT areas…
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Study: Readmission-prediction software not ready to go solo
An automated method of identifying potentially preventable readmissions failed to prove accurate enough for it to replace manual review in a recent Kaiser Permanente study. read more …read more
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Viewpoints: Debate rolls on about enrollment numbers; Ryan’s plan ‘squeezes seniors’
You can forgive a little football-spiking, even if Obamacare is far from the end zone. The White House this week announced that the number of people who enrolled in new individual health-care insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act topped 7 million and could still rise. …read more
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Why one physician won’t start writing healthcare app scripts
Protecting patient privacy, the threat of misdiagnosis, a lack of physician involvement and missing medical data are four reasons one physician won’t be writing a script for a medical app anytime… read more …read more
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Hospital Intern Time, Why ICD10?, and EHR Satisfaction Pre-MU
Hospital interns spend >300% more time with EMR than direct patient contact study shows. Yikes! http://t.co/taSZt2n4qj — Dike Drummond MD (@dikedrummond) April 3, 2014 Everyone that reads this immediately thinks that this is a terrible thing. It seems ghastly that a doctor that’s paid to treat patients would spend so much time with an EMR…
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“Flight Patterns” for Physicians Leading ACOs: Dr. Mostashari Shares Critical Success Factors
0 The American Journal of Managed Care recently published an online commentary from Farzad Mostashari, M.D., and James A. Colbert, M.D., focused on ”Four Key Technologies” for physician-led ACOs—with major implications for healthcare IT leaders read more …read more
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Citrus Valley Health Partners among first to attest on transition of care using Allscripts population health management solutions
Allscripts was informed that one of its key clients, Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP), has met the 2014 Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirement for electronic transitions of care. CVHP informed Allscripts that it had transmitted the requisite minimum 10 percent of discharge documentation between disparate electronic health record acute and ambulatory systems. “We see it…