Author: trident50
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Pritts to Depart ONC as Chief Privacy Officer
Joy Pritts is leaving the Office of the National Coordinator after serving as the agency’s first Chief Privacy Officer for more than four years. Pritts’ departure was announced in an email from Karen DeSalvo, M.D., the National Coordinator for Health IT, to staff members. Joy Pritts is leaving the Office of the National Coordinator after…
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One hospital’s keys to separating IT and informatics departments
Setting up separate IT and healthcare informatics departments at Corpus Christi, Texas-based CHRISTUS Spohn Health System meant focusing on the things each does best. read more …read more
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How Providers Can Succeed Under Health Reform
Link: The Camel’s Nose is in the Tent: Health Care Reform & the Joslin Affiliate David Harlow presents an interesting webinar on the Affordable Care Act’s implementation of Accountable Care Organizations and the Medicare Shared Savings Program. He states, “ACOs exist in the commercial insurance world as well, as part of the broader trend towards…
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3 suggestions for ONC in creating its health IT safety center
It’s certainly not unusual for members of Congress to question whether an agency is overstepping its bounds. Just last week, several members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee questioned the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s authority to regulate health IT after the Meaningful Use program ends, as well as the extent…
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Patient Safety And Process-Aware Information Systems: Interruptions, Interruptions, Interruptions!
This is my fourth of five guest blog posts covering Health IT and EHR Workflow. When you took a drivers education class, do you remember the importance of mental “awareness” to traffic safety? Continually monitor your environment, your car, and yourself. As in traffic flow, healthcare is full of work flow, and awareness of workflow…
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Va. governor examining ways to expand Medicaid by executive action
In related news, The Oklahoman reports that Mercy health system is blaming states’ decisions to not expand the low-income health care program as the reason it is planning layoffs, and KHN details Michigan’s expansion efforts. …read more
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8.5 million on Medicare get opioids
The number of senior citizens getting narcotic painkillers and anti-anxiety medications under Medicare’s prescription drug program is climbing sharply, and those older patients are being put on the drugs for longer periods of time, a USA TODAY examination of federal data shows. …read more
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Risk factors for hospital readmissions identified in stroke patients
Hospital readmission, an important measure of quality care, costs the United States an estimated $17 billion each year. And according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, about half of those readmissions could be avoided. …read more
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Morning Headlines 6/12/14
Q&A: Karen DeSalvo on Meaningful Use, ONC Reorg National Coordinator for health IT Karen DeSalvo, MD, sits down with Scott Mace of HealthLeaders Media to discuss EHR usability, ONC’s restructure, and the future of Meaningful Use. Group Of Electronic Health Record Vendors To Become Officially Interoperable CommonWell, the EHR vendor interoperability alliance, will begin rolling…
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Infection prevention and control guidance prioritizes strategies to combat MRSA
New guidelines aim to reduce the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), improve patient safety and prioritize current prevention efforts underway in hospitals. This drug resistant bacterium is a common source of patient morbidity and mortality in U.S. hospitals, causing nearly twice the number of deaths, significantly longer hospital stays and higher hospital costs than…