Author: trident50
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Sen. Mcconnell says fate of Ky. exchange not tied to health law
Meanwhile, Democrats are also trying to cope with the issue of health care this election season. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but he would not say Friday what that would mean for the 413,000 Kentuckians who have health insurance through the state’s health care exchange. …read more
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Meaningful Use alters hospitals’ EHR implementation sequencing
Hospitals tend to use a common sequence when adopting electronic health records functions, but Meaningful Use is changing that sequence, which could impact patient care, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. read more …read more
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News 5/28/14
Top News An MGMA survey of large (median of 10 FTE physicians), mostly independent physician practices finds that 62 percent are struggling to identify patients whose insurance came from an Affordable Care Act exchange and to verify their eligibility or obtain plan details. Most practices also say that patients who got their insurance via an…
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Survey: Vermont Residents Understand Benefits of EHRs, HIE
Vermont residents displayed a strong awareness of electronic health records (EHRs) and health information exchange (HIE), proving comfortable with their health information being shared electronically, according to a recent survey from Vermont Information Technology Leaders (VITL), the state’s exclusive HIE. Vermont residents displayed a strong awareness of electronic health records (EHRs) and health information exchange…
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Hospitals track information flow to boost security efforts
As healthcare network security grows trickier with networked medical devices and personal mobile devices, some organizations are going beyond merely trying to control access to patient data, better tracking how information flows. read more …read more
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3 mistakes that cause health IT hazards
While health technology–including electronic health records–no doubt has the potential to streamline and improve patient care, providers must proceed with caution when using the latest clinical innovations. A recent Health Data Management article outlines several examples of just how such tools can turn hazardous. read more …read more
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Norwegian American Hospital: Health IT aids quality turnaround
Abha Agrawal, M.D., chief operating officer and vice president of medical affairs, outlines how technology–including electronic medical records, quality metrics and dashboards–helped transform the struggling Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago. read more …read more
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mHealth and Where It’s Heading with Alan Portela
One of my favorite healthcare IT people to interview is Alan Portela, CEO of AirStrip. Having been in the healthcare IT industry and seen it from so many angles, he always has some interesting insight into what’s happening in the industry. It’s hard to understand the value that having attended HIMSS almost as many years…
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Health IT and Payment Reform Update
How successful has the Affordable Care Act been in leveraging health information technology and payment reform? During a presentation in April at the New York State HIMSS Chapter conference, Frank Winter, partnership manager for the regional office of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in New York, said that healthcare IT is at…
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CMS’ post-acute care assessment tool a ‘tech turkey’
CMS’s CARE tool is a “technology turkey” that’s not scientifically proven and will make it harder and more expensive to implement a single post-acute care assessment for… read more …read more