Author: trident50
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Tech advice to weather ‘perfect storm’ of health IT changes
What guidance would executives give chief information officers of healthcare provider organizations to navigate a “perfect storm” of technological, regulatory and cultural changes? A post… read more …read more
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Advocate for the patient to engage docs in IT projects
Selling new projects to doctors requires coordination, diplomacy and empathy. A winning strategy involves a targeted communication plan for doctors, “at the elbow” training and easy-to-access support and Healthcare organizations should build on the lessons learned during their EHR implementations to gain physician buy-in for new IT projects, speakers stressed at a recent forum. read…
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Survey: Docs increasingly use online search engines to make clinical decisions
Doctors are Googling a lot more than you might think. A majority of physicians in a recent MedData survey said they use search engines to help them make clinical decisions. But when patients look up health information online, it can cause tension in the doctor-patient relationship. read more …read more
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Entrada’s technology and services to be integrated into Ingenious Med platform
Today Ingenious Med, provider of the nation’s leading patient encounter platform, and Entrada, a leading provider of EHR-integrated, provider productivity solutions, announced a strategic partnership to seamlessly integrate Entrada’s technology and services into the Ingenious Med platform, available soon to Ingenious Med’s 25,000-plus health provider client base. …read more
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Group urges ONC to include mHealth in EHR incentives
From mHealth News: The Telecommunications Industry Association called on national coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD to make sure the voluntary guidelines are flexible enough to allow for “the delivery of healthcare in motion, virtually anywhere and at any time,” in a nine-page document TIA sent to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the…
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TransCare Partners to extend use of Transitional Care Model to reduce hospital re-admissions
The University of Pennsylvania Upstart Program announces TransCare Partners LLC to broaden the use of the Transitional Care Model developed at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. The Model, developed over 20 years by Dr Mary Naylor, has been clinically proven to reduce hospital re- admissions by up to 30% while producing substantial savings…
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Health IT Workforce Shortage Poll
Over on our Healthcare IT job board, we deal with the question of the Healthcare IT workforce shortage all the time. Although, the question of a shortage is a hard once since finding the right people to hire is always hard. Plus, in this artificially stimulated EHR adoption environment, of course many of the resources…
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HIStalk Interviews Blain Newton, SVP/COO, HIMSS Analytics
Blain Newton is SVP/COO of Tell me about yourself and HIMSS Analytics. I started in IT, with a focus on healthcare IT, probably 15 years ago as an accountant in finance. I moved into operations and strategy at some large EMR vendors, both here and in the UK. I was CEO of CapSite, acquired by…
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NC HIE Upgrades NC DIRECT Secure Messaging Capabilities
The North Carolina Health Information Exchange (NC HIE) has upgraded its NC DIRECT functionality enabling participants to securely communicate providers who are part of the national DirectTrust Transitional Trust Community Bundle. This national community of trusted users follow a common set of policies related to health information exchange using direct secure messaging including certificate management…
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NIH issues research, funding call for mHealth tool projects
The National Institutes of Health is seeking research grant proposals to spur development of mHealth tools that will provide effective patient-provider communications and patient self-management capabilities. read more …read more