Category: ACO

By Mark Terry As more providers adopt accountable care models–and take on the responsibility of facilitating medical data exchange–healthcare leaders are under increasing pressure to protect… read more …read more    

0 John Halamka, M.D., the CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, predicted in Boston on Tuesday, May 13 at the Boston Health IT Summit sponsored by iHT2, that 80 percent of U.S. hospitals would fail to successfully attest for Stage 2 MU on time Dr. Halamka speaking on May 13 read more …read more    

The mortality rate in Massachusetts declined substantially in the four years after the state enacted a law in 2006 mandating universal health care coverage, providing the model for the Affordable Care Act. …read more    

The Massachusetts House has recommended that a new law that would have required physicians to demonstrate that they’re adept at using electronic health records as a condition of maintaining their license be less Draconian. read more …read more    

The Cincinnati Beacon generated positives and negative outcomes in creating a health IT infrastructure to support quality improvement through data exchange, according to the findings of a research study published recently. The Cincinnati Beacon generated positives and negative outcomes in creating a health IT infrastructure to support quality improvement through data exchange, according to the…

While the Cincinnati Beacon Community project has shown results in improved care, it didn’t achieve all of its aims, according to an article published this month in Health Affairs. And the process wasn’t always smooth. read more …read more    

The first MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics in central Georgia have opened inside two CVS/pharmacy stores in Macon and one in Warner Robbins. …read more    

People asking the ultimate question about the Affordable Care Act–will it actually save lives?–now have an answer, and it’s yes. …read more    

Continued innovations in patient care are taking place at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The organization’s latest initiative–to create what CIO John Halamka, M.D., calls “event-driven medicine”–is no exception. Although Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is very familiar to most IT professionals, the medical center continues to impress the healthcare industry with innovations in patient…

It makes obvious sense to attribute the surge to the Affordable Care Act, which kicked into full gear in the January-March period measured by the Bureau of Economic Analysis figures. …read more