Category: Analytics

Big Data / Shmig Data: Thoughtflow 2015 and the Coming Age of Incessant Data By Samuel R. Bierstock, MD, BSEE In the years following the Institute of Medicine’s “Crossing the Quality Chasm,” there was widespread acknowledgement that we could do a better job in caring for our patients and a shared belief that the path…

The Verona, Wis.-based health IT giant Epic Systems is set to open its own app store, opening the door for the creation of outside mobile applications that will work with the vendor’s electronic health record (EHR) platform. The Verona, Wis.-based health IT giant Epic Systems is set to open its own app store, opening the…

The North American laboratory information systems market report defines and segments the concerned market with an analysis and forecast of the revenue. This market is expected to reach $704.6 million by 2019 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.8% from 2014 to 2019. A Laboratory Information System (LIS) is a class of…

Feds, states extend Obamacare enrollment period for some Healthcare.gov and most state-level exchanges will extend open enrollment through next weekend due to complaints of long waits and computer glitches. Analytics Predict Which Patients Will Suffer Post-Surgical Infections Predictive analytics systems are having a direct impact on post-operative infection rates. By analyzing risk factors and intraoperative…

Douglas Fridsma, MD, PhD is president and CEO of the What are AMIA’s big issues and where will the organization go in the future? I’ve been AMIA for approximately three months. It’s been my professional home for nearly 20 years. One of the things that attracted me to moving to AMIA is that as there’s…

Inovalon (INOV) Stock Rises Today on NASDAQ Debut Analytics vendor Inovalon ends its first day on the stock market at $29.61, nearly ten percent up on the day. NPSF convenes panel to set plans for progress The National Patient Safety Foundation announces plans to convene a panel of patient safety experts that will assess progress…

MTBC, a leading provider of proprietary, web-based electronic health records, practice management and mHealth solutions, today announced the launch of PHR 2.0, an enhanced cutting-edge personal health record for patients. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150212/MTBC-launches-cutting-edge-personal-health-record-for-patients.aspx       

As the U.S. healthcare industry moves towards clinical transformation and internal healthcare system reform, the CMIO role is shifting dramatically, with many implications for current—and future—CMIOs In the “early days” of the evolution of the CMIO role—just a few years ago in many U.S. patient care organizations, and still the case in some even now—the…

0 The AMA comes out to decry low eligible-professional attestation rates so far under Stage 2 of meaningful use—but could the use of hyperbolic language end up being counter-productive? When senior leaders at the American Medical Association issued a public statement reacting to the revelation of low attestation rates among eligible professionals (EPs) so far…

Despite increasing adoption rates of electronic health records and other health information technology systems, a new RAND Corporation analysis argues that our knowledge about their value is not advancing. Despite increasing adoption rates of electronic health records and other health information technology systems, a new RAND Corporation analysis argues that our knowledge about their value…