Category: Analytics

Cumberland Consulting Group Acquires Cipe Consulting Group Nashville,TN-based Cumberland Consulting Group acquires Cipe Consulting Group, a Seattle-based firm that specialized in EHR and Revenue Cycle projects. Is Meaningful Use Becoming the Next ICD10? Eric Boehme, associate director of informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, questions the future of the EHR Incentive Program after MU Stage…

Big data is making headway in healthcare, and Kaiser Permanente is showing what can be done with that information by using data techniques to help the most vulnerable among us–infants. read more …read more    

Often an overlooked part of healthcare when it comes to information technology, assisted living communities need health IT tools more than ever thanks to rising acuity levels. One provider of senior housing and care has successfully used software to mitigate this growing challenge. Assisted living communities are caring for residents with more complex healthcare needs…

Physicians, even those within the same practice, use their electronic health record systems differently, which may affect differences in quality and cost outcomes, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. read more …read more    

After holding hearings in May about the problems associated with the EHR certification program, the Health IT Policy Committee recommended at its June 10 meeting that the Office of the National Coordinator hold a “kaizen” workshop to streamline the program and that ONC consider limiting the scope of certification requirements. After holding hearings in May…

Congressional scrutiny of ONC’s authority may dampen the agency’s ambitions to regulate patient safety and develop certification programs apart from MU. However, ONC should be able to easily justify most – if not all – of its ongoing activities to critics through statutory language established by the HITECH Act. House Questions ONC’s Regulatory Ambitions Key…

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is touting success in improving patient outcomes through its data analytics program and a pilot project using patient centered medical homes. read more …read more    

How can the meaningful use program become more meaningful? Judy McCarthy, chief technology officer at National Jewish Health, shares her thoughts in preparation of the Health IT Summit in Denver later this month. In the meaningful use (MU) program, much of the attention has been on the development of electronic health records (EHRs), which can…

Many people have asked me to explain the recent reorganization at ONC, reducing 17 different offices to 10: Office of Care Transformation: Kelly CroninOffice of the Chief Privacy Officer: Joy PrittsOffice of the Chief Operating Officer: Lisa LewisOffice of the Chief Scientist: Doug Fridsma, MD, PhDOffice of Clinical Quality and Safety: Judy Murphy, RNOffice of…