Category: Analytics

The Senate HELP Committee, in the first of a series of hearings, heard from health IT experts on ways to improve health information exchange. Congressional Affairs: Senate Panel Examines HIE, Patient ID Challenges Highlighted Key Takeaways: The Senate HELP Committee, in the first of a series of hearings, heard from health IT experts on ways…

Clinicians are challenged every day to make difficult decisions regarding patients’ suicide risk. Using Veterans Health Administration health system electronic medical record data, Veterans Affairs and National Institute of Mental Health scientists were able to identify very small groups of individuals within the VHA’s patient population with very high, predicted suicide risk — most of…

New health technology projects are always underway at the University of Maryland Medical System, but one that is stealing chief information officer Jon Burns’ attention is building a data analytics structure. read more Read more from originating source…

There are “systematic differences” between providers who participated in Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs early and consistently from those who did not, which could lead to disparities in patient care, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medical College. There are “systematic differences” between providers who participated in Medicare and Medicaid…

The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held its first hearing this week on improving the meaningful use program and overall adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held its first hearing this week on improving the meaningful use program and overall adoption of electronic…

Many electronic health record studies seem to state the obvious. But every so often, a study delves into new territory and makes one sit up and take notice. That’s how I feel about this new study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association about EHR usability. read more Read more from originating source…

WellSpan Health and CareFusion, a BD company, today announced the successful implementation of the Alaris System across all four WellSpan hospitals, with WellSpan York Hospital becoming the first hospital ever to simultaneously go-live with new infusion devices and bi-directional interoperability between the infusion device and the electronic health record (EHR). Read more from originating source…

Thanks to the rising tide of population health, more healthcare organizations are adopting clinical and business intelligence software. HIMSS Analytics Research Director talks to HCI about whether organizations are going for best of breed or EHR embedded solutions. The clinical and business intelligence market continues to grow as more healthcare organizations take on population health…

Electronic health record vendor commitment and understanding of the need for usable EHRs varies significantly, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. read more Read more from originating source…

There is a lot of opportunity and volatility in the small practice electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management (RCM) vendor market, according to a new study from the New York-based Black Book research. There is a lot of opportunity and volatility in the small practice electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management…