Category: Analytics

Clinicient Inc., a leader in outpatient rehabilitation business solutions, today announced that Mountain River Physical Therapy, a premier provider of personalized orthopedic, sports and industrial rehabilitation in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and Florida, selected Clinicient’s PracticeInsight cloud based electronic medical record (EMR) and billing software. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150607/Mountain-River-Physical-Therapy-chooses-Clinicients-PracticeInsight-cloud-based-EMR-and-billing-software.aspx       

The challenges physicians face in their efforts to meet meaningful use (MU) require focus and appropriately allocated resources that are often overlooked. More than ever, providers need experienced resources to help them understand the detailed changes to the program and develop a strategy for how to proceed in 2015. The challenges physicians face in their…

While patients’ concerns over the privacy of their health information remains high, new data from the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) suggests that the adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) has not influenced these sentiments. While patients’ concerns over the privacy of their health information remains high, new data from the Office of the…

By John Halamka As I’ve written previously, running a farm is about life and death. When you’re supporting over 100 creatures, every day is filled with unpredictable events. This week, one of our chickens, Terra, developed “ We also had another thought. Our guineas, Great Pyrenees and llamas sound an alarm when predators threaten. However,…

0 On June 2, the federal Health IT Policy Committee’s Advanced Health Models and Meaningful Use Workgroup heard from several innovative organizations about both the challenges and benefits of integrating data across settings, care teams, and human service organizations. On June 2, the federal Health IT Policy Committee’s Advanced Health Models and Meaningful Use Workgroup…

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-T.N.) said making EHRs work for clinicians and scientists is among his top priorities during a visit to Vanderbilt University last week. He and HELP Ranking Member Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) have established a bipartisan workgroup to identify ways to improve EHRs. Top News Senate…

A move to real-time analytics has Covenant Health, a not-for-profit Catholic health system with three hospitals in Maine and New Hampshire, on track to save a projected $1.8 million in 2015. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/real-time-analytics-projected-help-covenant-health-save-nearly-2-million/2015-05-29?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

In January, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out a new fee schedule for providers taking care of patients with two or more chronic conditions. Within weeks, Privia Medical Group, a 310-provider multispecialty medical group based in Arlington, Va., had electronic health record (EHR) templates for the documentation and coding requirements…

Trusted Data Is the Foundation for Advanced Analytics By Vicky Mahn-DiNicola RN Much has been said about using advanced predictive analytics to improve the quality of healthcare. But one thing not receiving the attention it deserves is the pre-requisite of trusted data being sewn into the fabric of the healthcare organization. Every organization has data…

0 A recent blog by Julia Adler-Milstein in Health Affairs online serves as reminder of the clash of incentives in U.S. healthcare right now over how, or indeed even whether, to share data and information for the common good As Healthcare Informatics reported last month, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology…