Category: Analytics

Case report volumes for public health departments are forecasted to double when federal requirements for automated electronic laboratory reporting of notifiable diseases go into effect next year, according to a new study by researchers from the Regenstrief Institute Inc. and the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. read more…

A recent survey revealed that Allscripts is the top performing system vendor in hospitals with more than 300 beds or large academic medical centers. A recent survey revealed that Allscripts is the top performing system vendor in hospitals with more than 300 beds or large academic medical centers. The survey, from New York-based Black Book…

The electronic medical record market is poised for a competitive shakeup. As Stage 2 meaningful use demands more from hospitals, many current EMR platforms just aren’t cutting it, and up to half of large hospitals are ditching their old systems for new, interoperable platforms with population health capabilities. read more …read more    

Stage 2 of the federal Electronic Health Records Incentive Program is underway for providers who first reached Stage 1 in 2011. Although there will not be any official statistics available for several months, anecdotal evidence suggests that this new phase is off to a slow start. read more …read more    

Considering the ever-expanding life span of Americans, quality and compliance in post-acute care services are becoming fundamental for post-acute care facilities, as well as patients who require assisted-living services or who are recovering from a major health condition. The facilities are increasingly adopting electronic health records and using mobile phones for e-prescribing, documentation and sharing…

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week on the meaningful use program, summarizing there was a need for comprehensive strategy to better ensure the reliability of clinical quality measures collected using electronic health records (EHRs). The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week on the meaningful use program,…

Six Republican Senators sent a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, R.N., chief administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), asking for details on the agency’s plans on how they will grant healthcare providers exemptions for Stage 2 of the new electronic health records (EHR) meaningful use program. Six Republican Senators sent a letter…

A week after the craziness that is HIMSS (there’s a reason the #HIMSSanity hashtag has done so well), I’m kicking around an idea that came to my mind on my flight home from HIMSS. Overwhelmed by the 5 days of in depth discussions, I closed out my HIMSS talking about healthcare IT with the lovely…

The GAO recently took a swipe at the government’s Meaningful Use EHR Incentive Program, saying it lacked strategy and called for action to establish a strategy in order to achieve its goals, especially those aimed at improving care. read more …read more    

Greg Poulsen, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Intermountain Healthcare, shares his perspectives on what unnecessary care is, and why Intermountain has taken the lead in an important, challenging arena For decades a leader in internal healthcare system reform, Intermountain Healthcare has blazed trails in every area of clinical and operational performance, as…