Category: Analytics

David Muntz, the former Principal Deputy National Coordinator for Health IT, speaks with HCI’s Mark Hagland regarding his transition back to the private sector, meaningful use issues, and providers’ frustrations with vendors When David Muntz left his position as Principal Deputy National Coordinator for Health IT at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health…

Healthcare organizations are working toward improving interoperability–and know it is vital to their survival and growth in the evolving healthcare market, according to a new HIMSS Analytics report, released at the organization’s annual conference this week. read more …read more    

Helping their organizations to sustain financial viability increased perceptibly as a top concern for CIOs in 2013, even as CIOs and other senior healthcare IT leaders plunged further into meaningful use work and preparations for the conversion to the ICD-10 coding system, the 25th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey found. Helping their organizations to sustain financial…

The leaders of CHIME upped the ante on the level of engagement between federal healthcare agencies and the provider community on Feb. 24, when they announced that they and 47 other healthcare associations had co-signed a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, calling for more flexibility in meeting MU requirements. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based College…

3M to Acquire Treo Solutions 3M announces that it will acquire Treo Solutions, a data analytics and business intelligence company that caters to healthcare payers and providers. Financial terms were not disclosed. Deloitte announces the launch of ConvergeHEALTH Deloitte invests $150 million in a new business unit called ConvergeHEALTH that will focus on developing data…

For those planning to visit the HIStalk booth (#1995), here’s a celebrity addition: Vince Ciotti will be on hand Tuesday and Wednesday from 11 until noon. 3M announces that it will acquire analytics and BI vendor Treo Solutions. Vonlay is doing some cool social media coverage of the HIMSS conference as they always do. Check…

The top priorities for health information technology (HIT) executives in the next two years are not only closely tied to governmental mandates. Managing the exponential propagation of data, which… read more …read more    

The Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic has identified 8,500 patients at risk for developing heart failure in a pilot project that could lead to early intervention and better care for these patients. The Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic has identified 8,500 patients at risk for developing heart failure in a pilot project that could lead to early…

While sequencing the human genome in the past has taken many months, researchers recently found a way to analyze 240 full genomes in two days through the use of a supercomputer. read more …read more    

“We are again at a time of great change. The doctors of medicine long have been revered like priests of old; scribes copied their words as a holy writ that the public could not easily access. Then came the electronic medical record. read more …read more