Category: Analytics

As the electronic health record becomes “just another app,” more and more providers are setting their sights on an array of complex future needs. IDC Health Insights’ latest report sees big changes coming for care delivery in 2014 and beyond. read more …read more    

Dean F. Sittig, PhD is professor of biomedical informatics at Describe the SAFER Guides and their purpose. Following the IOM report in 2012 on patient safety and health IT, ONC promised that they would create some guidance to help organizations improve the safety and utility of their EHRs. The SAFER Guides were their attempt to…

Vinod Khosla, Founder of Sun Microsystems and Khosla Ventures, recently stated that “in the next 10 years, data science and software will do more for medicine than all of the biological sciences together.” The rise of population health and healthcare analytics companies aligns with Khosla’s claim. There are hordes of companies implementing healthcare analytics and…

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) announced this week that it will no longer offer Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) electronic health record (EHR) testing and certification services or its independently developed certification programs. The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) announced this week that it will no…

The Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health System is in the process of notifying approximately 1,800 patients that e-mails containing their personal or medical information may have been compromised by an internet phishing scam that affected three UC Davis clinicians in mid-December. The Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health System is in the process of notifying approximately…

The Veterans Affairs Department is seeking a contractor to support its Health Systems Informatics division in upgrading its EHR, dubbed VistA Evolution. read more …read more    

The Revenue Cycle’s Transformation with Big Data By Steve Johnson Big data is pushing clinical care to new heights as healthcare organizations use it to support diagnoses, target care delivery, and improve patient health outcomes. Organizations can realize a similar level of success in the revenue cycle when they apply data and analytics to the…

A recent study from researchers at Northwestern Medicine indicates doctors spend too much time looking at the computer screen during patient visits, and staring at an electronic health record (EHR) can get them to miss nonverbal cues. A recent study from researchers at Northwestern Medicine indicates doctors spend too much time looking at the computer…

The number of merger and acquisition deals among healthcareIT/pharma companies declined 16 percent in 2013, but the value of deals rose, according to analysis from Berkery Noyes, an independent mid-market investment bank. read more …read more    

In this Q&A, Galen Chock, M.D., a solo pediatrician in Honolulu, talked about his EMR implementation journey, which was fraught with failure and frustration, and ultimately success. For other solo docs, the story has a lesson and a happy ending. When it comes to health information technology (HIT) adoption, solo practitioners have it a lot…