Category: Analytics

There’s been little study of the safety implications of electronic medication management in ambulatory care, according to research published at BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. In a… read more …read more

Applying big-data analytics strategies to clinical operations and care delivery, the University of California Irvine Medical Center is focusing on reducing readmissions, speeding up research and tracking patient statistic in real time. read more …read more

In a pair of blog announcements last week, CMS and ONC said they intend to initiate rulemaking that would delay the beginning of Stage 3 Meaningful Use from 2016 to 2017. However, the move does not change any requirements or deadlines for Meaningful Use in 2014, CMS confirmed. CMS Intends Delay for Stage 3 of…

Hospitals, clinicians and health IT companies could be doing more to control EHR copy-and-pasting and over-documentation and prevent potential fraud, according to the HHS Inspector General. read more …read more

Executives from the Ohio Health Information Partnership say that the complexity of Stage 2 will require an educational effort equivalent to the one required to get providers through Stage 1. As Stage 2 of meaningful use approaches, it is interesting to hear from CIOs about the value they perceive they have received from regional extension…

Practice Fusion, an EHR vendor out of San Francisco, announced a Series D extension of $15 million in new funding this week. The latest round of investment, Practice Fusion says, brings its total funding raised to date at $149 million. The company has its sites set on an eventual IPO. Practice Fusion, an EHR vendor…

The Laurel, Md.-based MedPeds has been named a 2013 Ambulatory HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence winner, the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announced. The Laurel, Md.-based MedPeds has been named a 2013 Ambulatory HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence winner, the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announced. Since 1994, the Nicholas E. Davies Award…

Link: Mining Clinical Data Optimistic predictions by RAND Corporation in 2005 encouraged adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) and encouraged the federal government to “give billions of dollars in financial incentives to hospitals and doctors that put the systems in place.” Does HITECH Meaningful Use come to mind? Interestingly, RAND’s 2005 report was paid for…

Watched CSPAN tonight and came across this documentary.. a must see.. The Washington Post reported “ Hot topic gets a human touchBy Ann HornadayFriday, October 5, 2012 “We don’t have a health-care system, we have a disease care system.” “Americans pay for the world’s most expensive medical care, and some of the world’s worst outcomes.”…

After months of physicians, hospitals and IT groups calling for more time to complete meaningful use, the federal government has finally responded. But not everyone is pleased. read more …read more