Category: Analytics

It’s Monday July 8 and you woke up feeling sick, and you know you better see your doctor. In the office, your doctor looks you over, listens to your symptoms, but before he prescribes a drug, the doctor said, “Lets get a sample of your blood so that I can take a look at your…

As we look at the current state of physicians’ use of electronic health record (EHR) products, a combination of demand for the newest technologies, and the ongoing evolution of the meaningful use process, is pushing adoption forward. But where is the usability for physician end-users? As we look at the current state of physicians’ use…

Inspira Health Network is a community health system comprising three hospitals in southern New Jersey, with more than 5,000 employees and 800 affiliated physicians. It is an early adopter of health information exchange technology. In this Q&A-style paper their CIO and Director of Ambulatory Informatics share secrets to their successful Health Information Exchange implementation. One…

How predictive analytics can transform your facility – a guest post by David Wayne and Gus Gilbertson Clinicians and hospital administrators are faced with numerous complex questions on a daily basis: •    What can we expect to happen if we continue to operate as we have? •    What sort of changes should we make in…

A new study in Health Services Research finds wide geographic variation in the adoption of electronic health records by ambulatory health care sites, ranging from a high of 88 percent to a low of just 8 percent. Source: Study finds geographic variation in adoption of EHRs by ambulatory health care sites

Despite predictions by some that big data could save as much as $450 billion in healthcare costs, hospital CIOs aren't exactly enamored with current tools and efforts available. read more Source: Hospital CIOs: Big data efforts need to mature

When Scot Silverstein’s 84-year-old mother, Betty, starting mixing up her words, he worried she was having a stroke. So he rushed her to Abington Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania…Electronic health records are supposed to improve medical care by providing physicians quick and easy access to a patient’s history, prescriptions, lab results and other vital data. Source:…

Health information technology firm athenahealth, which offers electronic health records and care coordination products, will expand and create hundreds of new jobs in Georgia and Massachusetts. Source: Health IT firm athenahealth plans expansion

According to a recent study, appearing in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) journal, Medicare & Medicaid Research Review, the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) does not necessarily impact healthcare costs in the short run. According to a recent study, appearing in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) journal, Medicare…

Electronic health records could improve patient care coordination among providers if they were better designed for such functionality, according to a perspective article published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). read more Source: EHR design must better support care coordination