Category: Analytics
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Washington Debrief: Senate Bill Tries to Make ICD-10 Implementation Illegal
Three Republicans in the Senate have introduced a companion bill to a House of Representatives bill that would prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from replacing ICD-9 with ICD-10 in implementing the HIPAA code set standards. US Providers at ‘Tipping Point’ in EHR adoption Over 80 percent of eligible hospitals (EHs) and more…
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FDA says urinalysis app meets definition of a device, needs clearance
A smartphone app that allows people to conduct their own urine analysis using conventional dipsticks is under scrutiny by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In a recent letter to India-based… read more …read more Source: FDA says urinalysis app meets definition of a device, needs clearance
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New Direct Implementation Guide Will Support Interoperability
Today, ONC is releasing Direct Implementation Guidelines for Assuring Security and Interoperability, recommending a common set of policies and practices to ensure Direct is being implemented in a way that will support vendor-to-vendor exchange and interoperability across geographic, organizational and vendor-related boundaries. The Direct Project specifications offer a universal exchange mechanism for Meaningful Use Stage 2…
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New HIMSS Analytics Report Finds that Canadian Hospitals are Facing Data Access and Workflow Efficiency Challenges
Imprivata has announced the availability of a new report from HIMSS Analytics that outlines the data access and workflow efficiency challenges Canadian hospitals face as they continue to implement electronic health record systems. The study, titled “Streamlining Workflows and Access to Patient Data in Canadian Hospitals,” was commissioned by Imprivata and specifies how EHR adoption…
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Low interest rates hitting healthcare systems’ pension plans: S&P
Not-for-profit healthcare systems continued to struggle with underfunded pension liabilities last year, and the situation has become even more challenging since 2011.
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Trinity taking leap of faith toward cloud
Trinity Health will look to the cloud to enhance its data processing and data analytics capabilities as well as its ability to more rapidly adapt its information technology systems to the fast-moving future.
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Trinity Health Selects Explorys’ Big Data Analytics Platform to Support Clinical Integration
Explorys has announced that Trinity Health, the fourth largest Catholic healthcare system (10th largest overall) in the nation, has joined the Explorys Network.
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Analytics: A possible way to domesticate wild health data
Analytics offer some parallels to the rise of agriculture about 12,000 years ago, according to Brian Dixon, assistant professor of health informatics at Indiana University and research scientist with the Regenstrief Institute.
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EMR Implementation Saved Canada Healthcare System $1.3B since 2006
A report by consulting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP (PwC), commissioned by the Canada Health Infoway—a not-for-profit organization tasked with accelerating the development of electronic medical records (EMR) across Canada—has found $1.3 billion in savings from the implementation of EMRs by family physicians across Canada over the last six years. A report by consulting firm Pricewaterhouse…
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University of Wisconsin Online Health Information Management and Technology Degree Program Advances toward CAHIIM Accreditation
Representatives from the University of Wisconsin Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management and Technology program announced today that the online bachelor’s degree is in candidacy status, pending accreditation review by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).