Category: HIE

The health benefits of the Mediterranean diet are well-known. As well as being healthier, a recent article concludes that the menu traditionally eaten in Spain leaves less of a carbon footprint than that of the US or the United Kingdom. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150326/Study-compares-carbon-footprint-of-Mediterranean-diet-with-UK-and-US-menus.aspx       

According to a report published today by KPMG International, What works: Creating value-based healthcare organizations, health systems that have a clear vision of value can achieve significant improvements in patient care at lower cost. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150325/New-KPMG-International-report-provides-roadmap-to-create-value-based-health-systems.aspx       

ZeOmega Acquires HealthUnity Population health vendor ZeOmega acquires HealthUnity, an HIE, MPI, referral management, and patient consent solutions vendor. Statement on Meaningful Use Reactions to MU3 are beginning to trickle out, with AHA’s senior vice president of public policy issuing a statement today saying “The release of today’s rule demonstrates that the agency continues to…

The 2015 winner in the category of Cost Savings is Loop360 Healthcare Solutions, an Austin, Texas-based vendor that takes a 360° view of your healthcare needs. Vipul Mankad, M.D., founder, chairman and chief medical officer of Loop360, spoke with Healthcare Informatics about the importance of clinical analytics—and why identifying quality issues before they happen can…

Population health management system vendor ZeOmega announced this morning that it has acquired HealthUnity, which offers private and public HIE, MPI, referral management, and patient consent interoperability solutions. ZeOmega says the combined products will form a low-cost PHM infrastructure that overcomes EHR interoperability issues and allows payers and providers to drive value-based care. I discussed…

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., one of the nation’s largest and most innovative health care communities, has been recognized by the Denver Business Journal as Metro Denver’s healthiest extra-large employer. This is the fourth consecutive year the company has topped the list because of its commitment to teammate health and wellness. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150323/DaVita-HealthCare-Partners-named-Metro-Denvers-healthiest-extra-large-employer.aspx       

In the week that the standardised tobacco packaging regulations passed into law, the UK Department of Health has been recognised as an International Tobacco Control Leader by the American Cancer Society. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150319/Department-of-Health-awarded-American-Cancer-Society-e2809cExemplary-Leadershipe2809d-award-for-tobacco-policy-achievements.aspx       

The benefits of health information exchange (HIE) have not yet been realized, according to a recent assessment from researchers at the School of Public Health at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The benefits of health information exchange (HIE) have not yet been realized, according to a recent assessment from researchers at the School of Public…

Top News The House’s proposed doc fix SGR bill includes a requirement stating that “Congress declares it a national objective to achieve widespread exchange of health information through interoperable certified EHR technology nationwide by December 31, 2018” and orders HHS to take action if interoperability metrics aren’t reached that could include Meaningful Use penalties and…

At Texas Children’s Hospital, clinician and IT leaders have achieved pioneering breakthroughs in standardizing and optimizing care delivery in the critically important area of appendicitis care and appendectomy delivery What happens when you bring together several key ingredients—an organization-wide push for clinical performance improvement; a multidisciplinary approach to such improvement, with buy-in from clinician, administrative…