Category: HIE

In the latest iteration of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s efforts to reform health IT policy, the Committee announced a hearing to focus on health information exchange. Congressional Affairs Senate Hearing to Evaluate Health Information Exchange Set for Wednesday Key Takeaway: This week the Senate HELP Committee will hear from a…

Government entities have strongly pushed forward on the interoperability of health IT systems in 2015. But are government regulations and rules the right way to achieve true data exchange between disparate systems? Whether it is the interoperability roadmap, Stage 3 provisions, the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, or the proposed the 21st…

Quality Systems, Inc. Announces Retirement of President and Chief Executive Officer Steven T. Plochocki; Names Rusty Frantz Successor Quality Systems announces that President and CEO Steven T. Plochocki will retire from the Company, effective June 30, 2015. He will be replaced by Rusty Frantz, former Carefusion SVP/GM. So What is Interoperability Anyway? John Halamka, MD…

About one-third of patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) will develop delirium, a condition that lengthens hospital stays and substantially increases one’s risk of dying in the hospital, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers appearing in the British Medical Journal. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150604/Delirium-in-ICU-associated-with-lengthier-hospital-stays-and-greater-risk-of-death.aspx       

At the American Medical Group Association, president and CEO Donald W. Fisher, Ph.D., talks about the exciting times his association’s member groups are living through, as they push ahead into the thickets of population health work Making the leap to true population health management is turning out to be a herculean task for healthcare providers…

A new paper from Brookings Institution fellow Niam Yaraghi examines why it’s so hard to measure the benefits of the government’s half-billion-dollar investment in health information exchange. He finds continuing promise in effective data exchange, though he notes that establishing such organizations has been a rocky road for many. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/brookings-niam-yaraghi-us-verge-realizing-returns-hie-investments/2015-05-29?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss…

0 For the most part, we all deserve a second chance in life. No one deserves to be branded a failure because of one poorly-executed effort. But in the case of HIE in Connecticut, is it better for an entity to stick to its strengths and not try again? For the most part, I’m a…

Mark A. Lumley, Ph.D., professor and director of the clinical psychology Ph.D. program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University, recently received the 2015 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation McDevitt Excellence in Research Award in the area of clinical research. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150528/Mark-A-Lumley-recognized-by-BSBS-of-MI-for-research-on-cognitive-behavioral-coping-skills-training.aspx       

Although it is surrounded by states that have had relative success with statewide health information exchange efforts, Connecticut has struggled to develop an HIE. Last year it pulled the plug on its earlier efforts after spending $4.3 million in federal grant money. But legislators are taking another stab at it. Although it is surrounded by…

Consumers impacted by a cyberattack on CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield may have also included House lawmakers. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/us-house-members-possibly-impacted-carefirst-cyberattack/2015-05-22?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss