Category: HIE

Innovation is proceeding apace in Maine, where HealthInfoNet, Maine’s statewide HIE, is now leveraging predictive analytics to support care management for its stakeholder provider organizations Innovation is proceeding apace in Maine, where the Portland-based HealthInfoNet, Maine’s statewide health information exchange (HIE), is forging ahead to provide value to HIE stakeholders along a number of dimensions.…

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, a Washington, D.C.-based health insurer, has acknowledged a cyberattack on its company where approximately 1.1 million current and former members had their data compromised. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, a Washington, D.C.-based health insurer, has acknowledged a cyberattack on its company where approximately 1.1 million current and former members had their data compromised. read…

Two Texas health information exchanges have agreed to combine forces to create a network that will cover 35 counties centered around Dallas and San Antonio. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/texas-hies-join-forces/2015-05-20?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

In his keynote address at the Health IT Summit in Boston, David Ramirez, M.D. of the CareMore healthcare delivery system shared with his audience some of the secrets so far of his organization’s care management work In his late-morning keynote address at the Health IT Summit in Boston on May 19, David Ramirez, M.D., chief…

Even among the top health IT-enabled primary care practices, a large amount of physicians are still doing care coordination the old fashioned way. Even among the top health IT-enabled primary care practices, a large amount of physicians are still doing care coordination the old fashioned way. This was one of the core findings of new…

The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council today announced the launch of a global CauseTech.net community and portal site, which is part of a new private sector initiative to crowdsource breakthrough ideas, inventions, products, and emerging technologies that can advance the work done by the UNICEF Global Innovation Center worldwide. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150518/CMO-Council-announces-the-launch-of-global-innovation-ecosystem-to-advance-UNICEFe28099s-work.aspx       

The upcoming year might be the breakthrough year for wearables, in which they begin to achieve the mass market acceptance that has long been expected, according to a report from market researcher Visiongain. The upcoming year might be the breakthrough year for wearables, in which they begin to achieve the mass market acceptance that has…

The American Pain Society (APS), www.americanpainsociety.org, today announced the recipients of its prestigious achievement awards during the organization’s annual scientific meeting. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150514/APS-announces-recipients-of-prestigious-achievement-awards-during-annual-scientific-meeting.aspx       

The San Diego-based Scripps Health and Sharp Healthcare are beginning full participation in the San Diego Health Connect, a regional health information exchange (HIE) that now facilitates the data exchange of more than 2.7 million San Diego County residents. The San Diego-based Scripps Health and Sharp Healthcare are beginning full participation in the San Diego…

Earlier this spring, Judy Murphy, R.N., spoke with HCI about the state of population health and data analytics, at a time of intense change in the healthcare industry Earlier this spring, while participating in the World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC, HCI Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland sat down with Judy Murphy, R.N., to get her…