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Risk Adjustment in the Medical Home: Building an Effective Reimbursement Strategy

Jun 10, 2013

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Social and demographic factors such as chaos in the home or functional status can complicate care coordination for patients as much as clinical factors, explains Jeff Schiff, M.D., M.B.A., medical director of Minnesota Health Care Programs for the Minnesota Department of Human Services. He identifies two key social/demographic factors getting close attention in Minnesota’s new…

Health Tech Hatch Assists in Blue Button Challenge

Jun 10, 2013

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Health Tech Hatch (Hatch), a resource for entrepreneurs who create innovative health and wellness products and companies, has announced it will operate as the user testing platform for the Blue Button Patient Co-Design Challenge, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) newest challenge effort which seeks to amplify the voices of…

Cleveland Clinic Increases Online Health Record Transparency for Patients

Jun 10, 2013

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Cleveland Clinic, a large nonprofit multi-specialty academic medical center, has announced that it is making patient data more transparent through its MyChart online patient portal. Cleveland Clinic, a large nonprofit multi-specialty academic medical center, has announced that it is making patient data more transparent through its MyChart online patient portal. read more

Telemedicine Market Grew 237 Percent in Five Years, Report Finds

Jun 10, 2013

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A new report from the New York City-based research firm, Kalorama Information indicates that the telemedicine market has grown 237 percent in five years, from 2007 to last year. In a report, Advanced Patient Monitoring Systems, Kalorama revealed that the market value went from $4.2 billion to $10 billion in that time period. A new…

NAHQ offers recommendations to preserve integrity of health care quality and patient safety systems

Jun 6, 2013

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For too long, progress in preventing medication errors and other mistakes that compromise patient safety in healthcare facilities has been unacceptably slow and patients in the majority of U.S. hospitals may not be much safer today than they were 10 years ago, according to an editorial published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality. …read more…

‘Hybrid’ medical record systems boost likelihood of errors

Jun 4, 2013

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Using both a paper and an electronic health record system at the same time–a common practice during an entity's transition from paper to EHRs–increases the likelihood of errors, according to a recent study from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority. read more …read more Source: 'Hybrid' medical record systems boost likelihood of errors

Wrong-Patient Medication Errors Examined by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority

Jun 4, 2013

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Over 800 wrong-patient medication errors were reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority in a six-month period with errors most common during the transcribing and administration phases and least often during the dispensing and prescribing phases, according to information in the June Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory released today. “While often thought to occur only during…