Tag: ehr
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How to get started with Big Data Part1
To achieve ROI and insight from big data, you need more than just software and analysts. This session will explore how to diagnose your business needs with a… Video Rating: 5 / 5
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Hospitals to face more severe penalties for patients’ readmissions
News coverage continues regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital readmissions reduction program with details of a final rule released Friday and a local look at how hospitals are faring in Georgia and Missouri. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130807/Hospitals-to-face-more-severe-penalties-for-patients-readmissions.aspx
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Doc-owned hospitals thriving in Texas despite ban from Medicare, Medicaid
George Ten Eyck is prepped for surgery by Christine Varela, a registered nurse, at Victory Healthcare in Hurst. The facility is part of a physician-owned chain that is growing despite not taking Medicare or Medicaid patients. Physician-owned hospitals in North Texas are finding ways to expand despite being banned from accepting Medicare and Medicaid patients…
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Morning Headlines 8/7/13
Farzad Mostashari, M.D., ONC Chief, Stepping Down Farzad Mostashari, M.D, will step down this fall after serving two years as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Reduction in federal funding will result in job cuts at many Vermont hospitals Fletcher Allen Health Care (VT) will add 280 jobs over the next 10 years despite…
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What’s Next for ONC? Dr. Mostashari’s Departure and the Next Fork in the Road
The announcement from HHS on August 6 that Farzad Mostashari, M.D. was preparing to leave his position as National Coordinator for Health IT this fall was very surprising. What’s important now is for the next National Coordinator to be as strategic and persuasive a leader as he has been. The announcement from the Department of…
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The August HIT Council Meeting
On Monday, the HIT Council met to review progress on health information exchange in Massachusetts. Here’s the presentation we used. You’ll see that we’ve sent 1,349,083 transactions through the MassHIway. Increasingly we’re seeing subnetworks – aggregations of clinicians in regions of the state – joining the MassHIway to send transactions to other subnetworks. We’ve heard…
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SPOC A Secure and Privacy Preserving Opportunistic Computing Framework for Mobile Healthcare Emergen
info@thebookmyproject.com http://www.thebookmyproject.com/ Solution de gestion de stock et de prestations en milieu hospitalier (hôpitaux, cliniques, EMS). Video Rating: 0 / 5
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Mostashari’s Greatest Hits
I often found myself impressed with the way Dr. Farzad Mostashari could bring the focus of conversations about e-health regulations or standards development back to the larger picture of improving care and patient engagement, and he did so in a way that seemed inspirational to those doing the heavy lifting in this field. As journalists,…
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Florida Board of Medicine considers raising EHR, paper copy rates
The Florida Board of Medicine is considering changing its rules to allow providers to charge higher rates for copies of medical records, both paper and electronic. read more Source: Florida Board of Medicine considers raising EHR, paper copy rates
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Thank You Farzad
This morning, National HIT Coordinator Farzad Mostashari resigned. His letter to ONC staff was profound. As I read it, I felt a lump in my throat. He will be missed. How much do I respect him? I have not worn a tie since Y2K, except for a bow tie last year in honor of Farzad.…