Tag: ehr
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Leapfrog Group Launches Tool to Calculate Hospital Error Costs
The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based healthcare-purchaser organization focused on patient safety and value, has launched a new online tool that allows purchasers to calculate how much they spend annually on unnecessary costs due to medical errors that occur within general acute care hospitals. The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based healthcare-purchaser organization focused on patient…
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Do Hospitals Need an EDW to Participate in an ACO?
The following is a guest blog post by Dana Sellers, Chief Executive Officer of Encore Health Resources. Dana’s comments are in response to my post titled, “Skinny Data Solves Specific Problems While BIG DATA Looks for Unseen Problems.” For more context, also check out my post on Skinny Data in Healthcare, and my video interview…
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Message matters: The persuasive impact of health blogs
Health-focused blogs and journals can have a positive impact on patients, but they're much more effective when written in non-narrative form by authors to whom readers can relate. read more Source: Message matters: The persuasive impact of health blogs
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The Doctor Is In (and Wants to Get Online)
Compared with some industries, mobile computing came late to healthcare. But now, the revolution is accelerating—both on the clinician end-user side, and in the arena of clinician-patient communications and care management. How are IT leaders engaging clinicians and helping clinicians engage patients, in the emerging healthcare? CIOs and CMIOs are figuring out how to help…
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People place too much trust in apps for controlling their health
A little information can be a dangerous thing for consumers attempting to self-diagnose their ailments. The ease of use the Internet affords with its powerful search engines and plentiful content… read more Source: People place too much trust in apps for controlling their health
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Rural healthcare on the mend
Rural healthcare is more stable than ever before, thanks to technology and initiatives introduced by the Affordable Care Act. But the challenge now is to maintain and grow those success stories, according to a panel of experts speaking at an Alliance for Health Reform event on July 26 in Washington, D.C. read more Source: Rural…
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Costly Vermont health IT projects may not earn ROI for 10 years
Vermont and the federal government will spend more than $427 million to launch and run two healthcare-related IT projects but will not see “quantifiable savings” for five to 10 years. read more Source: Costly Vermont health IT projects may not earn ROI for 10 years
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5 recommendations for generating electronic clinical quality measures
Even some of the more sophisticated electronic health record users are running into trouble using their EHRs to generate the clinical quality measures (CQMs) required by the Meaningful Use program, according to a new American Hospital Association report. read more Source: 5 recommendations for generating electronic clinical quality measures
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Mobile children’s clinics to offer telemedicine links to specialists
South Florida mobile medical clinics operated by Children's Health Fund will be able to link to pediatric specialists from the University of Miami Health System thanks to a recent telemedicine upgrade. read more Source: Mobile children's clinics to offer telemedicine links to specialists
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