Tag: ehr
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athenaClinicals Ranks First for Usability, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Latest KLAS EMR Usability Report
athenahealth is now rated the most usable ambulatory electronic medical record system by health care providers, according to a new KLAS report on Ambulatory EMR Usability, released today. As part of their research KLAS interviewed 163 providers on topics related to the useability of their EMR systems as well as the roles that those systems…
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Mostashari: Clinical quality measurement system needs to evolve
To meet the industry's goals of providing high quality, safe and affordable healthcare, quality measures need to transition from “setting specific narrow snapshots” to a more broad based, meaningful and patient center based assessments “centered in the continuum of time in which care is delivered,” according to an article published in the Journal of the…
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Little savings on tests found through HIE
Participation in a health information exchange did not produce significant savings through a reduction in the number of tests ordered, according to a Colorado study of ambulatory practices. read more …read more Source: Little savings on tests found through HIE
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As EHRs increasingly go mobile, prioritize security efforts
I read with great interest my colleague Greg Slabodkin's thought-provoking commentary this week about electronic health records and mobile technology. Slabodkin, the editor of FierceMobileHealthcare, noted both the “meteoritic” rise in demand for mobile device EHR applications by physicians and the fact that use of mobile technology could make users more satisfied with their EHRs.…
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Telehealth sees explosive growth
Healthcare providers are taking telemedicine to new heights, with the market seeing growth of a whopping 237 percent within a five-year period, according to a new Kalorama report. Officials say the telemedicine patient monitoring market grew from $4.2 billion in 2007 to more than $10 billion in 2012. According to the report, the market itself…
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Beacon Health Partners, Empire BlueCross BlueShield sign Patient Centered Primary Care agreement
Beacon Health Partners, an independent physician network and Accountable Care Organization consisting of almost 300 healthcare practitioners, announced that it has signed a Patient Centered Primary Care agreement with Empire BlueCross BlueShield. …read more Source: Beacon Health Partners, Empire BlueCross BlueShield sign Patient Centered Primary Care agreement
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State highlights: Conn. bill would maintain coverage for low-income parents; Wis. may pay hospitals for uninsured care; Is hospital data sale a risk to patient privacy?
The House of Representatives adopted an omnibus bill Tuesday to implement numerous social service policy changes in the next state budget, including the end of a health coverage program launched by former Gov. M. Jodi Rell to help the uninsured. One thing it doesn’t change: Medicaid eligibility for low-income parents. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had…
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Viewpoints: Kasich on what would Reagan do about Medicaid; The need for more doctors
Leaders in the states that have decided against expanding (Medicaid) have often invoked Reagan conservatism as the reason to oppose extending Medicaid health care coverage to more people. After all, doesn’t (Ronald) Reagan embody modern conservatism? He cut taxes, cut government red tape and fought the growth of entitlements. Yes, he did all those things.…
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NAHQ offers recommendations to preserve integrity of health care quality and patient safety systems
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…
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Habilitative services face uncertain future under Affordable Care Act
Despite their inclusion as essential health benefits, habilitative services face an uncertain future under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new analysis done at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. …read more Source: Habilitative services face uncertain future under Affordable Care Act