Tag: ehr
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Saban Research Institute hosted symposium on MUCMD at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
The Saban Research Institute recently hosted the 3rd annual Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data (MUCMD) Symposium. Organized by Randall Wetzel, MD, chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, MUCMD is a forum that fosters communication between physicians and “Big Data” experts in order to make use…
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In states resistant to the health law, poorest residents unlikely to get aid
USA Today reports on how, in states that opted not to pursue the health law’s Medicaid expansion, many of the poorest residents may fall through the cracks. Meanwhile, the San Jose Mercury News looks at some of the states that have been the most resistant to implementing the health law. From: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130907/In-states-resistant-to-the-health-law-poorest-residents-unlikely-to-get-aid.aspx
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T-Mobile: IBM Netezza Client Success Video
Network engineering success at scale with IBM Netezza Christine Twiford, T-Mobile’s Manager of Network Technology Solutions, explains how and why T-Mobile re…
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Mobile Healthcare
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UHC Partners With NYU Langone, Cleveland Clinic on Data Exchange
United Healthcare (UHC), the Chicago-based alliance of 118 academic medical centers and 299 of its affiliated hospitals, has partnered with New York University’s Langone Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio to work on seamlessly transferring patient data. United Healthcare (UHC), the Chicago-based alliance of 118 academic medical centers and 299 of its affiliated…
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Western States Consortium Pilot of Direct Demonstrates the Power of Federal/State Coordination
Health care providers in California and Oregon are now querying each others’ provider directories and sending interstate Direct messages as a result of the Western States Consortium project. The Consortium’s final report, released today, details how the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) collaborated with 13 states to successfully test ways…
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Study Finds EHR Errors Related to Default Values Could Affect Patient Safety
Of the more than 300 events related to electronic health record (EHR) software default values analyzed by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, three percent resulted in unsafe conditions or prolonged hospitalization of patients, according to the Authority’s new report. Of the more than 300 events related to electronic health record (EHR) software default values analyzed…
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Researchers Explore Pediatric Care Coordination with Health Information Regulations
A new study from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) has looked at the relationship between health information laws and health system improvements for children and adolescents under Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit. A new study from the George Washington University School of Public…
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Mostashari urges docs to focus on making IT tools meaningful
Doctors struggling with the federal mandates to implement healthcare technology and the push to evidence-based medicine should focus on things they can control, rather than things they can’t, outgoing ONC Chief Farzad Mostashari suggested in a recent interview with Medscape. read more Source: Mostashari urges docs to focus on making IT tools meaningful
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VA Hands Out Lucrative Telehealth Contract
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has doled out a five-year, $28.8 million contract to AMC Health for telehealth software and services, the government agency and vendor jointly announced. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has doled out a five-year, $28.8 million contract to AMC Health for telehealth software and services, the government agency and…