Tag: Health IT
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Performance Quality Measurement and Reporting for Accountable Care
When tracked within its electronic medical record, key interventions like transitional care coaching and an expanded Patient Health Questionnaire not only improve the care provided to John C. Lincoln ACO’s population but provide a clearer picture of the accountable care organization’s performance, note Karen Furbush, business consultant, and Heather Jelonek, chief operating officer of the…
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Highmark Health Services forms ‘Accountable Care Alliance’ in Western Pennsylvania
Highmark Health Services, a Pittsburgh-based health insurer, has announced the formation of the Accountable Care Alliance, in collaboration with health care providers in the Allegheny Health Network (AHN), which it maintains will improve the coordination of care and lower health care costs. Highmark Health Services, a Pittsburgh-based health insurer, has announced the formation of the…
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Patients Eager To Access Medical Images Online
A new study suggests that making medical images accessible online to patients might be a fruitful method for getting patient engagement up in time for Meaningful Use Stage 2, reports EHR Intelligence. The study, by IDR Medical and Carestream Health, surveyed 1,000 patients who had recently had an imaging study done, in an effort to examine…
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HHS Awards $12 Million to Help Teaching Health Centers Train PCPs
Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $12 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support primary care residency programs in 32 Teaching Health Centers across the nation. Funding will help train more than 300 residents during the 2013-2014 academic year, doubling the number of residents trained in the previous academic year. Health and Human…
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Facebook effective in helping researchers recruit for clinical trials
Social networking site Facebook could be a valuable tool in recruiting patients for cardiac trials, according to researchers from the University of Alabama. read more Source: Facebook effective in helping researchers recruit for clinical trials
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Why vendor selection is vital for telehealth efforts
Vendor selection and technology adoption are two of the biggest challenges for providers looking to implement telehealth at their facilities, according to Erin Denholm, CEO at Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Centura Health at Home, the post-acute care division of 15-hospital Centura Health. read more Source: Why vendor selection is vital for telehealth efforts
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Survey: 70 Percent of Providers are Cutting Costs Due to Healthcare Reform
Healthcare providers are actively reducing costs in reaction to changes brought by healthcare reform, according to a survey from Provista, an Irving, Tx.-based supply chain improvement company. Healthcare providers are actively reducing costs in reaction to changes brought by healthcare reform, according to a survey from Provista, an Irving, Tx.-based supply chain improvement company. read…
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California to Launch Immunization-Messaging Portal in August
In August 2013, the California Department of Public Health will launch an immunization-messaging portal that it says will help providers qualify for meaningful use incentive payments. To qualify for meaningful use payments, immunization information will need to be submitted in HL7 format from a certified EHR. In August 2013, the California Department of Public Health…
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Legislators: Expand EHR anti-kickback safe harbors
In a recent letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, House legislators call for the expansion of the physician self-referral law exception and anti-kickback statute safe harbor for electronic health records. read more From: http://www.fierceemr.com/story/legislators-expand-ehr-anti-kickback-safe-harbors/2013-07-19?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
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‘Minimal necessary’ security standards make sense for med devices
Federal regulators should set some “minimal necessary” security protections for medical devices, but too much regulation could hamper vendors' efforts to improve them, according to Sharon Finney, data security leader at Adventist Health System. read more From: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/minimal-necessary-security-standards-make-sense-med-devices/2013-07-19?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss