Tag: Health IT
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How are customers using Big Data?
Von McConnell, Executive Director of the Innovation & Advanced Labs, Sprint, discusses Big Data and Analytics with press and analysts at the 2012 Information…
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Industry Expert: A Balanced View on ACOs
With the news hitting in late July that nine Pioneer accountable care organizations (ACOs) will drop out of the Pioneer program, healthcare experts have been struggling to draw conclusions about what this really means for the future of accountable care. Is it still a realistic outcome? Michael Nugent, managing director of the healthcare practice at…
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Podcast: Three Specific Concerns Over Stage 2 (Part 1 of 2)
If anyone can provide an in-depth look at how CIOs are feeling about Stage 2 of meaningful use in anticipation of October, it’s Micky Tripathi, the President and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC). This is part 1 of a two-part podcast series, in which Tripathi talks with Healthcare Informatics Associate Editor Gabriel Perna…
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Vodafone Health Debate part 1: mHealth Summit 2011, Washington DC
Video highlights of the Vodafone Health debate, held at the mHealth Summit 2011 in Washington DC. The topic of the debate centred around evaluating human beh… Video Rating: 5 / 5
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EMR (Electronic Medical Record)
Patient Information EMR (Electronic Medical Record) is meant to record details of Patient. User can retrieve information on a further date for research & fol…
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Tennessee HIO Implementing Secure Messaging
The East Tennessee Health Information Network (etHIN) is implementing a solution to enable secure direct provider-to-provider messaging exchange of electronic health information, through DataMotion (Morristown, N.J.), the organization announced recently. The East Tennessee Health Information Network (etHIN) is implementing a solution to enable secure direct provider-to-provider messaging exchange of electronic health information, through DataMotion (Morristown,…
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DocuTrac Cuts Cloud Subscription Pricing
DocuTrac hs announced a new pricing structure for their Cloud Hosted Solution of QuicDoc® Office. DocuTrac, who launched its Cloud hosted software in April of this year, claims to be lowering licensing fees by nearly 50%. “Our new subscription fee structure offers a significant cost-savings that will make our EMR and billing software in the…
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Is Your EHR Clinically Valuable?
The following is a guest post by Kyna Fong, Founder of Elation EMR. In healthcare, there’s a generally accepted rule of thumb. Before providers are asked to change how they deliver patient care, they must first be convinced that the change adds clinical value, i.e., improves patient care. The adoption of EHR’s should fit squarely…
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Obama: VA disability claims backlog down 20%
The overwhelming backlog of disability claims by veterans has been reduced by 20 percent since March, President Obama said in a speech at the Disabled American Veterans Convention in Orlando over the weekend. read more Source: Obama: VA disability claims backlog down 20%
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Remote care nurses make difference in home self-monitoring for chronic illness
Home self-monitoring with the support of a remote care nurse is effective in empowering patients with chronic illness in their own healthcare, according to a new study published in Telemedicine and e-Health. read more Source: Remote care nurses make difference in home self-monitoring for chronic illness