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Texas to Accredit HIEs Through New Partnership
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and the Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) have announced a partnership to develop a state accreditation program for public and private health information exchange (HIE) organizations operating in Texas. The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and the…
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Factors that Influence Healthcare Information Technology Adoption – Breakaway Thinking
The following is a guest blog post by Laura Speek, learning and development specialist at The Breakaway Group, a Xerox company. Check out all of the blog posts in the Breakaway Thinking series. Healthcare organizations of nearly every variety are heavily involved in analyzing a smorgasbord of choices in electronic health record (EHR) technology. While…
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Provider workflow suffers after poor EHR implementation process
While one intention of electronic health record implementation is to improve provider workflow, that was hardly the case for pair of southern California hospitals. read more Source: Provider workflow suffers after poor EHR implementation process
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Special report: At CHIME13, health IT leaders had money on their minds
Sessions at the annual College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) conference in Arizona last week ran the gamut from governance and leadership to patient identifiers to data analytics to federal initiatives such as Meaningful Use. But one common theme emerged time and again throughout the week: Money. read more Source: Special report: At CHIME13,…
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Hurdles to big data use in healthcare more social than technical
Are the real hurdles to using big data in healthcare social and not technical? A report authored by Gina Neff, a professor in the department of communication at the University of Washington in Seattle argues just that, saying that big data won’t cure us because although data-intensive modeling has immense potential, figuring out how to…
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IBM Research Unveils Two New Watson Related Projects from Cleveland Clinic Collaboration
IBM Research today unveiled two new Watson-related cognitive technologies that are expected to help physicians make more informed and accurate decisions faster and to cull new insights from electronic medical records. The projects known as “WatsonPaths” and “Watson EMR Assistant” are the result of a year-long research collaboration with faculty, physicians and students at Cleveland…
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InteliChart Patient Portal Version 2.5 Extends 2014 ONC HIT Certification While Enabling DirectTrust Capability
InteliChart has announced InteliChart Patient Portal version 2.5, has enhanced its ONC-certified EHR module by certifying for five additional modules of the 2014 Edition’s criteria in both the Inpatient and Ambulatory domains. The designation, which comes six months after the company’s initial 2014 certification, indicates that InteliChart’s technology is authorized to help eligible healthcare organizations…
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Health IT venture capital funding on pace to double 2012 totals
Venture capital funding for the healthcare IT industry is on pace to double up last year’s totals, according to Mercom Capital Group’s most recent report. In the third quarter of 2013 alone, more than 150 deals accounted for $737 million raised in VC funding, while year to date, that total is $1.85 billion. read more…
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Two Watson-based tools offer docs real-time analysis
Scientists have trained IBM’s “Jeopardy!” champ Watson to interact more naturally with doctors in two new projects aimed at improving patient care. The work is a collaboration between… read more Source: Two Watson-based tools offer docs real-time analysis
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Beacon mHealth pilots show promise in combating type 2 diabetes
Early findings from three U.S. communities that received federal funding through the Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program suggest a “promising impact of mHealth on behavior… read more Source: Beacon mHealth pilots show promise in combating type 2 diabetes