Tag: industry
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EHR and HIT News for April 17th
Today’s EHR and HIT news includes two partnership items, the first from Health Solutions Plus and Context4 Healthcare allowing shared customers to streamline processes and the second from Creative Computing Solutions , and Socrata who have announced a strategic partnership that they claim will help federal agencies leverage data to make informed mission and program…
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Creating a Healthcare System Without Infection – Is it Possible?
In the complex world of healthcare IT today, many of the hot topics encompass concerns around meaningful use, accountable care, and population health. While these issues are at the core of healthcare IT, one area …
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In a Shifting Vendor Landscape, Why the HCI 100 Matters More Than Ever
Want to know what’s really going on these days in the healthcare IT vendor sphere? The Healthcare Informatics 100 will once again be a uniquely important touchstone for our industry It’s always amusing to me how the received wisdom so often ends up being just plain wrong.
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At Healthcare Experience Design conference, designers rethink ‘broken processes’
At the third annual Healthcare Experience Design conference on Monday, several hundred designers, developers and other creative thinkers put their minds to drawing up better experiences for patients and providers alike. “We need you to help this industry learn how to do better,” Jacob Reider, MD, chief medical officer at the Office of the National…
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Countdown To ICD-10: Prepared For Success? Or, Prepared To Fail?
The Oct. 1, 2014 ICD-10 implementation deadline is quickly approaching, leaving the healthcare industry little time to prepare for the transition. Although the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has previously extended the implementation deadline, the agency has strongly advised the industry that future extensions are unlikely.
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Building the Future through CMS eHealth
By Robert Tagalicod, Director, Office of E-Health Standards and Services Transforming Health Care What is the most important electronic initiative in health care today? Is it the switch to ICD-10 that will enable us to capture information more accurately? The widespread adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs) to provide an infrastructure for electronic…
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The Security Risks of Medical Devices
Beth Israel Deaconess has been outspoken about the risks of malware on FDA 510k approved medical devices such as radiology workstations, echocardiogram machines, and patient monitors. Although these devices appear to be “appliances” that you simply plug into the network and use for patient care, they are actually sophisticated computers, often running outdated…
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Healthcare Analytics: Big Data – the next new thing in HIT
Coming from HealthIT News Week, a report on anticipated future developments for “Big Data” and clinical decision support. Link: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/6-keys-future-analytics-and-big-data-healthcare?single-page=true Excerpt: “A recently released report by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation proves the value of big data is certainly something to take seriously. And as more organizations create plans to make better use of and leverage…