Tag: informatics
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HIStalk Interviews Frank Naeymi-Rad, Chairman and CEO, Intelligent Medical Objects
Frank Naeymi-Rad, PhD is chairman and CEO of Intelligent Medical Objects of Northbrook, IL. Tell me about yourself and the company. I received my computer science doctorate degree from Illinois Institute of Technology. My dissertation research work was in developing medical dictionaries that support electronic medical records, decision support, and information retrieval used at the…
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Study: Immigrants give more to Medicare than they get
Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, a professor of public health at the City University of New York, remembers a 48-year-old Hispanic immigrant and father of three who died of a heart attack several years ago at… …read more Source: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130529/NEWS/305299947
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In The Trenches Tips for EMR Transitions
Over on EMR and EHR recently, Anne Zieger wrote a post about three tips for EHR transitions. As is often the case, one of our passionate readers emailed me a response to the EHR tips that Anne wrote about. I don’t always post what people send me, but I do like to sprinkle in the…
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Reform Update: Medicare managed care linked to overall savings, study finds
Hospital visits are shorter and less costly for all patients in markets with more of them enrolled in Medicare managed care, according to new research. The results suggest hospitals make far-reaching changes to delivery as incentives to better… …read more Source: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130529/NEWS/305299966
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Defense Dept. weighs commercial vs. open-source EHR
Will the Defense Department buy a commercial electronic health-record system and consummate one of the largest healthcare information technology deals in U.S. history? …read more Source: Defense Dept. weighs commercial vs. open-source EHR
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Epic leads in ambulatory-care EHR incentive payments
Epic Systems Corp. sits atop a heap of more than 400 developers of complete electronic health-record systems for ambulatory-care physicians and other eligible professionals who have received federal EHR incentive payments, federal data shows. …read more Source: Epic leads in ambulatory-care EHR incentive payments
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Beacon program success highlights HIE value
The Beacon Community program has shown that health information exchange meets real business needs and brings value to the industry, according to National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari. read more …read more Source: Beacon program success highlights HIE value
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Data security group HITrust reports breach
The Health Information Trust Alliance, a Frisco, Texas-based organization that promotes data security, has been hacked. …read more Source: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130529/NEWS/305299952
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Case study: EHR alert overload complicates treatment, harms patient
Alert overload and the alert fatigue it causes can complicate treatment and lead to adverse patient results, according to a case study published in the June issue of Pediatrics. read more …read more Source: Case study: EHR alert overload complicates treatment, harms patient
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Law mandating EHR use to maintain licensure seen as ‘misguided’
At least one provider has taken a stand against a provision of a Massachusetts law passed last summer that requires physicians to demonstrate that they use electronic health records and other health IT as a condition of maintaining their license to practice medicine in the state. read more …read more Source: Law mandating EHR use…