Tag: informatics
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Becoming An ACO: 7 Steps To Better Population Health
In an accountable care organization (ACO), a network of providers shares the financial risk and responsibility for healthcare management and service delivery for a large group of patients. Together, they work to find ways to improve population health and lower costs. For example, providers can better coordinate patient care to close gaps in care and…
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Embracing Analytics As the Key To Excellence
Today, CMOs and other physician leaders are still diplomats, but they also have critical operational responsibilities, including achieving quality outcomes, managing physician productivity, driving organizational growth and leading care delivery innovations. …read more Source: Embracing Analytics As the Key To Excellence
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Responding To Revenue Cycle Challenges With Analytics
For all its complexities, healthcare is an amazingly effective industry. Yet everyone will admit that change is necessary. With exceptions, healthcare today is still largely a fee-for-service business. The resulting inefficiencies are not only hard to ignore, they are also a detriment to clinical quality, according to The Dartmouth Atlas Project, an ongoing study of…
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Medication IT doesn’t take time away from patient care
Using an electronic medication management system did not significantly affect the amount of time doctors and nurses in an Australian study spent on direct patient care or medication-related tasks…. read more …read more Source: Medication IT doesn't take time away from patient care
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ONC unveils Direct HIE implementation guidelines
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has released new guidelines to provide recommended policies and practices for health information service providers (HISPs), trust communities and accrediting bodies such as DirectTrust to enable providers to securely exchange patient information across geographic, organizational and vendor boundaries. read more …read more Source: ONC unveils Direct…
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Washington Debrief: Senate Bill Tries to Make ICD-10 Implementation Illegal
Three Republicans in the Senate have introduced a companion bill to a House of Representatives bill that would prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from replacing ICD-9 with ICD-10 in implementing the HIPAA code set standards. US Providers at ‘Tipping Point’ in EHR adoption Over 80 percent of eligible hospitals (EHs) and more…
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AARP Illinois highlights report on uninsured Illinois veterans this Memorial Day
This Memorial Day, AARP Illinois is highlighting a recent report by the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation which shows that nearly 17,600 of the 42,000 currently uninsured Illinois veterans would receive health coverage if Medicaid is expanded under the Affordable Care Act. …read more Source: AARP Illinois highlights report on uninsured Illinois veterans…
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Memorial Day Tribute
Today I took my two older kids (9 and 6) to the store with me to pick up a few things for Memorial Day. When we walked into the store an older couple was sitting at the door collecting donations for veterans. I have a soft spot in my heart for veterans and the couple…
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Mobile devices and apps getting popular with radiologists
Portable tablets and mobile apps are a growing trend in radiology, according to the 2013 Diagnostic Imaging Watch report released by Novation, an Irving, Tex.-based hospital and healthcare supply… read more …read more Source: Mobile devices and apps getting popular with radiologists
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Morning Headlines 5/28/13
DOD,VA to Clear Claims Backlog DoD responds to accusations that its HER decision is hindering the effort to reduce the veteran’s disability claims backlog by outlining a cross-department plan of attack which includes providing VA Benefits personnel direct log in access to DoD’s electronic medical record system and improving the format of DoD treatment records…