Tag: patient engagement
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The BYOD Rx
5 Tips For Addressing Risk, Security and Privacy Considerations for BYOD in Healthcare …read more Source: http://www.healthcaretechnologyonline.com/Doc/the-byod-rx-0001?atc~c=771+s=774+r=001+l=a
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Purple Button Technology – A Means to Overcome the Patient Safety Epidemic
Securely sharing patient safety information is critical to preventing adverse events. Purple Button technology helps hospitals do just that — from the patient bedside to the boardroom. …read more Source: Purple Button Technology – A Means to Overcome the Patient Safety Epidemic
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Survey Shows Adoption of EHR Systems by Office-Based Physicians Reaches All-Time High
Adoption of electronic health records systems in U.S. medical practices has reached an all-time high, as more than three in four U.S. physicians are now utilizing EHRs that they or a hospital partner own, or are in the process of transitioning to one, according to the 2013 Physicians Practice Technology Survey, sponsored by ZirMed. Physicians…
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How to mitigate unintended consequences of data exchange
A paper published this month in the Journal of General Internal Medicine builds on the HIE Unintended Consequences Work Group's report from last fall to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to discuss seven categories that, if not managed properly, could produce unintended consequences. read more …read more Source: How to mitigate…
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Meaningful use penalties could be difficult to avoid in Stage 2, experts say
The difficulty between what it takes to achieve Stage 1 and Stage 2 is so great, it could easily catch some providers off guard, says Laura Kreofsky, principal advisor at Naperville, Ill.-based Impact Advisors, who specializes in meaningful use. There could be a fair amount of hospitals and eligible providers that will fall short of…
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Practice Fusion Partners with Medical Billing Solution Providers, Offering an Integrated Experience and Choice for Users
Practice Fusion has announced partnerships with three large web-based billing solutions providers. The partnership gives the 100,000 plus monthly active users on the Practice Fusion EMR platform the ability to select billing software that best fits their needs. Like Practice Fusion, each of these new partners are web-based and cost-effective. ADP AdvancedMD, CollaborateMD and NueMD…
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Texas lawmakers pass bill to stop Medicaid expansion; Arizona debate gets heated
The Republican-majority Texas Legislature makes changes to a bill so the state bans expansion under the Affordable Care Act but doesn’t violate current Medicaid law. In Arizona, meanwhile, Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes five bills to prod lawmakers to expand the program and pass a budget. …read more Source: Texas lawmakers pass bill to stop Medicaid…
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UI Hospital recognized for adoption of electronic medical records technology
The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System has been recognized for its advanced adoption of electronic medical records technology by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and is now among the 10 percent of U.S. hospitals with paperless patient records. …read more Source: UI Hospital recognized for adoption of electronic medical records…
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CMS audit examines Medicare payments for hospice care
With Medicare spending on hospice skyrocketing in recent years, the program’s watchdog office says tying hospital payment more closely to the timing of patient transfers from the hospital to the hospice could have cut federal spending by as much as… …read more Source: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130529/NEWS/305299959
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Clinical IT Governance Update
Yesterday I led the Clinical IT Governance meeting at BIDMC and I thought it would be interesting for my readers to get an inside look of the kind of topics we’re discussing and how we’re implementing our most challenging projects. 1. Joint Commission debriefLast week the Joint Commission visited BIDMC and the experience was very…