University Hospitals of Cleveland to build out population health strategy...
University Hospitals in Cleveland will extend its Allscripts Sunrise Clinical Manager platform in nine hospitals to add modules for surgery, anesthesia, radiology and mobility with the goal of boosting...
View ArticleEpic, Meditech, Surescripts showcase interoperability with regional HIE
One of the most encouraging real-world object lessons in data liberation emerged at the HIMSS16 Interoperability Showcase last month in a demo called "911 Continuity of Care." The scenario showed how...
View ArticleModernizing the patient experience could boost revenue up by 16 percent,...
C-suite executives say offering a highly individualized experience to customers could ratchet up their revenue by 16 percent, according to new research.But only 20 percent of those execs polled graded...
View ArticleProviders and payers blame interoperability issues and data blocking on EHR...
More than half of providers pointed a finger straight at their EHR vendors for existing connectivity defects, lacking interoperability and, perhaps worst, data blocking and silos, according to a report...
View ArticleOpenVista EHR maker Medsphere signs HHS interoperability pledge
Medsphere, which makes the OpenVista electronic health records, became the latest EHR vendor to honor the call from Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell to make it easier for patients to...
View ArticleONC asks for public feedback on interoperability progress
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is asking the healthcare community to weigh in on the progress it's making toward "a future where health information is flowing between providers...
View ArticleDoD gives Cerner EHR implementation a name: MHS Genesis
The Military Health System's massive EHR modernization project has a new name – MHS Genesis – and will begin in earnest at the end of this year, U.S. Department of Defense officials said."The meaning...
View ArticleLahey Health taps Quartet for behavioral health technology
Lahey Health and technology company Quartet Health have launched a partnership to boost behavioral healthcare delivery. Lahey, which provides care in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, will tap Quartet's...
View ArticleCerner population health chief John Glaser: Analytics, big data, Internet of...
Cerner’s John Glaser said today’s overarching technology trends — analytics, big data and the Internet of Things — have enormous potential to improve the way individual patients receive care. “We’re...
View ArticleVermont to employ Google Ventures-backed PatientPing to coordinate care
As part of the Vermont Health Care Innovation Project, the Green Mountain State has tapped Boston-based PatientPing for data exchange among its hospitals.Vermont officials and healthcare professionals...
View ArticleKaren DeSalvo on HIMSS Radio at HIMSS16
Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Acting Assitant Secretary for DHHS, talks with Justin Barnes, host of HIMSS Radio, about some of the announcements made at...
View ArticleThe Evolving EPCS Landscape: A Prescription for Stopping Opioid Abuse
Sponsor: Dr. FirstPrimary topic: Meaningful UseTopic: ClinicalInteroperabilityMeaningful UseResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View ArticleCIO LaVerne Council says VA needs new EHR with analytics, cloud, patient...
Veterans Affairs CIO LaVerne Council on Thursday testified that she has recommended a "state-of-the-art, world class" electronic health record to VA Undersecretary for Health David Shulkin, MD, and...
View ArticleAMA's Kathleen Blake to replace ONC's Karen DeSalvo as co-chair of HIT Policy...
National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, is stepping away from the co-chair role on the ONC Health IT Policy Committee.Kathleen Blake, MD, vice president of performance improvement at the American...
View ArticleEHR tension heats up between VA and Congressional Appropriations Committee...
A U.S. House committee made funding the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to replace its VistA electronic health record with a commercial product contingent on a number of points, including proving...
View ArticleWEDI: Programs to fix gaps in care have potential for big ROI
More widespread implementation of gaps in care programs is essential to realizing the value of population health management, according to a new report from the Workgroup for Electronic Data...
View ArticleLawmakers propose 90-day meaningful use reporting period for 2016
U.S. Senators and Representatives introduced a bill on Wednesday that would reduce the meaningful use reporting period from a full year to 90 days – and do so in 2016, a move pressed by healthcare...
View ArticleONC offers 4 ways to build better EHR comparison shopping tools
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT put forth its suggestions for helping hospitals, physicians and other care providers make more informed decisions about the technologies they buy in...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard pulls out of Epic EHR contract, forcing return to paper records
The United States Coast Guard has terminated its electronic health record contract with Epic, it was confirmed today.Officials uncovered various irregularities, which drove the final decision to...
View ArticleMariann Yeager on HIMSS Radio at HIMSS16
Mariann Yeager, Chief Executive Officer at The Sequoia Project, talks with Justin Barnes on HIMSS Radio about emerging trends at HIMSS16, especially around interoperability.WATCH: Video segments and...
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