5 stages of maturity in care coordination and patient collaboration regarding health information exchanges w/ John Smith, Director of Communications at ICA
Care coordination is rapidly becoming the watch-word for improving outcomes and reducing costs. One in four Americans has multiple chronic conditions that require coordinated care in order for care to be effective. That number increases to 66% for patients over 65, a growing segment of the population as baby boomers reach maturity.
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Dr. Hon Pak, CEO of Diversinet, Talks Mobility for Care Coordination
In part 1 of this interview/podcast, HIT Consultant speaks with Dr. Hon Pak , CEO of Diversinet about the following:
Diversinet's strategic direction of powering care coordination through mobility
Army's mCare program
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Partners Healthcare Considers Epic Systems for Integrated Statewide System
Partners Healthcare, the state's largest healthcare provider in Massachusetts is currently in negotiations with Epic Systems to replace it's existing number of various electronic health record systems that was built in-house with a single EHR solution. The transition is expected to cost over $600 million over 10 years will move Partners in the right direction towards a more integrated, statewide system for sharing medical records. Epic Systems will allow each patient a single up to date record
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Video: Farzad Mostashari. “The True Meaning of… Meaningful Use”
The following is a great video from Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology talks about the "true meaning of Meaningful Use." Farzad recently spoke at the Health 2.0 conference in Boston this week sharing his vision of 5 things that the government can do today to pave the way for new technologies in health care.
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When Talking to HIT Recruiters, Are You Asking the Right Questions?
Written by Cherie Lester, Senior Healthcare IT Recruiter at Holland Square Group on talking to HIT recruiters.
The Healthcare Technology industry is more competitive than it has ever been. With an abundant need for qualified HCIT-experienced consultants and very few qualified resources, many Healthcare Technology consultants are overwhelmed with emails and phone calls from industry recruiters.
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Annual Healthcare Costs vs. 2012 Ford Focus: Which is Higher?
Cost of a fully loaded 2012 Ford Focus SEL midsize sedan vs. the average cost of care for a typical American? Sadly,
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Are We on the Verge of a Primary Care Renaissance?
Written by Madelyn Young, Associate Content Writer at CareCloud.
Twitter’s power as an information-sharing tool has made it today’s strongest measuring stick for emerging trends. If you visit the
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InterSystems Launches Next Generation of HealthShare
InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, this week launched the next generation of its InterSystems HealthShare™ strategic informatics platform for interoperability and active analytics.
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Video:ACOs and Patient Safety: Dos and Don’ts
Proponents of ACOs hope increased care coordination will ultimately lead to improved patient safety. But getting there will require ACOs to address a series of regulatory, legal and structural hurdles,
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Video: 99 Problems… and ICD-10 is one!
Making the transition to the ICD-10 code set is a massive undertaking. It will be costly, time consuming, and hardest on small practices. Doctors have to keep up with running their practice while trying to figure out all the government regulations. With frustrations mounting over the issues caused by ANSI 5010 transition and the impending ICD-10 transition, Nuesoft wanted to give a fun outlet for doctors. In the following video parody, Nuesoft employees rap about frustrations over ICD-10
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