In a note to ONC staff, the National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo announced that Dr. Thomas Mason will be joining ONC as the new Chief Medical Officer, effective February 23, 2015. In his new role, Dr. Mason will lead clinical oversight of ONC programs and clinical coordination within ONC, as well as regularly engage with physician organisations. He will report directly to Karen DeSalvo. Mason is a board certified internist with an emphasis on primary care and preventative medicine
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Archives for 2015
Medsphere Adds Population Health Solution to OpenVista EHR
Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of affordable and interoperable EHR solutions, today introduced OpenVista® Population Health, a Windows-based solution that gives clinicians much greater flexibility in how they provide care for both individual patients and broader patient populations.
OpenVista Population Health enables breadth of information by giving clinicians the ability to create multiple panels for patients with common characteristics, i.e., age, diagnosis, community,
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European EHR Market Expected to Reach $3.7B by 2020
The European EHR market earned $2.74 billion in 2014 and is expected to reach $3.69 billion by 2020, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan. The study covers hospital and ambulatory EHR market in Europe finds the growing use of clinical and non-clinical information systems, including patient administration systems, scheduling and billing is fueling the increasing demand for EHRs in Europe.
Europe EHR Market Drivers
Key market drivers highlighted in the report include:
- rising
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Home Health App Delivers Access to Clinical Notes on the Go
Better care coordination is fundamental to improving both patient health and the healthcare system as a whole— and in the long run will save the health care system billions. Medicare’s recent decision to pay physicians to better coordinate care for vulnerable seniors is a significant step toward reducing costs and bettering care by starting with the details that often go overlooked. A recent study found that comprehensive care coordination can reduce hospital readmissions by nearly 25%— over
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Cigna Launches Collaborative Care Initiative with Duke Connected Care
Cigna has launched a collaborative care initiative in the Greater Research Triangle with Duke Connected Care, a clinically integrated network consisting of physicians from Duke Medicine and select local practices. The goal of the new initiative is to improve access to health care, enhance care coordination, and achieve the goal of improved health, affordability and customer experience. This program is now one of 10 Cigna collaborative care initiatives in the Carolinas.
“A customer-centered
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CoverMyMeds Integrates with Epic to Expand ePA Offering
CoverMyMeds, the nation’s largest prior authorization (PA) platform, today announced the completion of an integration with Epic. The integration will allow Epic EHR users to access CoverMyMeds electronic prior authorizations (ePAs) in their EHR workflow, enabling PAs at the point of prescribing. More than 260,000 providers and medical staff—including many also using Epic—already complete PAs through CoverMyMeds. This integration will now allow users to access CoverMyMeds’ trusted PA
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UMC, Cerner Announce 10-Year Expansion Contract for EHR Alignment
University Medical Center (UMC) Health System and Cerner Corp. has announced a 10-year extended and enhanced relationship to align EHR and Clinical IT teams at UMC, Texas Tech Physicians of Lubbock and UMC Physicians Network Services.
Partnership Details
Under the new alignment, UMC will work with Cerner to further implement the shared digital patient record, automate additional clinical workflows including endoscopy and oncology and create a single communications platform across the three
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Huron Consulting Group to Acquire Studer Group for $325M
Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Studer Group, a healthcare consulting firm that helps healthcare providers achieve cultural transformation to deliver and sustain exceptional improvement in clinical outcomes and financial results. Together, the combined organization will have more than 1,500 dedicated healthcare professionals working to empower transformation for healthcare providers.The acquisition will combine Huron
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Doc Halo named ‘Best in Class’ for Healthcare Communication
After extensively reviewing seven companies that offer secure messaging for the healthcare market, American Messaging Services recently named Doc Halo ‘Best in Class’. The Doc Halo mobile app and online system provides a secure texting and HIPAA-compliant environment for the transmission of ePHI (electronic personal health information) over an encrypted platform.
During their six-month comparison, American Messaging Services performed a comprehensive analysis of mobile health platforms and
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Is Social Media the New Doppler Radar for Tracking Diseases?
In today’s world of social media, oversharing is the norm. Twitter is great for discussing everything from that great new movie to what you had for breakfast. Facebook users often post status updates on everything under the sun, including their interactions, frustrations, struggles and even locations. If someone is feeling under the weather, they might post that fact on social media and get an almost instant stream of well-wishes, commiserations and remedy recommendations in return.
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