Today, at the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago, HIMSS released the results of the 26th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey. The survey of more than 300 participants conducted between January 9, 2015 and February 24, 2015, examined key trending issues impacting the business of healthcare including patient considerations, security concerns, insurance models and policy mandates.
Here are 11 key findings from the survey:
1. 72 percent of respondents report that consumer and
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Archives for 2015
InstaMed Brings Apple Pay to Healthcare For First Time
Nearly 20 percent of U.S. consumers with credit records — 42.9 million people — have unpaid medical debts, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. With mobile payments expected to reach grow from $52 billion in 2014 to $142 billion by 2019, the healthcare industry must leverage simple, secure and private payment solution as more consumers enroll in high deductible health plans.
To address the growing consumer need for mobile payments, InstaMed, a healthcare payment network
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AstraZeneca To Use Patient-Reported Data From PatientsLikeMe for Pharma Research
PatientsLikeMe announced this morning a five-year agreement with AstraZeneca to provide patient-reported data in support of the pharmaceutical company's research initiatives. This is a first of its kind agreement for AstraZeneca and signals an intent to increasingly engage the patient voice in development programs. It's also a collaboration that we both believe will transform the discovery process, and help create products and services tailored to what patients really
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#HIMSS15: 70% of Physicians Believe Health IT Decreased Patient Engagement
Despite U.S. doctors’ increased use of technology, more than two-thirds (70 percent) of them believe that health IT has decreased the amount of time they spend with patients, according to a new survey by Accenture. The findings revealed during HIMSS15 is part of a six-country survey of more than 2,600 physicians, including roughly 600 in the United States found about three-fourths (76 percent) of those surveyed believe that interoperability of the tools currently available limits their ability
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Apervita Unveils Marketplace for Health Analytics & Data
Apervita has unveiled the world’s first community and marketplace for health analytics & data, empowering prominent global health enterprises to publish and commercialize their knowledge, sharing it with health professionals everywhere. This approach uniquely addresses the burgeoning demand for health analytics & data by empowering leading enterprises to capture and share their expertise, making it readily available through a marketplace for all to use.
The rapidly growing Apervita
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HealthTap Launches Apple Watch App, Provides Instant Access to Docs
Today at HIMSS15, HealthTap unveiled the world’s first Apple Watch healthcare app called DocNow, providing immediate and affordable access to medical care to everyone with just a tap of a button. Dubbed as the world’s first “Affordable-Care App” for Apple Watch, the app providing consumers with instant and affordable access to top U.S. doctors with just a tap on your wrist.
How It Works
The HealthTap DocNow App for Apple Watch connects patients immediately to a primary care doctor from a
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Informatics Nurses Drive Significant Patient Safety and Workflow Improvements
Today at HIMSS15 in Chicago, HIMSS released the results of the 2015 Impact of the Informatics Nurse Survey – a survey of nearly 600 participants including C-suite executives, clinical analysts and informatics nurses. The survey examined the growing technology-driven healthcare ecosystem and the role nursing informatics – a specialty that integrates knowledge, data and wisdom – is playing in this evolving environment. The results indicated that the role of informatics nurses has expanded greatly
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The Kabuki Dance Of “Blocking Data” In Healthcare
The lack of data interoperability in healthcare continues to plague and haunt the entire industry. Much of the challenge falls squarely in the realm of Electronic Health Record (EHR) software, but EHR software is by no means the only category where this challenge is directly affecting patient lives. I ‒ along with countless others ‒ have written extensively about this topic. Last year I did a 5‒part series on just "interoperability" which I published on Forbes. One piece highlighted the
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Practice Fusion, AstraZeneca Partner on PHM Initiative for Asthma & COPD
At HIMSS15, EHR provider Practice Fusion and AstraZeneca today announced a Population Health Management (PHM) program that arms members of Practice Fusion's community of 112,000 medical professionals with data-driven insights that can help them in their efforts to improve care for patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
The program, developed by Practice Fusion and sponsored by AstraZeneca, identifies patients whose current asthma or COPD care does
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KPMG To Acquire Health IT Consulting Firm Beacon Partners
Big Four Firm, KPMG LLP today announced it has agreed to acquire the assets of health IT consulting firm Beacon Partners Inc. to strengthen its position in the healthcare IT consulting/advisory market. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Based in Weymouth, Mass., Beacon Partners provides management consulting/advisory services to hospitals, physician groups and other health-care providers. The firm has annual revenue of more than $60 million and is ranked 15th on Modern
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