Advancing patient engagement can improve patient health outcomes and lay a foundation for many care coordination efforts, including meaningful use, Patient-centered Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Today, eClinicalWorks has released recent survey findings examining public and physician attitudes towards advances in patient engagement tools.
The survey, commissioned by eClinicalWorks and conducted online by Harris Poll among over 2,000 U.S. adults, in March 2015 reveals
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Archives for 2015
10 Ways Remote Patient Monitoring Saves Money
Founder and CEO, Robert Herzog of eCaring describes how patients and home aides using remote patient monitoring can save up to $4000 per year in reduced ER visits and readmissions.
While much has been made of the myriad devices and wearables, including the much anticipated Apple iWatch in April, coming to market in 2015, to have a real impact on the cost of health care in the US will require getting access to the Internet, and practical tools to utilize it, for many of the 9 million
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Healthentic Earns Intel-GE Validation for Health Analytics
Healthentic, an analytics company that easily identifies health savings for employers has earned validation from Intel-GE Care Innovations and the Validation Institute. The validation makes Healthentic the first and only company to be validated in the health analytics category by the CI Validation Institute.
Healthentic’s database holds de-identified claims information on the lives of almost 40 million individuals, and its unique data analytics provides employers with valuable
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MU Stage 3 Proposed Rule: 5 Toughest Measures for Physicians
61 percent of physicians feel the federal government has not done a fair job with the MU stage 3 proposed rule, according to a recent survey conducted by QuantiaMD and exclusively designed by Healthcare Informatics editors. For the survey, QuantiaMD, a Waltham, Mass.-based social network for physicians asked physicians in its network about proposed Meaningful Use Stage 3 rules to support the path to nationwide interoperability.
In response to an open answered question on what
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Lifespan Goes Live on $100M Epic EHR Install
Rhode Island’s largest health care system, Lifespan announced it is now live on Epic's EHR platform creating an integrated platform to share information seamlessly throughout the health care system, from hospitals and clinics, to ambulatory centers and community partners, Rhode Island Public Radio reports. The new system also provides one integrated record where clinicians can chart patients’ care and health condition, promoting better, safer and more coordinated care.
“There will not be
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HBMA, AHIMA Establish Partnership To Share Educational Benefits
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Healthcare Billing and Management Association (HBMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow the associations to collaborate and share educational benefits with their members.
The agreement increases the amount of resources available to members of each association and provides opportunities for collaboration on best practices and procedures to ensure the quality of health information. “Both AHIMA and
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Apple, IBM Release 4 iOS Enterprise Healthcare Apps
Apple and IBM's MobileFirst for iOS initiative has added four new enterprise healthcare apps through the iOS platform for iPhone and iPad. The IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps is designed to deliver unprecedented support that allows hospitals and home-based healthcare workers to coordinate patient care and reduce costs for everyone. IBM plans to provide more details about these four healthcare enterprise apps at the upcoming HIMSS15 conference later this month, Techcrunch reports.
Designed to
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Medsphere System, Phoenix Health Systems Merge Together
Medsphere Systems Corporation and Phoenix Health Systems today announced the merger of the two companies, effectively adding Phoenix’s comprehensive and diverse information technology (IT) expertise to Medsphere’s existing focus on VA VistA and VistA-derived systems. Moving forward, Phoenix Health Systems will retain its name and operate as a division of Medsphere; the expanded company will now offer a broader menu of IT services, including hosting and cloud-based interoperability,
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Summa Health to Offer Robotic Telestroke Program for Stroke Patients
Summa Health System is developing a robotic telestroke program through a partnership with InTouch Health, a provider of telemedicine technologies. InTouch Health will be install one robot for Summa Akron City Hospital and another robot for Summa Barberton Hospital – that will allow neurologists to perform live real-time audiovisual consultations with emergency medicine teams. The goal of the robotic telestroke program is to speed the delivery of clot-busting drugs, such as tissue plasminogen
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Vocera Expands Clinical Integration with Epic’s EHR System
Vocera Communications, Inc., a provider of intelligent, real-time communication and collaboration solutions for mission-critical mobile environments, announced a two-way clinical integration with Epic’s EHR system, furthering the company’s commitment to connectivity across the continuum of care. The enhanced functionality enables interactive communication between EHR systems and the Vocera Communication System.
This will be the first of several two-way clinical integrations with EHRs, and
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