HIMSS Analytics awarded Sutter Health’s Memorial Medical Center in Modesto, Calif. with a Stage 7 Award, and its Palo Alto Medical Foundation clinics throughout the Bay Area with Stage 7 Ambulatory Awards.
Stage 7 Award: HIMSS Analytics developed the EMR Adoption Model in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics™ Database. There are eight stages (0-7) that measure a hospital’s implementation and
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Archives for 2015
Hospital Uses Google Glass to Integrate Prompts During Trauma Care
Trauma surgeons at Forbes Hospital is now using Google Glass to integrate prompts during trauma patient resuscitation to treat critically injured patients. Utilizing the software solution called Visual Info Zonal Reminder (VIZR) developed by Alex Guerrero, MD, a trauma surgeon from New York features information on a wide range of traumatic injuries.
How It Works
Once a patient program is initiated, a timer begins that provides important prompts and reminders to the trauma team every
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Intel-GE Care Innovations Partners With Xavier to Test Health Peripherals and Mobile Applications
Intel-GE Care Innovations has announced a partnership with Xavier University’s Center for Innovation to test and analyze health peripherals and mobile health apps designed to help people manage their health, including chronic conditions. The partnership will provide Care Innovations with a permanent testing lab within the Center’s facilities that will help generate new insights about the best technologies and care plans that will connect patient data from the home to clinicians, bridging the
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NantHealth, Allscripts Partner To Transform Personalized Cancer Care
EMR provider Allscripts is partnering with NantHealth to develop an integrated, evidence-based, personalized approach to healthcare solutions that includes actionable clinical data, enabling physicians to make informed decisions from complex genomic and proteomic analysis.
"Our goal is to enable physicians to make better, more informed decisions, provide best-in-class patient care and monitor the effectiveness and progress of treatment, using real-time clinical and pan-omic data never before
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Survey: Top 5 Digital Health Tools for Tech-Savvy Seniors
An estimated 3.9 million Americans are reaching 65 years old this year, there's growing demand among seniors (67 percent) who want digital health tools for accessing care services from home, according to an Accenture survey. The consumer research conducted by Accenture between May and June 2014 with 10,730 adults across 10 countries reveals seniors who place a higher priority on technology are more likely to proactively manage their health.
For example, 75 percent of seniors who value
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HIMSS Analytics Awards Carolina Health System With Stage 7 Ambulatory Award
HIMSS Analytics has awarded 230 Carolinas Health System clinics with Stage 7 Ambulatory Awards, becoming the first health system to achieve the award in North and South Carolina. Developed in 2011, the EMR Ambulatory Adoption Model provides a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for ambulatory facilities owned by hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics™ Database. Stage 7 represents the highest level of EHR adoption and indicates a health system’s
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Why Data Sharing Is Vital to the Healthcare Revolution
Editor's Note: J.T. Treadwell is the Managing Director at Symphony Technology Group, a private equity firm where he focuses on analytics and healthcare technology. He has led a variety of Symphony investments, including health care IT companies Evidera, Symphony Performance Health, and Symphony Health Solutions.
The Affordable Care Act is the most far-reaching healthcare legislation in the U.S. since Medicare was introduced fifty years ago. In contrast to previous attempts to adjust our
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CMS Reports 81% of ICD-10 Test Claims Accepted
81 percent of submitted ICD-10 test claims were accepted during the first ICD-10 end-to-end testing from January 26 through February 3, 2015, according to CMS. 661 healthcare organizations including providers, clearinghouses and billing agencies participated submitting a total of 14,929 ICD-10 test claims, 12,149 of which were accepted. Overall, the results demonstrate the CMS systems are ready to accept ICD-10 claims.
ICD-10 claim test results found the reasons for rejected claims
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Mayo Clinic to Publish Its Algorithms to Improve Patient Outcomes
On Wednesday, Mayo Clinic announced it will commercialize its analytics, publishing and sharing algorithms with healthcare enterprises to improve patient outcomes. Utilizing Apervita's secure self-service health analytics platform, healthcare enterprises can leverage Mayo Clinic's robust portfolio of health analytics to improve patient care. Mayo Clinic will join other prominent health institutions in the growing Apervita analytics community of providers who are already utilizing the
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Sharecare Acquires Behavioral Voice Analysis Technology
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Sharecare, a comprehensive digital health and wellness engagement platform has acquired Germany-based Feingold Technologies, a developer of behavioral voice analysis technology. The acquisition immediately expands Sharecare’s development resources, helping to accelerate growth and engagement of ultra-personalized and frictionless solutions that enable people to optimize their health. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Integration Plans
As part of the acquisition, Feingold
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