Americans are ready and willing to leverage health apps and wearable devices to improve their personal health, according to the findings released today from the Fifth Annual Makovsky/Kelton "Pulse of Online Health" Survey. Designed to uncover shifts in consumer behaviors around online healthcare information use, this year's survey reveals consumer readiness to disclose online personal health data as a path to improve treatment options. Data also cite trust and quality of health information as
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Archives for 2015
66% of Americans Would Use Mobile Health Apps to Manage Their Health
Almost two-thirds (66%) of Americans would use a mobile app to manage health-related issues, according to the findings released today from the 5th Annual Makovsky/Kelton "Pulse of Online Health" Survey. Conducted in January 2015 to 1,015 nationally representative Americans ages 18 and older by Kelton, the Makovsky Health survey investigated consumers' behavior and preferences for engaging with online healthcare information. The survey uncovered shifts in consumer behaviors around online
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Surescripts Adds NextGen Healthcare for EPA, Reaches 250k Prescribers Nationwide
Surescripts, the largest health information network, further expanded the reach of its electronic prior authorization (ePA) solution to include NextGen Healthcare, a provider of healthcare information systems, services and connectivity solutions. The addition of NextGen Healthcare, among the nation’s largest electronic health record (EHR) vendors, will afford 250,000 prescribers nationwide the ability to fulfill prior authorization requests faster and more efficiently, using
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Cleveland Clinic, VA Integrates EMRs To Improve Veteran Care
On Monday, Cleveland Clinic and the Veterans Administration (VA) announced they will integrate with each other's EMRs for "seamless access" starting this month, according to Crain's Cleveland Business. The integration will expand Cleveland Clinic's Care Care Everywhere HIE developed by Epic to the VA network allowing physicians to perform care coordination for more than 1,800 veterans.
Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER)
The VA has been making a major push to enroll more
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UCLA’s Dr. David Feinberg Appointed New Geisinger CEO
UCLA president David T. Feinberg, M.D., M.B.A has been named the new president and chief executive officer of Geisinger Health System, effective May 1, 2015. Dr. Feinberg, who is succeeding Glenn Steele, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., will become only the sixth chief executive officer in Geisinger’s 100-year history.
During his tenure at UCLA, Feinberg focused on high quality clinical standards for patient care, safety and satisfaction, and the UCLA Health System hospitals have regularly ranked
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Black Book Rankings Toughens EHR Survey Standards To Avoid Intentional Bias
Black Book Rankings announced on Friday that its EHR survey standards will be rigidly audited to remove ballots cast by provider organizations that serve as the resellers, VARs and/or channel partners. Black Book’s recent survey inspection of the nearly 29,000 EHR user ballots collected from Q3 2014 to Q1 2015 discovered 33 hospital resellers casting EHR satisfaction and loyalty responses for 740 physician practices. This discovery prompted supplementary audits and an extended resurveying phase
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Inside The Secret Life of Your Healthcare Data
There’s a rising tide of healthcare data. It lifts many hopes for better healthcare, but also surfaces one troubling issue: reliability of data. Just how confident are you of the reliability of your data?
As a healthcare provider, you already know that data permeates your office workload. This impacts a critical feature of your operations: your workflow, a process you probably evolved over many years. Suddenly, you’re now doing “refreshes” to accommodate the new data volumes you’re
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Alivecor’s Heart Monitor App Recalled Due to Crashes
AliveCor has recalled their Alive ECG app version 2.1.2 due to the app crashing upon use affecting 5600 active users on iOS, according to a FDA recall notice. Utilized in conjunction with the FDA cleared AliveCor Heart Monitor, the AliveECG app records accurate electrocardiogram (ECGs) and detects the presence of atrial fibrillation and normal sinus rhythm (when prescribed or used under the care of a physician).
AliveCor has posted information on its website, Facebook Page and Twitter to
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MGMA Appoints Dr. Halee Fischer-Wright New President, CEO
On Friday, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) appointed Dr. Halee S. Fischer-Wright, MD, MMM, FAAP as the Association’s new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective March 23.
Dr. Fischer-Wright is a renown healthcare executive and physician leader currently serving as Chief Medical Officer at St. Anthony North Health Campus (Westminster, Colo.), which is part of the Centura Health System. Additionally, she started her own successful medical practice early in her
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Mercy R&D & Johns Hopkins Joins Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator
Mercy Research & Development and Johns Hopkins are the two most recent additions to join the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator to advance mobile health innovation. They join the two previously announced collaborators, University of Kansas Medical Center and Providence Health & Services that will offer mentorship and possible opportunities for clinical validation or pilot programs.
Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator Overview
The Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator, Powered by Techstars, is a
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