There is an emerging community of digital health entrepreneurs utilizing technology innovation to help transform healthcare. In an effort to provide coverage of this growing community and inspire future digital health entrepreneurs, HIT Consultant has launched “HIT Innovation Founder Stories” where we will speak with a digital health founder to share their journey from inception to launch, obstacles/challenges, and lessons learned.
In our first HIT Innovation Founder Stories, we speak with
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Infographic:Making Patient Experience a Priority
“Patient experience” may be the latest buzzword in the healthcare industry, but few organizations really understand what it is and how to improve it. The following infographic created by Beryl Health explains why patient experience should be more than just a buzzword and why “closing the loop” is more important than ever.
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Video:Kian Saneii, CEO of Independa, Inc. at HIMSS12
HIT Consultant spoke with Kian Saneii, CEO of Independa, Inc. during this year's HIMSS12 where he talks about how Independa's technology enabled independent living solutions is taking healthcare outside of the four walls of hospitals and extending it to the home for continuity of care.
Kian is also featured in this month's issue of Entrepreneur magazine sharing his story of how he was inspired to start Independa Inc. after watching his parents, both in their 70's, helped managed the care of
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5 ICD-10 Steps that Deliver Collateral Benefit for ICD-9
Guest post from Torrey Barnhouse, CEO of TrustHCS providing 5 ICD-10 steps that can deliver collateral benefit for ICD-9
While at HIMSS 2012, TrustHCS had the honor of sponsoring an executive roundtable on ICD-10. During the roundtable, speakers discussed five ICD-10 projects that should be continued, full steam ahead, despite the delay. It’s a good list and worth sharing.
In general, the panel’s advice was to identify ICD-10 tasks that have collateral benefit for ICD-9 coding. These are
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HHS Issues Final Rule on State Health Insurance Exchanges
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today published the final rule that will assist states in building more affordable health insurance exchanges. Beginning in 2014, one stop marketplaces called Exchanges will be operational, enabling consumers and small business to select a private health insurance plan and offer the public the same kinds of insurance choices as members of Congress.
The exchanges will help level the playing field and drive down costs with health insurers
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Log Management & Analysis in HIT Security with Alan Brill Pt. 1
Importance of log management and analysis in in HIT security in healthcare organizations interview with Alan Brill, Senior Managing Director at Kroll
Recently Kroll Inc. has written several articles about the importance of understanding logs as a critical component of investigation security breaches. Acquiring and analyzing logs are critical with incident response and it is highly recommended that healthcare organizations address log management in a proactive manner. HIT Consultant spoke
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Video:Dr. Farzad Mostashari Keynote Speech at HIMSS 2012
Great video of Dr. Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, gives a keynote speech at HIMSS 2012 in Las Vegas, NV.
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Infographic:The 20 Most Popular EMR Solutions
Infographic of the 20 most popular EMR solutions created by Capterra, Inc.
Very interesting infographic that was created by Capterra solutions from examining the EMR software companies listed in their EMR Software Directory. From there, Capterra narrowed down the list by looking at web data for each of the vendors, including Alexa rankings, Compete traffic, and Google searches. While none of these are perfect indicators of popularity (particularly for B2B websites), the data gave them a way of
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Seniors are Losing Billions of Dollars Buried in Unused Benefits from Medicare and Other Agencies
Guest post by Peggy Gavan
According to a report released by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), millions of low-income older adults are missing out on over $20 billion in free and low-cost support that could help pay for health care, prescriptions, food, and utilities. The main reason why seniors are not taking advantage of these resources? They simply don’t know the money is there for them.
In response to this disconnect, the
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HIT Interoperability with Cameron Deemer, President at DrFirst Pt. 3
Final part of this podcast series with Cameron Deemer, President at DrFirst.
Part 3 key highlights include:
Future of the HIT industry
mHealth
Remote physician patient access
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About Cameron Deemer:
As President of DrFirst, Mr.
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