Nuance has announced a collaboration with Intelligent Medical Objects(IMO) and MEDITECH to take rich clinical narratives from physician notes, extract key facts as structured data and automatically populate patient problem lists and allergy lists using physician-friendly terminologies to preserve clinical intent of physician documentation in the EHR.
This unique approach enables healthcare providers to translate unstructured narrative text into clinically-accurate, discrete data in the EHR
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Practice Fusion to Launch EHR-Based Clinical Trial Network
Cloud-based EHR provider, Practice Fusion is partnering with EHR clinical trail provider, ePatientFinder to launch one of the nation’s largest EHR-based clinical trial networks. This partnership will enable physicians using Practice Fusion’s EHR to learn about the newest clinical trials and which of their patients may be eligible to participate.
With over 50 million patient encounters a year, Practice Fusion’s partnership with ePatientFinder will help launch one of the nation’s largest
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Report: Hospitals That Use Tablets/Mobile Devices Are More Efficient
74 percent of hospitals that use tablets or other mobile devices to collect information from patients are more efficient than those that don't, according to a new report by Ricoh. The report reveals more than half (54 percent) say patients are less anxious during hospital visits when healthcare providers use tablets or other mobile devices to perform data collection.
These are among the findings of an online survey conducted by Harris Poll of more than 2,000 adults in the United States
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HIMSS Leadership Survey: 11 Key Findings
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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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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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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HIMSS15: AMA President Unveils Physician Leadership Plan For Digital Health
The game-changing digital health transformation of medicine is emerging into a new phase, according to Robert M. Wah, M.D., president of the American Medical Association (AMA), and there is reason for great optimism in the future of this evolution as the AMA helps physicians take on a greater role in leading changes that will move technological innovations forward.
Today, in his keynote address to the 2015 Annual HIMSS Conference Innovation Symposium in Chicago, Dr. Wah discussed the AMA’s
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Cerner Launches Apple Watch App, Push HealthKit Data to Cerner Millennium
On Thursday, Cerner announced its plans to will bring its patient app, HealtheLife, to the Apple Watch. The iOS 8 HealtheLife app is designed to make it easier for patients to manage their health from Apple Watch, with push notification reminders to track health data and a display dashboard for tracked metrics.
Starting this month, Cerner plans to conduct initial deployments with clients to collect biometric values from the Apple Watch-compatible HealtheLife app, including weight, blood
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Healthcare Gamification Startup Ayogo Raises $2M
Ayogo Health, a patient engagement company that transforms the way consumers with chronic conditions engage with their own care through healthcare gamification has raised $2.5M in Series A funding from a syndicate of investors including Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (GHI), Excel Venture Management, and 7Wire Ventures. The capital will help accelerate Ayogo’s growth with expanded research and development and sales and marketing. Additionally, David Stevenson of GHI, Caleb Winder of Excel,
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