66 percent of healthcare leaders agree that the ED is a critical area tool to track and measure the patient experience, according to a new independent HealthLeaders Media Premium report. The report includes data from a survey of the 7,000-member HealthLeaders Media Council exploring how leading organizations are applying rigor to patient experience reporting and refocusing efforts on patient values.
The other top areas identified as the most important to positive patient experience score
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Baylor College Of Medicine Signs On To Regional Health Information Exchange
Healthconnect announced today that Baylor College of Medicine has joined the regional health information exchange (HIE). Baylor’s entry is an important step in the integration of health information technologies that enable clinical faculty within an academic setting to enhance transitions of care by easily communicating with both referring physicians and patients. Baylor, which utilizes the Epic electronic health record (EHR) system, will utilize Healthconnect’s Direct Messaging services to
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Connected Digital Fitness Trackers Will Top 22 Million in 2014
The number of connected digital fitness trackers sold worldwide rose from 6.6 million in 2012 to 13.6 million in 2013 and will double again in 2014 to exceed 22 million, according to new digital health research from Parks Associates.
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Acupera Raises Additional $4M to Scale Its Population Health Platform
Acupera, a provider of population health and workflow technology for health systems has secured an additional $4 million in financing from Lightspeed Venture Partners joined by The Whittemore Collection, Ltd, which supported the Series A funding. Acupera will use this latest funding round to scale its product development team and add to its customer implementation group.
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Average Frequency of Digital Health Consumer Activities
Parks Associates responds to criticism with more context on the average frequency of digital health consumer activities
Last week, Parks Associates released an infographic illustrating the top digital health consumer activities of U.S. broadband consumers over the past 12 months. Based on the key findings from a survey fielded to heads-of-broadband-households in the U.S. in Q4 2013, the survey found:
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Infographic: Top Digital Health Consumer Activities of U.S. Households
Consumers are gaining increasingly active roles in their healthcare services. Spending is shifting from employers to employees, and personal technologies give consumers the ability to make informed decisions about their healthcare. Nearly 60% of U.S. broadband households own some kind of personal health and wellness device, such as a digital weight scale or glucometer, and new designs and form factors, such as smart watches, have generated considerable consumer interest. This infographic created
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M*Modal Partners with athenahealth’s More Disruption Please Program
After successfully emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy M*Modal, provider of clinical documentation and Speech Understanding solutions has announced that it has partnered with athenahealth’s More Disruption Please (MDP) program. The partnership will make M*Modal's Fluency Direct and Fluency Flex mobile solutions available on the athenahealth MDP Marketplace, and together the companies will work to link athenahealth’s growing network of more than 52,000 care providers with these solutions.
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HHS: EHR Adoption Hits Record Levels for Hospitals and Physicians
EHR adoption for hospitals and physicians are higher than before, according to two new studies published today by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
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The studies, published in the journal Health Affairs, found that in 2013, almost eight in ten (78 percent) office-based physicians reported they adopted some type of EHR system. About half of all physicians (48 percent) had an EHR system with advanced functionalities in 2013, a
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10 Ways to Reduce Healthcare Supply Chain Costs for Providers
GHX outlines a list of documented opportunities to reduce supply costs healthcare supply chain costs for providers.
The healthcare supply chain is the second highest and fastest-growing operating expense for healthcare providers. Faced with significant medical supply costs and evaporating reimbursements, healthcare are increasingly seeking ways to reduce their supply chain expenses. GHX, provider of healthcare supply chain solutions has provided the following ten ways healthcare providers
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KLAS: EMRs Are First Source For Population Health Management Functionality for Providers
Enterprise EMR vendors are the number-one source for population health management functionality, according to the latest KLAS report. The latest KLAS report "Population Health 2014 Perception: Who Are Providers Betting On?" found that despite a veritable flood of new best-of-breed entrants into the marketplace, providers are having an increasingly hard time finding a one-stop PHM solution.
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