On Wednesday, the White House nominated National health IT coordinator Dr. Karen DeSalvo to be assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). If confirmed by the Senate, DeSalvo would leave her post as the as the acting assistant secretary for the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology.
In a letter to HHS staff on Wednesday, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell wrote:
"I am pleased to share the news that earlier today the President
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4 Strategies to Building A Modern Healthcare Billing & Payment System
The U.S. healthcare industry’s billing and payment system is a horse-and-buggy in a world contemplating driverless cars. Consumers, shouldering higher costs, are frustrated by the system, which still largely relies on paper and telephone calls for billing and payment. The $2.9 trillion sector needs to transform the way it does business, creating a more transparent, seamless, convenient way to bill and collect money from its customers, according to “Money matters: Billing and payment for a New
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The Impact of Health IT in Nursing (Infographic)
As we celebrate National Nurses Week this week, which is designed to celebrate nurses as well as examine progressive impacts on the profession. The following infographic created by Adventist University of Health Sciences illustrates the impact of health IT in nursing and how it is being used to raise efficacy in both the nursing and health industries.
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IBM Watson, Welltok Help Centura Health Deliver Concierge Consumer App
Digital health company Welltok, today announced that the Centura Health Heart and Vascular Network is implementing a new consumer engagement solution called CafeWell Concierge, an app powered by IBM Watson. Centura Health, a leading network of heart and vascular care is the first organization to embrace the app and roll it out to consumers who are transitioning back to everyday life after experiencing a heart condition.
App Features
The goal is to support and guide consumers in their
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Rare Genomics Institute to Study Impact of Crowdfunding on Rare Diseases
The Rare Genomics Institute (RG) is launching a new study aimed at determining how crowdfunding can promote scientific research to help rare disease patients called Amplify Hope Initiative. RG is an international non-profit providing rare disease patients with access to state of the art genomics sequencing technology, connections to scientists and researchers, and help for payment of these services through grants, insurance, or crowdfunding.
Study Details
Patients will be lead through
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“Failed” Promise of EHRs May Stand in Way of Precision Medicine
On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said that the “failed promise” of the $28 billion EHR program may stand in the way of a precision medicine initiative until physicians are able to use systems that communicate with one another. The statement was made during the committee’s innovation initiative to examine how we get safe drugs, devices, and treatments from the discovery process through the regulatory process into the medicine cabinets and doctors’ offices more quickly and
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Health Tech Accelerator HealthBox Unveils South Florida Class of Startups
Healthbox, a healthcare technology focused business accelerator today announced the brand new class of innovative health tech startups for its upcoming Miami Studio, to be kicked off Wednesday, May 6, at The Idea Center at Miami Dade College. Healthbox selected the companies through a rigorous, competitive process in collaboration with anchor partner GuideWell, the parent company of Florida Blue.
Through its partnership, GuideWell and Healthbox are rotating the program across Florida with
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15 “Vital Signs” for Assessing Population Health Management
Health measurements are requested and required by organizations for various purposes; however, many of the individual measures in use today were developed without attention to the broader context. In some cases, measurements often overlap or are redundant and are implemented for a particular purpose and circumstance.
To resolve this gap, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has outlined 15 “vital signs” or core measures for tracking progress toward improved population health management in the U.S.
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GHX Launches Next-Gen Healthcare Supply Chain Exchange
Today GHX launched the next generation of its flagship trading healthcare supply chain exchange, the GHX Global Exchange. The new platform delivers the most sophisticated e-commerce exchange available in healthcare. GHX redesigned the platform to make improvements in security, scalability, reliability, transparency that will support the industry's growth through 2020 and beyond.
The transition of the GHX Global Exchange from software-as-as-service to a global cloud service is significant for
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American Well Unveils Telehealth 2.0 App for Physicians
Today during the 20th Annual Telemedicine Meeting & Trade Show in Los Angeles, American Well, the nation's largest telehealth service, unveiled its next generation product line, AW8. The next generation platform reflects a significant expansion in the reach of telehealth: whereas traditionally telehealth connected patients with available doctors to treat urgent care issues, Telehealth 2.0 now allows individual physicians to bring telehealth into their daily practice and use it to care for
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