iCare, an enterprise cloud EHR company, has selected Zynx Health to provide evidence-based content to help standardize care and reduce clinical and financial variation. iCare is the first vendor to offer Zynx’s award-winning content to providers in both acute and post-acute care markets.The iCare Enterprise Cloud EHR offers modern architecture and fully integrated Big Data capability. The addition of Zynx order sets and plans of care will benefit iCare providers and health systems across a
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Tips for Creating the Best Medical Website for Your Patients
There are a few basic things all websites need to be successful such as great search engine optimization (SEO), responsive design, and an easy to use interface. However, medical websites need to take their website design one step further and also ensure their site is HIPAA compliant and able to provide patient education. In a niche market with unique challenges and demands, it makes sense to work with a designer that specializes in the field of medical website design such as iHealthSpot. This
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Cerner Lands VA EHR System Contract: 6 Things to Know
EHR provider Cerner Corporation has been awarded the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) contract to implement the Cerner Millennium EHR system. “I have decided that VA will adopt the same EHR system as DoD, now known as MHS GENESIS, which at its core consists of Cerner Millennium. VA’s adoption of the same EHR system as DoD will ultimately result in all patient data residing in one common system and enable seamless care between the Departments without the manual and electronic exchange and
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Hackensack Meridian Health to Pilot IBM Watson for Oncology and Cota Tech
Hackensack Meridian Health has announced a collaboration to pilot a combination of IBM Watson Health and Cota technology. This first-of-its-kind collaboration aims to empower value-based care and bundled payments.This will greatly reduce physician care variance and help ensure that patients receive the best possible treatment based on their specific cancer, down to the molecular level. Chemo vs. biomarker testing, X drug therapy vs. Y – these crossroads can now be decided earlier and with
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Infographic: 5 Stages of Patient Frustration & Satisfaction
Eliminating patient frustrations seems to be a constant battle for many hospitals and health systems. Hospitals that focus on improving patient satisfaction gain significant advantage over competitors.Centralized patient access is key for providing an ideal patient experience. Self-scheduling options keep common patient frustrations low – frustrations such as confusion, getting transferred back and forth on the phone, waiting, and being shocked by unexpected charges.SCI Solutions’ newest
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Mount Sinai Spinout Sema4 Launches to Revolutionize Clinical Diagnostics
Sema4, a new startup that has spun out of Mount Sinai Health System has officially launched today that aims to use genomic and clinical data to empower more informed health decisions and enhance care and wellness. Formerly the Mount Sinai Genetic Testing Lab at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Sema4 is constructing a more comprehensive picture of health by combining a wealth of clinical experience that informs the answers that patients and providers are seeking, the world-class
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eClinicalWorks to Pay $155M for Falsely Meeting Meaningful Use Certification
Westborough, MA-based eClinicalWorks has agreed to pay a $155 million to the federal government for civil fraud and kickback charges. Both the government and the whistleblower alleged that eClinicalWorks falsely represented to customers that its EHR system complied with Meaningful Use requirements. The settlement marks the first time an EHR vendor is being charged for the truthfulness and accuracy of representations made when seeking government certification of its EHR system and the government
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OneOme, Mayo Clinic Launches Nation’s Largest Population-Based Pharmacogenomics Study
Pharmacogenomic company OneOme is teaming up with Mayo Clinic and Baylor on the nation's largest population-based pharmacogenomics study. The study, developed and led by Mayo Clinic, is called the RIGHT 10K study and its purpose is to examine the health and economic outcomes of pharmacogenomics in 10,000 participants. The study will use the laboratory services at Baylor to sequence genomic data from participants recruited from the Mayo Clinic Biobank, along with OneOme's services to interpret
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Knowledge Management: The Key to Evidence-Based Medicine Adoption
Along with the rising costs and inequality in care access, difference in accepted clinical practices is considered the third major healthcare issue, which evidence-based medicine (EBM) is expected to tackle. However, EBM implementation is challenging both in clinical and technological realms.Evidence-based medicine (EBM) aims to provide a stronger scientific foundation for patient consulting and care through integration of clinical experience and analysis of patient vitals with up-to-date
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UK Provider Medvivo Acquires Clinical Decision Support App Expert 24
Medvivo, a UK-based health and care services provider has acquired Expert 24, a global developer of clinical decision support applications for some of the world’s largest healthcare providers, insurers and health information platforms including BUPA, AXA PPP Healthcare, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and WebMD.The acquisition strengthens Medvivo’s range of clinical technology products and services built up over the past 11 years; and will support Expert 24’s continued growth throughout the
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