Aledade, a leader in value-based care announced it is forming a primary care physician-led Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in New Jersey to deliver high-quality care and better outcomes for the state’s patients. Aledade’s new model of primary care partners with physicians to build and lead ACOs – networks of physicians who band together to deliver high-quality care under a value-based payment structure that rewards positive health outcomes for patients, instead of the volume of health care
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Chilmark: Healthcare Analytics Vendors Are Struggling to Exploit New Sources of Data
Analytics vendor solutions have matured; however, vendors are struggling to exploit new sources of data in a rapidly transforming industry, according to the latest report from Chilmark Research. The report, 2017 Healthcare Analytics Market Trends Report, assess critical changes in vendor solutions and how well they map to provider needs. Chilmark finds that analytics solutions and care management applications are more tightly linked now and show promise for moving analytics-derived insights
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MIT Medical to Implement Cerner Millennium EHR to Interact Seamlessly With Patients
MIT Medical, an ambulatory care center serving the 25,000+ members of the Massachusetts Institute Technology community has selected Cerner to implement an integrated clinical, financial and population health management system. MIT Medical serves more than 20,000 Massachusetts Institute Technology students, faculty, staff and retirees, as well as members of their families.By implementing Cerner Millennium EHR, MIT will be able to support clinical processes and health management across its two
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PatientBank Launches National Scorecard To Evaluate Medical Records Departments
PatientBank, a San Francisco, CA-based platform for gathering and sharing medical records has announced the launch of a national scorecard based on the performance and compliance of hospitals' medical record departments. Developed the rankings in an effort to bring transparency to an often overlooked aspect of hospital quality, the scorecard illustrates the hospitals that are adding ease and efficiency to an optimized medical record process. Based on PatientBank's scoring formula, South Lake
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AdvancedMD Launches Doctor Reputation Management Tool for Physician Practices
AdvancedMD, an integrated provider and patient workflow for independent physician practices has unveiled their new doctor reputation management tool, Advanced Reputation. The new tool automates the process of collecting Google business profile reviews that serve as the foundation for a medical provider's online reputation. By using using automated surveys to gather patient feedback about recent office and telemedicine visits, Advanced Reputation enables practices to build a positive online
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Infographic: The Rise of Medical Data Sharing & Privacy Concerns
With the push for achieving health IT interoperability, healthcare organizations are increasing sharing more medical data; however, privacy concerns still exists. The following infographic created by Privacy Analytics, a providers of risk-based de-identification & anonymization solutions compliant with HIPAA and other global regulations illustrates the current trends and concerns associated with sharing medical data for secondary uses.
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Why The Opioid Epidemic Makes EHRs Essential To Public Health
When public health is threatened by an outbreak of SARS or Zika or avian influenza, widely disseminated information becomes a crucial tool used to curtail the spread of disease.But transmittable diseases are not the lone threats to public health. Other metaphorically pathogenic events—the current opioid epidemic, for example—are more effectively managed by making sure doctors have complete information when evaluating patients and, especially, writing prescriptions.Even if you know what the
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Wolters Kluwer Integrates ProVation Order Sets with Epic EHR
Wolters Kluwer announced ProVation Order Sets integration with Epic EHR to support the importing and exporting of information to streamline and optimize order set management. This integration enables healthcare providers to streamline labor-intensive governance processes, optimize order set management and support existing order sets with evidence-based clinical content.ProVation Order Sets integration leverages new order set import functionality to quickly and easily transfer Panels, Smart
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Advantech Acquires 60% Stake in Kostec to Launch Line of Medical Grade Monitors
Advantech, a computing platform, service and solution provider has acquired a 60 percent stake in South Korea's dominant medical monitor company, Kostec. As part of the acquisition, the combined combined entity, Advantech Kostec plans to launch its first KT-Series of medical grade monitors, specifically manufactured for healthcare professionals and medical apps.Combining Advantech's superlative industrial computing proficiencies with professional imaging techniques and expertise, the new
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Swisslog Healthcare Acquires Pharmacy Automation Solution Talyst
Swisslog Healthcare, a supplier of medication supply chain solutions and services, has acquired Talyst Systems, LLC, a pharmacy automation solution for hospitals and long-term care facilities. For Swisslog Healthcare, this acquisition creates an unmatched portfolio of inpatient and outpatient pharmacy solutions that transforms health systems’ performance. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Talyst’s AutoCarousel, AutoPack and AutoSecure Storage Solutions represents the
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