EHR provider MEDITECH has recently signed five new organizations, representing 16 new hospitals to implement its clinically-integrated Web EHR system. MEDITECH’s Web Ambulatory is a complete web chart that gives physicians instant access to all patient records and relevant information across the continuum, in one place. Since the launch of the ambulatory Web EHR, over 130 healthcare organizations have signed for MEDITECH's latest release.MEDITECH's Web EHR can improve physician productivity.
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The Costs, Challenges and Drivers Of The Quadruple Aim
In 2008, Donald Berwick and colleagues outlined a new framework for the delivery of healthcare, the Triple Aim. The Triple Aim's framework served as a guide to the transition from service-based to value-based care and population health management. This framework is centered about three goals: 1. Improving the individual experience of care2. Improve the health of populations3. Reducing the per capita cost of healthcareToday, health systems are struggling with these challenges of improving the
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Kno2 Integrates with BlueStrata EHR to Enable Secure Electronic Patient Document Exchange
Kno2, the company that optimizes patient document exchange for everyone in healthcare, today announced a partnership agreement with BlueStrata EHR, a developer of affordable, cloud-based, software as a service (SaaS) clinical and financial EHR solutions for the long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) industry. BlueStrata EHR will integrate Kno2's interoperability platform into its EHR to enable swift, secure exchange of patient documentation between hospitals and their LTPAC provider clients. The
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Mount Sinai Launches EHR-Integrated Imaging Research Warehouse
Mount Sinai Health System has created an Imaging Research Warehouse (IRW) to revolutionize clinical care and translational research to ultimately improve human health. Developed by the Mount Sinai Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute (TMII), the image database integrates clinical imaging with EHRs to enable researchers new access to information about more than 1 million Mount Sinai patients. The IRW is supported by a National Institute of Health pilot program. For researchers, the
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5 Lessons Learned From The WannaCry Ransomware Attacks for Hospitals
Editor's Note: Richard Sullivan is chief government and revenue officer for Medsphere Systems Corporation, the solution provider for the OpenVista electronic health record.Will information technology ever realize an imagined future where security is strong enough, reliable enough, secure enough to block any and all attacks?It’s a dubious proposition made more uncertain by the recent WannaCry ransomware incident that started a couple of weeks ago and continued around the globe for several days.
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DrFirst and GoodRx Partner to Identify Prescription Savings for Patients
DrFirst, a provider of intelligent medication management solutions that improve patient safety is teaming up with GoodRx, a drug price transparency platform, to help patients save money on their prescription drugs. Prescription drug prices can vary widely between pharmacies. GoodRx’s proprietary technology compares prices for patients and provides access to discounts for nearly all prescription drugs, at more than 70,000 retail pharmacies in the United States.As co-pays rise and the number of
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Innovaccer Launches New ACO Initiative to Assist IPAs and Providers Transition
Innovaccer Inc., a Silicon Valley-based Healthcare analytics company has launched a ‘no cost’ initiative to provide assistance to Independent Physician Associations (IPAs) and other transforming provider organizations to transition into an Accountable Care Organization (ACOs)The concept of value has become prominent in the advancing healthcare. Care teams are creating room for improvement in care delivery to bring down the cost of care with a better quality of care. The complexity and
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Rush Health Launches Health Information Exchange for Clinicians
Rush Health, a Chicago-based leading clinically-integrated network of physicians and hospitals has successfully launched the first phase of their new health information exchange powered by InterSystems HealthShare. The HIE named Rush Health Connect will enable more than 1,1000 physicians and 300 clinicians to share information from different EHR systems. The partnership of Rush Health with Ready Computing and InterSystems leverages technology to improve health outcome and, quality of care, and
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Northwell Health Makes Strategic Move Into Medical Grade Wearables to Improve Patient Experience
Northwell Health, one of New York State’s largest health care providers has announced a partnership with Peerbridge Health Inc., a Health IT and wearable technology company to help bring the future of remote heart monitors to life. Founded in 2012, Peerbridge’s cloud-based algorithms connect patients and consumers through multiple on-body wireless sensors conveying powerful intelligence effortlessly with wellness professionals to enable a more timely and proactive care.The strategic partnership
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Harbin Clinic Taps PrecisionBI to Integrate Analytics Engine With EHR Data
Harbin Clinic, a Rome, GA-based medical group has selected PrecisionBI to provide enterprise healthcare analytics. PrecisionBI will integrate its analytics engine with Harbin Clinic’s Athena practice management and EHR data to deliver financial and clinical decision support. This will greatly enhance Harbin Clinic’s ability to make decisions around their traditional, value-based care, and population health initiatives.PrecisionBI, a Meridian Medical Management division, is the leading provider
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