In comments filed today, leading consumer, patient and labor advocates urge the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to incorporate robust measures of patient-to-provider interoperability and electronic health information exchange in payment and delivery models rolling out under MACRA (the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act). The comments, from the Consumer Partnership for eHealth (CPeH), note that patients and family caregivers are key partners in
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MedAssets-Precyse Acquires Healthcare Analytics Vendor Equation
MedAssets-Precyse has acquired Utah based healthcare analytics and consulting company Equation for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will help MedAssets-Precyse enhanced its end-to-end healthcare financial and clinical business intelligence and analytics solution for the healthcare enterprise. Equation healthcare organizations with the analytic tools and consulting expertise to gain insights to improve healthcare delivery and patient satisfaction while strengthening financial and budgetary
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DrFirst Acquires MEDITECH-Focused Consulting Firm The IN Group
DrFirst, a provider of e-medication management software and services has acquired certain assets of California-based The IN Group, a MEDITECH -focused consulting services firm. Founded in 2004, the IN Group helps hospitals using MEDITECH optimize clinical and technical workflows in order to enhance patient safety, increase provider efficiency, and meet regulatory requirements. The acquisition strengthens DrFirst’s expansion of e-medication management services that help provider organizations
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ONC Awards Boston Children’s Hospital $275k for FHIR App Ecosystem
The ONC has awarded Boston Children’s Hospital, $275k to address the goal of coordinating open information about market-ready FHIR app solutions. The funding will support the development of an FHIR app discovery site that makes it easier for developers to publish their apps and for providers to discover and compare them. Related: What FHIR Means for Interoperability and Its Potential in Population HealthAccording to the ONC, the cooperative agreement requires Boston Children’s Hospital to:1.
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How True Price Transparency Is Only 3 Lines of Code Away
Editor's Note: Lori Mehen is the Founder & CEO of Medlio, healthcare’s only social CRM – a new technology designed to help providers better engage with their digitally-empowered customer base. I have an allergic reaction to all the haughty industry wonks who run around talking about healthcare price transparency like it’s some kind of mythical grail. In fact, their core belief is that it’s impossible to know how much a doctor’s visit is going to cost before it happens.In an age of big data
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Pontiac General Hospital To Implement Medsphere’s Open Platform EHR
Pontiac General Hospital, a 306 licensed-bed hospital has selected the Medsphere's OpenVista® EHR system for implementation to improve management practices and clinical workflows as they also grow clinical staff and expand available services. More than just an acute care facility, Pontiac General serves the surrounding community as a healthcare hub by offering services ranging from urgent care to family medicine to obstetrics. The hospital also has a mental health unit and offers 24-hour crisis
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DirectTrust Launches Partnership for Patients Program to Securely Share PHI
DirectTrust today announced the launch of Partnership for Patients Program (P4PP), an initiative that will make it easier for patients and health care consumers to securely share personal health information with medical professionals at hospitals, offices, clinics and other locations via secure email. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires that health care providers provide access to personal health information in the format and file type—including
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Amazing Charts Unveils End-to-End Revenue Cycle Management to Small Practices
The era of value-based care is setting in and providers need still need to ensure they receive every dollar earned while giving quality patient care. Small practices need to be diligent about financial processes as coding errors, etc. can result in revenue leakage. To meet this need, Amazing Charts, a provider of EHR and PM systems, announced a new revenue cycle management (RCM) service specific to independent physician practices powered by PGM Billing, a leader of medical billing services.Ideal
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What FHIR Means for Interoperability and Its Potential in Population Health
Is FHIR the answer to healthcare interoperability problem? A look at the new protocols potential and why it could enhance pop health efforts, with insights from Wellcentive’s Phillip Burgher.Health information technology’s (HIT’s) potential may be expanding, but so is the size of its greatest challenge and elephant in the room—interoperability. The industry is riding a wave of evolution fueled by digital connection, yet there has never been a greater disconnect when it comes to utilizing digital
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5 Ways Providers Can Prevent Patient Data Breaches
2015 was unsurprisingly the year with the highest-profile healthcare data breaches to-date. With more and more patient information being transferred and stored digitally it’s a trend likely to continue for many years to come. Clinics, doctors offices, insurers and hospitals, however, are equally increasing their measures in fighting back.Similar to money and jewels, no data is completely immune from unauthorized access so long as legitimate access is granted to specific people. That doesn’t mean
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