The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced today the election of four new board members to its Board of Directors, as well as the re-election of eight previous board members to serve two-year terms.The WEDI Board of Directors represents a diverse cross-section of the industry including payers, providers, government regulators and industry vendors. This group of executives
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Massachusetts Governor Launches Digital Healthcare Council
Governor Charlie Baker has announced the launch of a Digital Healthcare Council, a comprehensive public-private partnership that will advise the administration on the future of the Commonwealth’s digital healthcare industry. The council convenes leaders across the digital healthcare industry, including technology, healthcare delivery, insurance, medical devices, the life sciences, academia, and government, to advise on ways new digital technologies can improve healthcare in the Commonwealth,
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Operating Room Equipment Market to Reach $1.1B by 2023
The global operating room (OR) equipment market, which covers OR tables, OR lights, and surgical boom units, is set to rise from just over $920 million in 2016 to around $1.1 billion by 2023, representing a compound annual growth rate of 2.6%, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.The company’s latest report states that this modest growth can be attributed to rising numbers of surgical procedures in numerous specialties, rising numbers of laparoscopic and computer-assisted
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New Partnership Builds Real-Time Network Between ED and County Jail
Dallas, TX-based Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) has selected Loopback Analytics, a care transitions management platform provider to develop a comprehensive network connecting area hospital emergency rooms, law enforcement and behavioral health providers. The network will work to coordinate real-time referral and follow-up for mental health patients to ensure they receive appropriate, long-term treatment to reduce emergency room visits, law enforcement detention and recidivism,
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UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention Renews Contract with Cerner EHR
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) has renewed and expanded its strategic relationship with Cerner for the continued implementation of its enterprise wide EHR system, called the Wareed project. The project is designed to establish a streamlined and accessible EHR between United Arab Emirates (UAE) health facilities and a consolidated health information database of MOHAP patients through the use of an integrated health care IT system.EHR Implementation DetailsAs part of the
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Pathways Goes Live on Epic EHR for Home Health and Hospice Patients
Pathway, a home health, palliative care, hospice and private duty organization in the San Francisco Bay Area has selected Epic's EHR to improve home-based care for patients and their families. As part of the implementation, the new EHR system will instantly connect Pathways to the largest group of hospitals and physicians nationwide.The Epic EHR went live on November 1, connecting Pathways to almost 2,000 hospitals and over 34,000 clinics nationwide. Better data exchange capabilities with
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Main Line Health Taps Bernoulli for Medical Device Integration into Epic EHR
Pennsylvania-based Main Line Health has chosen Bernoulli, a provider of real-time connected healthcare, as its medical device integration solutions provider for the health system’s transition to Epic. By March 2018, the platform is expected to go live at Main Line’s four acute-care hospitals and outpatient centers. Main Line Health is a not-for-profit health system that serves Philadelphia and its westerns suburbs, with 10,000 employees and more than 2,000 physicians on staff.“This is one of the
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Innovaccer Unveils Free Tool to Compare Hospital Performance
Innovaccer Inc., a Silicon Valley-Headquartered Healthcare analytics company has unveiled Hospital Compare, a free tool to track, compare and analyze the performance of hospitals in the US. Hospital Compare incorporates in-depth research on various hospital data sets and presents visually interactive analysis, with comparisons based on various parameters.The quality reporting data provided by the CMS is used for comparison of up to five hospitals at a time on five fundamental domains:●
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HIMSS Analytics Awards Saint Francis Hospital with Stage 7 Award
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, has been awarded with the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 7 Award. The award represents Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center's attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model™ (EMRAM). “Achieving EMRAM Stage 7 validates that we are using our technology to provide safer, more efficient, cost-effective and higher quality care for our patients,” said John F. Rodis, M.D.,
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Healthcare Ransomware: Why Providers Should Not Pay the Ransom
Editor's Note: Dean Wiech is the Managing Director of Tools4ever, a global provider of access management and governance solutions.Healthcare is simply in the crosshairs of some really nefarious people. You’d have to be living under a rock to have missed the comments on everything that has been happening in the sector. The daily headlines include such news as “Hospital declares State of Emergency after ransomware infection”; “Hospital pays ransom to get data back”; “Dangerous escalation in
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