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DrFirst Acquires MEDITECH-Focused Consulting Firm The IN Group

by Fred Pennic 06/02/2016 Leave a Comment

DrFirst Partners with Greenway to Bring Controlled Substance E-prescribing to Greenway Users Nationwide

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

by Fred Pennic 06/02/2016 Leave a Comment

FHIR API FHIR App

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

by Our Thought Leaders 06/01/2016 Leave a Comment

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

by HITC Staff 06/01/2016 Leave a Comment

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

by HITC Staff 05/31/2016 Leave a Comment

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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

by HITC Staff 05/31/2016 Leave a Comment

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

by Erica Garvin 05/31/2016 1 Comment

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

by HITC Staff 05/30/2016 Leave a Comment

Global Healthcare Cybersecurity Spending Expected to Exceed $65B Over 5 Years_Security Data Breaches_Ransomware

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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IMS Health Acquires Canada-based Privacy Analytics

by Fred Pennic 05/27/2016 Leave a Comment

IMS Health Acquires Canada-based Privacy Analytics

IMS Health has acquired Canada-based Privacy Analytics, a technology provider that enables healthcare organizations to unleash the value of sensitive data for secondary purposes without compromising personal health information. The acquisition will help IMS Health strengthen its robust Real-World Evidence (RWE) capabilities and advance the company’s ability to help life sciences clients drive R&D and commercial performance and demonstrate treatment value in real-world settings. MS Health
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3 Keys to Scaling Up Population Health Management for Providers

by Fred Pennic 05/26/2016 Leave a Comment

3 Keys to Scaling Up Population Health Management for Providers

Financial incentives, technological advances and pioneering care models have provided fertile soil for the green shoots of population health to grow. But for these programs to flourish, they will need more sophisticated analytics, patient stratification, community involvement and care management.This week, PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) released “Population health: Scaling up,” where they interviewed executives in leading healthcare, research and academic institutions on how organizations
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