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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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Healthcare Data Breaches: The Gap Between Awareness & Readiness

by Our Thought Leaders 05/26/2016 Leave a Comment

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

Editor’s Note: D’Arcy Guerin Gue is a co-founder of Phoenix, with over 25 years of experience in executive leadership, strategic planning, IT services, knowledge leadership, and industry  relations —  with a special focus on patient engagement and federal compliance issues. She currently serves as the Director of Industry Relations at Phoenix Health Systems, a division of Medsphere SystemsYou may be suffering from IT security fatigue at this point, for which I offer a half-hearted apology.Yes,
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Mercy Health Named “Analytics Wizard” by SAP, Saves Provider $9M in Surgery-Related Costs

by HITC Staff 05/26/2016 Leave a Comment

Mercy Health Wins Accountable Care Project of the Year

What began a decade ago as a vision for a unified electronic patient record has propelled Mercy into a model of care driven by information. Today, Mercy’s physicians, care team and leaders have intelligence – not just data – at their fingertips boosting productivity and driving improvements that minimize unnecessary care and cost, and keep patients healthier.Mercy’s move from collecting data to delivering information has earned its IT division, Mercy Technology Services, international
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FDA, Flatiron Health Team Up for Cancer Research Initiative

by HITC Staff 05/26/2016 Leave a Comment

Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Curing Cancer

Flatiron Health and the FDA have teamed up on a new research collaboration agreement to determine how real-world evidence derived from de-identified, HIPAA-compliant patient data captured outside of clinical trials can provide new insights into the safety and effectiveness of emerging anti-cancer therapies such as immunotherapeutic agents.Research Initiative DetailsAs part of this research initiative, Flatiron Health and the FDA are collaborating on a project to investigate the use of
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iHealth Solutions Acquires Revenue Cycle Company DNA Healthcare

by Jasmine Pennic 05/25/2016 Leave a Comment

iHealth Solutions Acquires Revenue Cycle Company DNA Healthcare

iHealth Solutions, LLC, a Louisville, KY-based healthcare software and services company has acquired the assets of revenue cycle management company DNA Healthcare Inc.(DNAH). The acquisition of the New-Jersey RCM provider will strengthen iHealth’s proprietary technology, as well as increase its customer base with major hospitals and clinics across the East Coast. iHealth Solutions provides revenue cycle management, practice management, credentialing and EHR services to small to large size
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drchrono Integrates Heart & Lung Sounds into EHR for Clinical Documentation

by Fred Pennic 05/25/2016 Leave a Comment

drchrono Integrates Heart & Lung Sounds into EHR

 Three companies have teamed up to integrate a patient's heart and lung sounds into the EHR for clinical documentation for the first time ever, representing a milestone in longitudinal patient care. The new partnership from Direct Urgent Care,Eko, and drchrono uses a quick three step process, clinicians can now seamlessly integrate heart and lung sounds into a patient's EHR. How It Works1. Direct Urgent Care, a Berkeley-based urgent care provider with 30,000 patients, enables providers to record
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ZeOmega Integrates with McKesson’s InterQual Connect

by Jasmine Pennic 05/25/2016 Leave a Comment

McKesson InterQual Connect For Automated Medical Review

ZeOmega Inc. has announced an agreement to integrate ZeOmega's Jiva™ population health management solution with McKesson's InterQual® Connect authorization and connectivity solution to fully automate pre-authorization for payers and providers. The integration marks ZeOmega’s Jiva as the first partner to tap InterQual Connect’s cloud connectivity to expand automated authorization to include requests requiring a medical review and simplify pre-auths for their customers.Without leaving their easy
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