Yes, Katrina was already losing appeal as a girl’s name by 2005, when it had fallen to 247th most popular in the United States. But the so-named hurricane that swamped New Orleans in August of that year pushed it off a ledge. By May of 2007 Katrina had fallen more than 100 spots to number 382, its lowest level since the 1950s.Less trivial is the impact of Katrina on hospitals and healthcare, which has regularly measured itself against the ghost of a seemingly manageable Category 3 storm that
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New KLAS Report Finds Clock Is Ticking for Allscripts to Improve Paragon
In August 2017, Allscripts announced their intentions to purchase McKesson's Enterprise Information Solutions. This announcement comes after a period of uncertainty regarding McKesson’s plans for the future of Paragon and other EIS solutions. KLAS Research reached out to current Paragon customers to gauge how they are reacting to the news.Do Paragon clients feel the acquisition puts them in a better position? Does it change any customers’ long-term plans? To find out, KLAS got perspectives from
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Infographic: 10 Things You Should Know About BYOD in Healthcare
Healthcare organizations around the U.S. continue to wrestle with whether staff are allowed to use their personal mobile devices for work. Spok, a provider of clinical communications solutions recently surveyed more than 350 healthcare leaders to understand more about ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) policies and assess the current trends.The survey finds participation in BYOD policies continues to vary by role, correlating to staff needs and preferences. For example, a majority of physicians
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Mayo Clinic Teams Up with NDSC to Develop CareSelect Lab for EHR-Integrated Medical Guidelines
Mayo Clinic has announced a new partnership with National Decision Support Company (NDSC) to develop CareSelect Lab, a real-time decision support tool to provide real-time medical guidance when ordering laboratory tests. The tool addresses common areas of laboratory test mis-utilization at the EHR point-of-order entry,CareSelect Lab integrates with a hospital’s electronic health record (EHR) and is delivered via NDSC’s CareSelect™ Platform — the same platform that drives NDSC’s
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Innovaccer Launches Care Intelligence System to Empower Care Teams for Value-based Care
Innovaccer Inc., a Silicon Valley-based healthcare platform company, today announced the launch of Care Intelligence System to become the bedrock of value-based care. The new platform is designed for care teams to streamline their workflows, reduce IT dependency and yet reach more of their at-risk patients.Innovaccer realized the need for a new value-based care platform while working with multi-hospital systems like Mercy ACO, Osler, Compass, CHI, and Catalyst. CMS has introduced many payments
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Dayton Children’s Hospital Deploys Vocera Secure Text & Hands Free Technology
Dayton Children's Hospital, a 155-bed multi-specialty pediatric hospital has deployed Vocera’s hands-free communication badges and a secure texting app throughout its new 260,000-square-foot patient tower. During the move to the new facility, care team members used Vocera technology to stay connected and easily communicate, ensuring a safe and smooth transition of more than 40 children from four units.The hospital, which has more than 300,000 patient visits a year, has integrated the Vocera
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How Predictive Analytics Brings Operational Clarity to Healthcare
The healthcare industry is grappling with a perfect storm of critical issues, each with the ability to negatively affect the access to and the quality of patient care. These issues include the lingering uncertainty regarding the fate of the Affordable Care Act and how Americans receive and pay for their healthcare. Another is the growing trend of industry consolidation, as it becomes increasingly challenging for small hospitals to compete in today’s environment. However, research shows that
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Mayo Clinic Integrates System Assessment Tool with Epic MyChart App
Mayo Clinic is now offering their secure, web-based symptom assessment tool, Ask Mayo Clinic online through Epic’s MyChart App. Available 24/7 through the patient portal via any computer or mobile, MyChart App, users are guided through a series of questions about presenting symptoms. Driven by 36 standardized algorithms based on the real-time data entered, users will receive a recommended level of care“Ask Mayo Clinic online offers trusted and accessible care guidance when you need it — anytime,
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Optum360, Navicure, ZirMed Named Top Vendors for Revenue Cycle Management Solutions
Optum360, Navicure, ZirMed and others have been named top revenue cycle management vendors in customer satisfaction and client experience, according to Black Book Market Resaerch for 2017. For the report, Black Book surveyed 6,033 hospital and health system Chief Financial Officers, Vice Presidents of Finance and RCM, Controllers, Business Office Managers, Staff and Directors to determine the top performing vendors among in-demand financial software, systems and outsourcing services, and assess
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PeraHealth Joins the Epic App Orchard for Seamless Integration with Epic EHR
PeraHealth, a provider of predictive, real-time clinical surveillance solutions, announces its membership in Epic’s App Orchard to allow seamless integration into Epic’s EHR platform. As an App Orchard contributor, PeraHealth will utilize application programming interfaces (APIs), which serve as a bridge between Epic tools and third-party software products to enable greater collaboration, integration and seamless workflow. PeraTrend, PeraHealth’s clinical surveillance solution, provides
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