Catholic Medical Center, a 330-bed not-for-profit, full-service acute care hospital located in Manchester, NH has expanded its portfolio of Allscripts solutions to offer a fully–integrated suite of Sunrise EHR solutions to drive adoption of clinical decision support and improve patient outcomes. Built on an open platform with advanced clinical decision support, Sunrise provides immediate analysis and insights, extending across inpatient, ambulatory, emergency and other high-acuity care
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New Anthem Medical Data Breach Affects More Than 18,500 Members
A new medical data breach has exposed personal health information (PHI) of more than 18,500 Anthem Medicare enrollees, due to an employee’s involvement in identity theft. Consulting firm LaunchPoint Ventures discovered the data breach on April 12 that an employee had emailed a file with information about Anthem companies' members to his personal email address on July 8, 2016. The file contained more than 18,500 Anthem Medicare members' Social Security and Medicare identification data. The
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Zuckerberg, Chan Donate $10M to UCSF to Support Precision Medicine
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, will contribute $10 million to UCSF’s Institute for Computational Health Sciences (IHCS) to harness the power of “big data,” to support precision medicine, UCSF News Center reports. Atul Butte, MD, PhD, who leads UCSF’s Institute for Computational Health Sciences has been named the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Distinguished Professor at UCSF.IHCS encourages researchers to think of data as a “recyclable” resource and is focused
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Stratice Healthcare Joins athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ Program
Stratice Healthcare, a healthcare IT company providing electronic ordering solutions connecting physician practice offices and hospital systems with suppliers and providers of medical equipment, supplies and other patient care services has joined athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ (MDP) program.As part of the athenahealth® Marketplace, the eOrdersPlus integrated application is now available to athenahealth’s growing network of 100,000 healthcare providers for connecting practices,
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KLAS: 66% of Provider’s Perception of eClinicalWorks Was Negatively Impacted by DOJ Settlement
Nearly two-thirds of customers state their perception of eClinicalWorks (eCW) was negatively impacted by the recent settlement, according to a newly published KLAS report. On May 31, 2017, eClinicalWorks reached a settlement with the Department of Justice to pay a $155 million stemming from the False Claims Act for falsely meeting meaningful use certification.For the report, KLAS reached out to a number of eCW customers who had previously rated eClinicalWorks to see how their satisfaction and
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Accenture, Roche to Develop Data-Driven Analytics Platform for Diabetes Patients
Accenture is collaborating with Roche to develop a data-driven core analytics platform for Roche’s digital diabetes ecosystem. Under the terms of a five-year agreement, the new platform will be built on the Accenture Intelligent Patient Platform and offered to diabetes patients across North American, Europe and Asia, will allow Roche to gather and analyze data in a secure environment, generate new patient insights, and easily collaborate and integrate with its ecosystem partners and devices. At
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Tennessee Medicaid Program Taps Edifecs to Align Its Payment Reform Solutions
Tennessee Medicaid Program (TennCare) has selected Edifecs to help align its payment model with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) national payment reform initiatives. TennCare provides healthcare for approximately 1.5 million Tennesseans, covering approximately 20 percent of the state’s population, 50 percent of the state’s births, and 50 percent of the state’s children.Edifecs’ Payment Reform and Value-Based Care solutions bring scalability to TennCare’s initiatives by
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HIMSS Appoints Harold “Hal” Wolf III as New President/Chief Executive Officer
HIMSS has announced the appointment of Harold “Hal” Wolf III as its new president and CEO, succeeding H. Stephen Lieber. Wolf has served HIMSS for four years: two as an advisor to the board and two additional years as a member of the board of directors, recently as vice chair. He serves as a board member and officer of the International Care Delivery Alliance. His role and accomplishments on the HIMSS board illustrates his abilities to lead HIMSS to new heights as CEO.“Hal Wolf brings to his
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Meritus Health to Spend $100M on Epic EHR Implementation Over Next 5 Years
Meritus Health, a community focused, not-for-profit health care system based in Hagerstown, MD has selected Epic as its strategic partner for a single, integrated EHR across its continuum of care, reports Herald-Mail Media.The Epic EHR implementation is expected to cost $90M to $100M over the next five years that will improve system interoperability, connectivity with patients, access to information and data sharing. The pricey investment is expected to adversely affect Meritus' financial
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CVS Health, Cleveland Clinic Expand Clinical Affiliation for Improve EHR Communication
CVS Health and Cleveland Clinic announced that they have expanded their eight-year clinical affiliation to enhance access to care for patients throughout Northeast Ohio and Florida, and improve quality, coordinated delivery of care and health outcomes for patients. As part of the expanded relationship, CVS Health has joined Cleveland Clinic's Quality Alliance, one of the largest clinically integrated networks of providers collaborating on quality measures that focus on chronic disease
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