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Informatics Nurses Drive Significant Patient Safety and Workflow Improvements

by Fred Pennic 04/13/2015 1 Comment

Informatics Nurses Drive Significant Patient Safety and Workflow Improvements

Today at HIMSS15 in Chicago, HIMSS released the results of the 2015 Impact of the Informatics Nurse Survey – a survey of nearly 600 participants including C-suite executives, clinical analysts and informatics nurses. The survey examined the growing technology-driven healthcare ecosystem and the role nursing informatics – a specialty that integrates knowledge, data and wisdom – is playing in this evolving environment. The results indicated that the role of informatics nurses has expanded greatly
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The Kabuki Dance Of “Blocking Data” In Healthcare

by Our Thought Leaders 04/13/2015 4 Comments

The Kabuki Dance Of "Blocking Data" In Healthcare

The lack of data interoperability in healthcare continues to plague and haunt the entire industry. Much of the challenge falls squarely in the realm of Electronic Health Record (EHR) software, but EHR software is by no means the only category where this challenge is directly affecting patient lives. I ‒ along with countless others ‒ have written extensively about this topic. Last year I did a 5‒part series on just "interoperability" which I published on Forbes. One piece highlighted the
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Practice Fusion, AstraZeneca Partner on PHM Initiative for Asthma & COPD

by Fred Pennic 04/13/2015 Leave a Comment

Practice Fusion, AstraZeneca Partner on PHM Initiative for Asthma & COPD

  At HIMSS15, EHR provider Practice Fusion and AstraZeneca today announced a Population Health Management (PHM) program that arms members of Practice Fusion's community of 112,000 medical professionals with data-driven insights that can help them in their efforts to improve care for patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).  The program, developed by Practice Fusion and sponsored by AstraZeneca, identifies patients whose current asthma or COPD care does
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KPMG To Acquire Health IT Consulting Firm Beacon Partners

by HITC Staff 04/12/2015 Leave a Comment

KPMG To Acquire Health IT Consulting Firm Beacon Partners

Big Four Firm, KPMG LLP today announced it has agreed to acquire the assets of health IT consulting firm Beacon Partners Inc. to strengthen its position in the healthcare IT consulting/advisory market. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Weymouth, Mass., Beacon Partners provides management consulting/advisory services to hospitals, physician groups and other health-care providers. The firm has annual revenue of more than $60 million and is ranked 15th on Modern
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HIMSS Launches EHR/HIE Interoperability Testing & Certification Program

by Jasmine Pennic 04/12/2015 Leave a Comment

HIMSS Launches EHR/HIE Interoperability Testing & Certification Program

HIMSS has announced the launch of a new testing and certification program called ConCert by HIMSS designed to streamline the certification of interoperability in health IT and helps evaluate vendor claims, simplifying the task of selecting the right information systems for your organization.  Built on the work of the EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup (IWG) and IHE USA, ConCert by HIMSS is a robust, highly automated testing and certification program that will verify, once certified, a product
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Accenture and Surescripts Joins HL7 Argonaut Project

by Jasmine Pennic 04/10/2015 Leave a Comment

HL7 Argonaut Project

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced that Accenture and Surescripts have joined the Argonaut Project. Launched in December 2014, the Argonaut Project addresses the recommendations of the JASON Task Force, a joint task force of the HIT Standards and Policy Committees. The overarching goal of the project is to accelerate the development and adoption of HL7’s Fast
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7 Buzzwords to Watch at HIMSS 2015

by Shannon Dauphin Lee 04/10/2015 Leave a Comment

7 Buzzwords to Watch at HIMSS 2015

Over 38,000 healthcare professionals are expected to converge on Chicago, IL for HIMSS 2015 starting on April 12, 2015. In-depth innovations, education and networking opportunities will be available for movers and shakers in the Health IT industry. Many of the conversations during those five days will focus on the most exciting points of healthcare, and more than a few buzzwords will grow out of those discussions. Here’s a sampling of buzzwords you can expect to hear while exploring HIMSS
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What If Air Travel Worked Like Healthcare?

by Dr. Donald Voltz 04/09/2015 4 Comments

Air Travel Healthcare

  HIT consultants will have their work cut out for them if the healthcare industry gets serious about solving EHR’s lack of interoperability.  Billions of dollars would be spent building the same easy to use applications consumers enjoy in other industries like banking and travel.   Imagine if banks did not have applications to support mortgage processing! Everything has to be done via a manual process, moving the loan through different verifications and approvals through human
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Caradigm Broadens Its Portfolio of Population Health Apps

by HITC Staff 04/09/2015 Leave a Comment

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Caradigm, a provider of enterprise population health has announced its latest software release, which includes two new applications, Caradigm® Condition Management andCaradigm® Utilization Management Analytics. These new applications help healthcare organizations improve quality and lower the cost of care for at-risk populations, and broaden Caradigm’s ability to deliver the market’s most comprehensive portfolio of enterprise population health applications. In addition, the release includes
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Cerner Integrates Tableau’s Visual Analytics for Interactive Data Exploration

by HITC Staff 04/09/2015 Leave a Comment

Cerner Acquires Siemens Health IT Business for $1.3B

EHR leader Cerner is partnering with Tableau Software to enhance the data discovery experience of health care organizations through interactive data exploration. Through the partnership, Cerner will integrate Tableau's visual analytics with Cerner's HealtheAnalytics℠ and HealtheEDW℠ enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and analytic offerings. Through this data mining and analysis, health care organizations can derive meaningful insight to identify trends, improve clinical decision support and help
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