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Standardization vs. Personalization: Can Healthcare Do Both?

by James Dias 01/19/2015 3 Comments

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  Usually when personalization is mentioned in the world of healthcare thoughts jump to genetics and personalized medicine with custom cancer drugs and medical devices. However, there is another type of personalization that can be applied to healthcare, to make each patient feel like an individual, rather than just "one of the masses." The world of ecommerce discovered the value of personalized online experiences a decade ago and the additional revenue/branding/loyalty that can be
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Survey: Healthcare Executives See Population Health Management Investment Recouped Within 4 Years

by Fred Pennic 01/19/2015 Leave a Comment

  More than half of healthcare managers surveyed expected to recoup their population health management investments within three to four years, according to a recent online survey conducted by KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm. Population health management programs – an approach to medicine that encourages greater collaboration and integration among healthcare providers and their patients is largely being driven by growth in the number of accountable care type models,
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83% of Physicians Are Resistant to Use EHRs for Clinical Communications

by HITC Staff 01/19/2015 Leave a Comment

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83 percent of physicians expressed frustration using EHRs to support clinical communications due to poor EHR interoperability, limited EHR messaging capabilities and poor usability that makes it difficult to find relevant clinical data, according to a recent study by Spyglass Consulting Group. The report entitled Point of Care Communications for Physicians 2014 based on 100 doctors working in hospital‐based and ambulatory environments nationwide reveals physicians are universally (96 percent)
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Should Physicians Tailor Patient Engagement Based on Age?

by Fred Pennic 01/16/2015 Leave a Comment

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New patient engagement trends from TechnologyAdvice Research reveals digital engagement is a growing factor in how patients choose healthcare providers.   Quality of care has long been a primary factor in choosing a healthcare provider, but convenience and communication are also becoming key considerations for patients. Still, many physicians do not appear to be offering the digital engagement services that can meet those demands. The Importance of Digital Services According to a new
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Philips and MIT Collaboration Gives Researchers Access To Critical Care Patient Data

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Philips and MIT Collaboration Gives Researchers Access To Critical Care Patient Data

  Royal Philips has announced a new initiative with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to allow health care researchers to tap into one of the largest data sources available for research into critical care. Philips will be granting access to data from more than 100,000 patients that have been collected and anonymized through the Philips Hospital to Home eICU telehealth program. The Laboratory of Computational Physiology within the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and
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Mayo Clinic and Hillhouse Capital Group Form Joint Venture to Advance Healthcare in China

by Fred Pennic 01/16/2015 Leave a Comment

5 Reasons Why Mayo Clinic Dominates Social Media in Healthcare

Healthcare innovation leader Mayo Clinic announced on Wednesday it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Hillhouse Capital, a long-term fundamental equities investment firm to advance the quality of health care in China. By combining Mayo Clinic’s patient care, medical research and education with Hillhouse’s China expertise and healthcare industry partnerships, the collaboration establishes a new company to improve health care delivery and efficiency in China. “We are excited to
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Pamela Paulk Appointed President of Johns Hopkins Medicine International

by HITC Staff 01/15/2015 Leave a Comment

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Pamela Paulk, M.S.W., M.B.A., has been named president of Johns Hopkins Medicine International, the division of Johns Hopkins Medicine that develops high-impact international health care collaborations and provides medical concierge services for patients who travel from other regions to receive care at Johns Hopkins. Paulk assumes the role on March 1. Throughout her 40-year career, including her most recent role as senior vice president of human resources for Johns Hopkins Medicine and the
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Google Named Partner in $11B DoD EHR Contract Bid

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Google has been named a partner in the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) led bid for the $11B Department of Defense (DoD) EHR Modernization Project, Modern Healthcare first reports. According to PwC health IT practice leader Dan Garrett, Google was always part of the bid. PwC DoD EHR Contract Bid Details PwC plans to combine its healthcare operational and transformation capabilities with commercial EHR vendors DSS, Inc. and MedSphere, and systems integrator General Dynamics Information
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Epic, IBM to Test $11B DoD EHR Bid at OHSU Simulation Lab

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Epic, IBM to Test $11B DoD EHR Bid at OHSU Simulation Lab

Yesterday, representatives from IBM visited Oregon Health & Science's Simulation Center that could play a key role in the $11B DoD EHR bid IBM, Epic is vying for, The News Tribune reports. If IBM, Epic wins the 10 year $11B federal contract, OHSU's Simulation Center in the new Collaborative Life Sciences Building would provide a state-of-the-art training environment for DoD clinicians. Additionally, Tacoma’s MultiCare Health Systems has been selected as the pilot installation site due to
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BT to Promote Medsphere’s Open EHR System

by Jasmine Pennic 01/14/2015 Leave a Comment

BT to Promote Medsphere’s Open EHR System

Medsphere Systems Corporation and BT have reached an agreement in which they will jointly promote Medsphere’s OpenVista® EHR under a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, relieving hospitals of many costly and burdensome IT responsibilities. Medsphere, the most experienced developer and implementer of VistA-derived electronic health record (EHR) solutions outside the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), will work with BT to promote the affordability of Medsphere’s business model and the proven
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