Healthconnect announced today that Baylor College of Medicine has joined the regional health information exchange (HIE). Baylor’s entry is an important step in the integration of health information technologies that enable clinical faculty within an academic setting to enhance transitions of care by easily communicating with both referring physicians and patients. Baylor, which utilizes the Epic electronic health record (EHR) system, will utilize Healthconnect’s Direct Messaging services to
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40% of Patients Are Unaware of Patient Portal Options
40 percent of patients are unaware of their patient portal options provided by their primary care physician, according to recent study by TechnologyAdvice. In an effort to learn more about how patients wish to communicate with their doctors, Technology Advice surveyed a random sample of 430 patients who had seen their primary care physician within the last year.
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10 Health Information Exchange Trends in Hospitals and Physicians Offices
The ONC recently released a report on the "National Health Information Exchange and Interopability Landscape" highlighting health information exchange trends from office based physicians and hospitals, individuals and state HIE program grantees. The report found growth in exchange capability and activity, but also show there is still substantial room for improvement.
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Improving Patient Experience Is The Key to Reducing Referral Leakage
Jonathan Govette of ReferralMD explains why improving the patient experience is critical to reducing referral leakage and increasing revenue for practices and ACOs.
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M*Modal Partners with athenahealth’s More Disruption Please Program
After successfully emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy M*Modal, provider of clinical documentation and Speech Understanding solutions has announced that it has partnered with athenahealth’s More Disruption Please (MDP) program. The partnership will make M*Modal's Fluency Direct and Fluency Flex mobile solutions available on the athenahealth MDP Marketplace, and together the companies will work to link athenahealth’s growing network of more than 52,000 care providers with these solutions.
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HHS: EHR Adoption Hits Record Levels for Hospitals and Physicians
EHR adoption for hospitals and physicians are higher than before, according to two new studies published today by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
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The studies, published in the journal Health Affairs, found that in 2013, almost eight in ten (78 percent) office-based physicians reported they adopted some type of EHR system. About half of all physicians (48 percent) had an EHR system with advanced functionalities in 2013, a
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Mississippi DOM Creates State-Wide MPI for 750K Medicaid Beneficiaries
By establishing a Master Patient Index (MPI) and longitudinal patient record for over 750,000 Medicaid/CHIP beneficiaries, Mississippi improves patient safety and care.
MedeAnalytics announced that the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (Mississippi DOM) launched a clinical data repository, provider portal and Medicaid Master Patient Index (MPI). Leveraging MedeAnalytics’ robust analytics platform and Medicaid Management solution, Mississippi DOM now has a single-identifier for each of
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10 Ways to Reduce Healthcare Supply Chain Costs for Providers
GHX outlines a list of documented opportunities to reduce supply costs healthcare supply chain costs for providers.
The healthcare supply chain is the second highest and fastest-growing operating expense for healthcare providers. Faced with significant medical supply costs and evaporating reimbursements, healthcare are increasingly seeking ways to reduce their supply chain expenses. GHX, provider of healthcare supply chain solutions has provided the following ten ways healthcare providers
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Cerner Acquires Siemens Health IT Business for $1.3B
Cerner Corporation has announced it has agreed to buy Siemens health information technology business for $1.3 billion in cash. As part of the agreement, both companies will enter a three year strategic alliance to build on Cerner's health IT business and Siemens medical devices and imaging, each contributing up to $50 million. The acquisition is expected to create an estimated $4.5 billion in annual revenue. About $650 million will be utilized for R&D and over 18,000 client facilities. As
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WEDI Releases ICD-10 Readiness Survey To Help Assess Industry’s Progress Towards ICD-10
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange has announced the release of an ICD-10 readiness survey to determine how well the healthcare industry is progressing towards the Oct. 1, 2015 implementation deadline. The survey results will be evaluated and compiled into a report for the industry.
Providers, health plans, vendors and clearinghouses are invited to participate in
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