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Huron Consulting Group to Acquire Studer Group for $325M

by Jasmine Pennic 01/27/2015 Leave a Comment

Huron Consulting Group to Acquire Studer Group for $325M

Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Studer Group, a healthcare consulting firm that helps healthcare providers achieve cultural transformation to deliver and sustain exceptional improvement in clinical outcomes and financial results. Together, the combined organization will have more than 1,500 dedicated healthcare professionals working to empower transformation for healthcare providers.The acquisition will combine Huron
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HIMSS Analytics Honors Altru Health System & Clinics with Stage 7 Awards

by HITC Staff 01/26/2015 Leave a Comment

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HIMSS Analytics awarded Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D, with a  Stage 7 Award, and 21 Altru Health System clinics located throughout North Dakota and Minnesota with Stage 7 Ambulatory Awards. Stage 7 Award Overview HIMSS Analytics developed the EMR Adoption Model in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics™ Database. There are eight stages (0-7) that measure a hospital’s implementation and
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Provider Allows Patients To Contribute To Own EHRs

by Jasmine Pennic 01/26/2015 2 Comments

  Evidence shows that successful management of complex health conditions requires the close collaboration of providers, patients, and their caregivers, and that the transparency made possible by health information technology may facilitate that collaboration. To help improve care for complex patients, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has received a $450,000 grant from The Commonwealth Fund to develop develop OurNotes, a new initiative for allowing patients, caregivers, and
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54% of Physicians Find Gaps in Using Health IT for Care Coordination

by Fred Pennic 01/23/2015 Leave a Comment

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Among physicians routinely using health IT for care coordination, at least 54% of them did not receive the information electronically, according to a study published in Medical Care.  The study finds that although a higher percentage of physicians using HIT received patient information necessary for care coordination than those who did not use HIT, more than one third did not routinely receive the needed patient information at all. Study Background Agency for Healthcare Research and
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AMA-Led Coalition Urges ONC to Change EHR Certification

by Jasmine Pennic 01/22/2015 Leave a Comment

ONC Kicks Off Behavioral Mobile Health App Challenge

On Wednesday, a coalition of 35 medical societies led by the American Medical Association sent a letter to the ONC National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, M.D., urging to change the EHR certification program to "align to better align end-to-end testing to focus on EHR usability, interoperability, and safety." The nine page letter to Karen DeSalvo states, “The undersigned organizations are writing to elevate our concern about the current trajectory of the certification of electronic
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HIMSS Analytics Honors Kaiser Permanente System With Stage 7 Ambulatory Award

by HITC Staff 01/22/2015 Leave a Comment

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HIMSS Analytics recognized 350 Kaiser Permanente ambulatory clinics with its Stage 7 Ambulatory Award. The award represents Kaiser Permanente’s attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model™ (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems. 7 Ambulatory Award Background  Developed in 2011, the EMR Ambulatory Adoption Model provides a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for
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ExamMed Launches Universal Healthcare Tech Platform

by HITC Staff 01/22/2015 Leave a Comment

ExamMed Launches Universal Healthcare Tech Platform

The healthcare market is crowded with fragmented technologies that cannot stand alone to improve efficiencies for providers – from new devices and apps to in-office systems. To address the need for a one-touch solution, ExamMed has announced the official launch of its universal healthcare technology platform that integrates several standalone functions including online scheduling, universal patient profile, interoperability, telehealth, referral management and billing — into a single platform.
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ONC Announces Its First Chief Health Information Officer

by Jasmine Pennic 01/21/2015 Leave a Comment

ONC Announces Its First Chief Health Information Officer

In a note to ONC staff, the National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo announced that Dr. Michael James McCoy will be joining ONC as their first Chief Health Information Officer, effective January 26, 2015. In his new role, Dr. McCoy will lead the development of ONC clinical policy for standards and regulatory matters to help ensure ONC initiatives improve health beyond health care, including serving as the lead clinical subject matter expert on interoperability. He will report directly to
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Mass. General Hospital Utilizes InterSystems for Genomics Research

by HITC Staff 01/21/2015 Leave a Comment

The Center for Integrated Diagnostics (CID) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is collaborating with InterSystems, a provider of software for connected healthcare, to help accelerate innovations in molecularly targeted medicine. Collaboration Overview MGH CID is exploring how the InterSystems HealthShare® health informatics platform can support genomic research and clinical innovations. HealthShare enables interoperability across multiple systems and data formats, making it possible to
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Wheaton Franciscan To Spend $54M on Epic Implementation

by Fred Pennic 01/21/2015 Leave a Comment

Wheaton Franciscan To Spend $54M on Epic Implementation

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare will reportedly spend $54 million to integrate Epic's EHR system in its 14 hospitals and more 70 physician offices, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal. The project will integrate clinical records between Wheaton Franciscan's hospitals and its physician offices that has already been running on Epic since 2012. Currently, clinicians at Wheaton Franciscan facilities can only view patients records from across the system; however, they enter any
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