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Mayo Clinic Chooses Epic for Integrated EHR & RCM System

by HITC Staff 01/20/2015 4 Comments

Mayo Clinic Study Reveals Patient Portals Had Little impact on Face to Face Visits

Mayo Clinic announced today that Epic has been selected as its strategic partner for a single, integrated EHR and revenue cycle management (RCM) system. The new system will replace Mayo’s current three EHRs in use today and serve as the foundation for Mayo Clinic operations over the next several decades. “We’re confident in choosing Epic as our strategic partner as we continue to enhance Mayo Clinic’s excellence in health care and medical innovation,” says John Noseworthy, M.D., Mayo
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Why Behavioral Health Acutely Needs EHRs

by Edmund Billings MD 01/20/2015 Leave a Comment

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Exclusion from federal funding makes no clinical, economic or policy sense A show of hands: Who believes depression or bipolar disorder have no impact on the severity and treatment of a patient’s diabetes and COPD? It’s an idea no practicing physician would support. Yet time and again, we act as though mental illness and care can be kept separate from physical ailments. Take Meaningful Use (MU), for example. The federal government believes healthcare must move into the digital age and is
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3 Healthcare Executives Discuss Changes in Their Hospitals

by Fred Pennic 01/20/2015 Leave a Comment

3 Healthcare Executives Discuss Changes in Their Hospitals

As hospitals prepare for more change to help achieve their goal of more significant cost reductions, two themes emerged: better access to data and improved alignment. Jump Technologies, a provider of cloud-based inventory management solutions for hospitals and healthcare organizations spoke with three healthcare executives about what they see changing in their hospital organizations as they plan for 2015. Here are their insights:  Robert Hatkins, Business Development & Analytics
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ICD-10: Navigating the Road Ahead

by HITC Staff 01/20/2015 Leave a Comment

ICD-10: Navigating the Road Ahead

In this Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) video, Ricardo Martinez, MD, FACEP, a practicing physician offers advice for small practices preparing for ICD-10. In the video, Dr. Martinez explains how to transition to ICD-10 in five steps: 1. Make a Plan—Look at the codes you use today and prepare your staff 2. Train Your Staff—Identify resources to help your staff get ready for the transition 3. Update Your Processes—Review your policies, procedures, forms, and templates 4.
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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

by HITC Staff 01/16/2015 Leave a Comment

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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