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Nuance Receives High KLAS Rankings for Quality and CDI

by HITC Staff 12/16/2014 Leave a Comment

Nuance's Clintegrity CDI

Nuance today announced that it has been rated #1 for regulatory reporting in the industry report, “Quality Management 2014: The Race Gets Closer,” issued by KLAS Enterprises. The report surveyed more than 200 healthcare providers on their satisfaction with vendors’ quality management offerings, including regulatory reporting, benchmarking, safety/risk management, and effectiveness in improving patient care. This is Nuance’s second recent KLAS accolade as their J. A. Thomas & Associates
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5 Ways Secure Messaging Can Improve Patient Care

by DocHalo 12/16/2014 Leave a Comment

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This post is sponsored by DocHalo According to a recent report from healthcare start-up accelerator Rock Health, venture capitalists poured more than $3 billion into digital health companies in the first three quarters of 2014. But where’s most of the money going? Toward efforts that “improve patient care and reduce costs,” the analysis said. Studies show that as more clinicians and healthcare facilities adopt the use of mobile technology in their daily healthcare practices, the positive
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Consortium for National Health Information Exchange Launches

by HITC Staff 12/15/2014 Leave a Comment

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  Representatives from approximately 20 health information exchanges (HIEs) nationally have come together to form a national consortium called the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC). SHIEC aims to assist and advance member HIEs through the exchange of ideas and business improvements as well as through public education and advocacy. The group has developed a formal organization with by-laws and an elected board of directors. An executive director will be named
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7 Best Practices for Revenue Cycle Management Optimization

by HITC Staff 12/15/2014 Leave a Comment

Optimize Your Revenue Cycle Management

  Today’s healthcare landscape of increased regulations and pay-for-performance models, combined with declining reimbursements, has made revenue cycle management (RCM) critical for success. Health costs continue to rise and employee contributions are increasing at a rapid pace. In fact, employee contributions have outpaced employer contributions by 6% over the last 5 years and deductibles have steadily increased. Providers, therefore, will need to respond with thoughtful strategies
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HIMSS Analytics Honors Cleveland Clinic Health System With Stage 7 Ambulatory Award

by HITC Staff 12/15/2014 Leave a Comment

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HIMSS Analytics recognized the Cleveland Clinic Health System with its Stage 7 Ambulatory Award. The award represents Cleveland Clinic Health Systems’ 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. Developed in 2011, the EMR Ambulatory Adoption Model provides a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for ambulatory facilities owned by
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JASON Report: The Great American Experiment

by Margalit Gur-Arie 12/15/2014 Leave a Comment

JASON Report

The distinguished JASON group of anonymous scientists and academics that provides consulting services to the U.S. government on matters of defense science and technology, just published a sequel to the 2013 best seller, “A Robust Health Data Infrastructure”. The new report is titled “Data for Individual Health”, and it has two purposes. The first and foremost purpose is to backtrack on the searing criticism leveled at government efforts to promote health information technology, which evoked much
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Can A Virutal Clipboard Automate the Patient Intake Process?

by Jasmine Pennic 12/12/2014 Leave a Comment

Virtual Clipboard Automate Patient Intake Process

On Monday, a group of representatives from the ONC and healthcare industry meet to discuss possibly developing a mobile "virtual clipboard" that will “create an industry blueprint around how to automate the patient intake process"Modern Healthcare first reports.  “The goal is to make the first experience (going) into your GP, specialist or hospital as simple as buying a cup of coffee at Starbucks. We have created four different work groups that will meet between January and February to work out
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KLAS: Phytel Takes Lead in Population Health Vendor Market Race

by Fred Pennic 12/12/2014 Leave a Comment

KLAS: Phytel Takes Lead in Population Health Vendor Market Race

  Population health management is one of the hottest emerging markets in the health IT space and vendors are quickly racing to carve out market share.70% of providers report that they see tangible benefits to patient care when using certain population health vendors, according to KLAS. But with so many PHM vendors and very little data, healthcare providers are having a hard time identifying who is the best vendor to help them maximize the benefits of their population health efforts.  To
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SHIN-NY, Oscar Introduce Healthix’s Patient Alert System

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SHIN-NY, Oscar Introduce Healthix’s Patient Alert System

The New York State Health Department joined with Healthix, the Brooklyn Health Home and Oscar to provide an update on the development of New York’s new EHR system, the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY). To demonstrate how the SHIN-NY operates on a regional level, the group highlighted Healthix’s patient alert system, which allows care managers to receive real-time alerts when their patients are admitted to or discharged from a hospital, helping to improve care
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Survey: Patients’ Online Access to EHRs Doubled in 2014

by HITC Staff 12/11/2014 Leave a Comment

EHR Optimization EHRs Meaningful Use Stage 3_Ambulatory EHR_Specialty-Driven EHRs

Patients’ online access to EHRs has nearly doubled, surging from 26 percent in 2011 to 50 percent in 2014, according to new study released by the National Partnership for Women & Families. In the last year, more than four in five patients with online access to their health records (86 percent) used their online records at least once – and more than half (55 percent) used them three or more times a year.  Engaging Patients and Families: How Consumers Value and Use Health IT  offers an
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