The fact that technology is rapidly transforming health care should come as no surprise to anyone. From robotic arms that perform surgery to nanorobots that deliver drugs through the bloodstream, the days of being tended to by the human country doctor seem to have fully given way to machines and software more in keeping with the tools of Dr. McCoy from “Star Trek.”
However, technology's evolutionary impact on health care isn't all shooting stars and bells and whistles. Some of health care's
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HIMSS16 Day 2 Summary and Highlights
HIMSS Leadership Survey Underscores Importance of Clinical IT Executives
The 27thAnnual HIMSS Leadership Survey finds 95 percent of IT leaders view health IT as a strategically critical tool to help healthcare organizations be successful especially surrounding their patient care focused efforts. Leaders working for an organization with a clinical IT executive tended to place a substantially higher importance of health IT than their counterparts in a variety of areas, but most
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HIMSS Leadership Survey: 4 Key Findings to Know
Today at the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas, HIMSS released the results of the 27thAnnual HIMSS Leadership Survey of 282 IT executives and professionals. The survey covers a variety of topics designed to capture responses to fixed longitudinal challenges facing health IT leaders as well as dynamic time-specific concerns.
Here are 4 key findings from the survey:
1. 95 percent of IT leaders view health IT as a strategically critical tool to help
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Chilmark Research: Provider-Led Care Management Still In its Infancy
Chilmark Research has released its inaugural 2016 Care Management Market Trends Report on the growing market for provider-centric care management solutions. The report is an in-depth review of over 100 solutions currently available in the market, for which a subset of leading vendors have been comprehensively reviewed.
Defining Care Management
At a fundamental level, care management requires medical professionals to practice medicine differently. Care management will have to
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Epic-Focused Consulting Firm Nordic, Qlik Partner to Enhance EHR Insights for Providers
Epic-focused consulting firm Nordic has partnered with visual analytics provider Qlik to help enhance EHR capabilities for healthcare systems – allowing users to query data directly with flexible and interactive visualizations. With Qlik Sense, Nordic combines its healthcare IT expertise in best practices and operational processes with visual analytics software that puts user-friendly data in the hands of the practitioners — right where they want it — within the Epic environment.
By
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Mobile EHR drchrono Adds Electronic Capture of Insurance, Credit Cards Via App
Mobile EHR provider drchrono today has released a new version of the its platform that now allows for electronic photo capture and storage of patient insurance cards and credit cards right through the app to help process more claims accurately. The drchrono iPad EHR, drchrono iPad patient check-in app and web portal allow a physician to take a photo of a paper insurance card and move it directly into the drchrono platform.
In addition, a patient can complete the same process right from the
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Provider-Led Groups Collaborate to Improve Data Flow to Clinical Apps
The Healthcare Services Platform Consortium (HSPC) and the Center for Medical Interoperability are teaming up on technical initiatives to enable clinical apps to easily and securely access health information. The two provider-led, nonprofit organizations will leverage complementary strengths to develop compatible architectures and platforms to facilitate the flow of data from the patient to clinical applications and services that can enhance care.
The Center serves as a cooperative R&D
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ONC Launches 2 FHIR App Challenges
The ONC today announced a three-part strategy to spur the development of market-ready, user-friendly software apps for consumers and health care providers. While increased adoption of health IT has generated significant amounts of computable, electronic health information, technology that can pull information from different sources and present it in a user-friendly way is limited.
HHS’s new strategy seeks to leverage the Health Level 7 – Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®)Web
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HHS Proposes New Rule for Enhanced Oversight of Health IT Certification Program
The HHS and ONC today proposed a new rule that would further enhance the safety, reliability, transparency, and accountability of certified health IT for users. The “ONC Health IT Certification Program: Enhanced Oversight and Accountability” proposed rulemaking would modify the ONC Health IT Certification Program to reflect the widespread adoption of certified electronic health records and the rapid pace of innovation in the health IT market.
The proposed rule would focus on three key
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HomeHero Launches Care Management Platform for Hospitals, Health Plans
Today, senior home care marketplace HomeHero, has pledged to convert 100% of their care providers from independent contractors to W-2 employees, making them one of the largest employers of home care workers in California. These “Heroes” will form the foundation of the HomeHero Collaborative, a new care management platform for hospitals and health plans that connects and extends the health system into the home. The platform leverages mobile technology and in-home visits to collect critical
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