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Communication vs. Collaboration in Healthcare: What’s the Difference?

by Robert Rowley MD 08/18/2014 Leave a Comment

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In healthcare, there has been much talk and much activity within health IT circles about communicating across institutional barriers. We are now in an era where a majority of physicians, and most hospitals, have moved from paper record keeping to Electronic Health Records (EHRs). By-and-large, these EHRs are implemented within healthcare institutions (hospitals, large delivery systems, and independent doctors’ offices), and the medical data about patients is confined to the institution that
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Is the ED Best Area to Track and Measure the Patient Experience?

by Jasmine Pennic 08/15/2014 Leave a Comment

Is the ED Best Tool to Track and Measure the Patient Experience

66 percent of healthcare leaders agree that the ED is a critical area tool to track and measure the patient experience, according to a new independent HealthLeaders Media Premium report. The report includes data from a survey of the 7,000-member HealthLeaders Media Council exploring how leading organizations are applying rigor to patient experience reporting and refocusing efforts on patient values. The other top areas identified as the most important to positive patient experience score
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Baylor College Of Medicine Signs On To Regional Health Information Exchange

by Jasmine Pennic 08/14/2014 Leave a Comment

Baylor College Of Medicine Signs On To Regional Health Information Exchange

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

by Fred Pennic 08/13/2014 1 Comment

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

by Fred Pennic 08/12/2014 Leave a Comment

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

by Our Thought Leaders 08/10/2014 Leave a Comment

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

by Jasmine Pennic 08/07/2014 Leave a Comment

M*Modal Will Receive Approval to Emerge From Chapter 11

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

by Jasmine Pennic 08/07/2014 Leave a Comment

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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). Finding Details 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 Fred Pennic 08/06/2014 Leave a Comment

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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

by Jasmine Pennic 08/06/2014 Leave a Comment

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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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