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6 Ways to Take Advantage of the Delay in ICD-10 Compliance

by Jasmine Pennic 07/14/2014 Leave a Comment

6 Ways to Take Advantage of the Delay in ICD-10 Compliance

William McElmurry, Senior Vice President at SoftServ Inc. shares six ways you can utilize the one year delay in ICD-10 compliance to your advantage. Those who invested early on in ICD-10 implementation may feel a level of frustration with recently signed legislation delaying ICD-10 compliance one year to October 1, 2015, but it may be a blessing in disguise. All organizations required to implement ICD-10 can take advantage of the delay, viewing it as an opportunity to re-assess their
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Infirmary Health Achieves Rapid Physician Adoption of its EHR using Nuance Cloud-Based Speech Recognition

by Fred Pennic 07/10/2014 Leave a Comment

Nuance Unveils The Industry’s Largest Medical Imaging Network for Image Sharing

Nuance Communications, Inc., announced today that Infirmary Health has achieved rapid success deploying Nuance clinical speech recognition technology embedded within Epic’s apps, which simplifies how physicians enter clinical information on mobile devices. Infirmary Health provides care for more than 100,000 patients annually across multiple hospitals and clinics in Alabama and has found Nuance’s voice-enabled clinical documentation speeds physician workflows on smartphones and tablets, expands
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Archiac Pagers and Lack of Secure Text Messaging Costs Average Hospital More Than $1.75M Annually

by Jasmine Pennic 07/09/2014 Leave a Comment

Secure Text Messaging Imprivata

Inefficient communication during critical clinical workflows such as patient admissions, emergency response team coordination and patient transfers costs the average U.S. hospital about $1.75 million annually, according to a new report from Imprivata® and the Ponemon Institute. Titled “The Imprivata Report on the Economic Impact of Inefficient Communications in Healthcare,” the report finds that a significant amount of time is wasted during these workflows—primarily due to the inefficiency of
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HIEs: Transforming Clinical Workflows for Care Coordination

by Fred Pennic 07/09/2014 Leave a Comment

HIEs_Transforming Clinical Workflows for Care Coordination

Improving care coordination has become a top priority for hospitals and health systems as they seek to meet Stage 2 meaningful use requirements and as the industry shifts from fee-for-service to pay-for-quality reimbursement models. Provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are driving the formation of accountable care organizations (ACOs), patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) and other coordinated-care systems. All these models require participants to access and share vital patient
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KLAS Report Reveals Clearinghouse Vendor Services Is Key to Provider Satisfaction

by Jasmine Pennic 07/08/2014 Leave a Comment

Best in KLAS 2014

A new clearinghouse report indicates that service and support play a larger role than tools sets in provider satisfaction, contrary to the commonly held perception. This and other key findings were revealed in the latest KLAS report, entitled "Ambulatory Clearinghouse 2014: Choosing between Strong Performers." "This is the first time we compared provider feedback about ambulatory clearinghouse vendors from large and small practices," said report author Jared Dowland. "Our interviews
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7 Questions To Ask Before Choosing A Patient Portal Solution

by Jasmine Pennic 07/08/2014 Leave a Comment

7 Questions To Ask Before Choosing A Patient Portal Solution

IT’S NO SECRET that patient engagement is critical to achieve Meaningful Use, increase patient satisfaction, lower hospital operating costs and promote higher usage of better data. With a bevy of vendors offering patient portal solutions, it can be challenging for a hospital to know where to start. Choosing an efficient patient portal solution can be a daunting task and can cost you big without proper research. By asking the right questions and connecting the right stakeholders, you can ensure
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Pfizer Forms a Strategic Alliance with CliniWorks to Develop Population Health Management Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 07/07/2014 Leave a Comment

Develop Population Health Management Platform

CliniWorks today announced a strategic alliance between and Pfizer Inc.to jointly advance the parties’ respective capabilities in working with healthcare provider organizations to identify and close clinical or quality gaps to improve population health. The two companies are partnering to develop a population health management platform solution that leverages CliniWorks’ technologies in disparate data aggregation and Natural Language Processing (which interprets free text information) of
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HHS Launches EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge

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HHS Launches EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge_HHS Funded Health Care Innovation Award Projects to Watch

In an effort to help clinical practices use health information technology (health IT) like electronic health records (EHRs) to reduce high blood pressure, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today launched a new challenge asking health care professionals and other caregivers to submit the tools they use to improve patient care. The EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge, launched by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), is part of Million
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What is the Future of Population Health Management?

by Our Thought Leaders 07/07/2014 4 Comments

Evolution of Population Health Management

  The next evolution of population health management will demand a greater focus on three key data truths. Janice Nicholson, Founder & CEO of i2i Systems shares her definition of Population Health Management 2.0. If you believe that Population Health Management is about reporting and analytics then you only know half the story. Yes, having the right Population Health Management tools eases the pain associated with delivering performance or compliance reports, demonstrating
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25 Key Trends from 2013 Annual U.S. Hospital IT Market Report

by Fred Pennic 07/06/2014 1 Comment

2013 Annual Report of the U.S. Hospital IT Market Report

Last week, HIMSS Analytics and The Dorenfest Institute for Health Information released a new free report, 2013 Annual Report of the U.S. Hospital IT Market. This report provides valuable new insights into the world of healthcare IT from 4,200 American hospitals, as well as the latest analysis on the penetration of more than 100 IT applications in various sectors (e.g., bed size, hospital type and census regions).  Here are twenty five key takeaways/trends from the report:
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