Context and perspective matter.
And it’s often both context and perspective that are lacking from the daily snapshots we get of health information technology, meaningful use, interoperability and the progress we are either making or not making, depending on your perspective.
So I welcome a report like the one the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released last month on the state of health IT circa 2015 in these United States. Subtitled “Transition to a Post-HITECH World,” the
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AMA, MedStar Health Partner to Drive Improvements in EHR Usability
In an effort to promote transparency around how EHRs are designed and user-tested, and drive improvements in clinician support and patient safety, the American Medical Association (AMA) and MedStar Health’s National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare have developed a comparative EHR User-Centered Design Evaluation Framework that shows a lack of focus among regulators and industry on user-centered design and usability testing.
EHR User-Centered Design Evaluation Framework Overview
The
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Dell’s Mandi Bishop Talks Challenges of Data Analytics in Healthcare
Data analytics promises to be the new darling of healthcare industry as providers move toward value-based methods of care. But is healthcare really ready to handle all the new data (both structured and unstructured) headed its way? How can one be sure that data analytics will produce an accurate picture of how to improve performance and efficiency?
We asked Dell’s Mandi (Phillips) Bishop, Lead for Health Plan Innovation Analytics, what are the considerations providers need to make when it
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Applying Airbnb Data Principles to Health IT Interoperability
When we look outside the walls of traditional medicine, we can find innovative solutions that when applied appropriately, can create unforeseen benefits. Stuart Kauffmann, an evolutionary biologist and complexity systems researcher, proposed a theory where biological organisms can morph into more complex systems that expend less energy. The idea of increasing the complexity to gain some increased benefit has been applied to areas outside living organisms with some success.
Airbnb disrupted
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Sen. Alexander: Patients Need a “Breakthrough” on Medical Devices
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that America’s patients need a “breakthrough” in the medical device industry after touring Smith & Nephew, a medical device company in Memphis, Tennessee.
“We hear a lot about the negative effects of the medical device tax, but what I’m hearing more from the medical device community is about the negative effects of regulatory burdens on doctors and patients,” said Alexander, chairman of the Senate health committee. “We’ve had a
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Empower Patients: Give Them Better Data!
Editor's Note: William Rusnak, MD (@RusnakMD) is a resident radiologist, writer, and financial investor. He writes about topics such as healthcare technology, biotechnology, business, and entrepreneurship.
Imagine that you are diagnosed with serious illness. Wait. Maybe that is a little strong. Sadly, however, there really is no good way to start this conversation. In any case, how do you perform your medical research? If you're like most people -- 77% to be specific -- you run straight to Dr.
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QuadraMed Scoops Up NextGen Healthcare’s Hospital Solutions Division
Quality Systems, Inc. has sold the Hospital Solutions Division of its NextGen Healthcare subsidiary to QuadraMed Affinity Corporation (“QuadraMed”), which is part of the Harris Operating Group of Constellation Software Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The Hospital Solutions Division of NextGen is a provider of an integrated operations suite for critical access and rural hospitals. QuadraMed provides healthcare software and services primarily used in hospitals, health systems and related facilities
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UCSF, Cisco to Develop Interoperability Platform for Sharing Health Data
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Cisco are teaming up for a new initiative to jointly develop an interoperability-focused platform that will enable health systems, providers and app vendors to share and integrate health data from multiple sources. That platform will make pertinent patient information accessible when and where it’s needed for care through a highly secure process.
Health interoperability – defined as the ability of different devices, IT systems and
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Cleveland Clinic: Top 10 Medical Innovations of the Past 10 Years
Each year, at the close of its annual Medical Innovations Summit, Cleveland Clinic predicts the Top 10 Medical Innovations for the coming year. With the annual list turning 10 years old this year, an advisory panel of Cleveland Clinic has compiled a "throwback" Top 10, a listing of the top medical innovations of the past 10 years. Taking a look back at the list reveals that many of the previous medical innovations become transformative.
In the spirit of innovation, here are the Top 10
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Michigan Launches Nation’s First Cloud-Based Medicaid System
Michigan residents will benefit from improved health care delivery and reduced costs through Medicaid Management Information System technology, a first in the nation programs that includes a partnership with another state.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has worked with the State of Illinois, the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget, and CNSI to recently launch the second phase of the nation’s first completely automated real-time and cloud-enabled
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