The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has selected the GE Centricity Practice Solution as the official EMR to be used by the medical teams of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The news marks the first time that all athletes and spectators at the Olympic Games will have their health interactions managed by an EMR.
Centricity PracticeEMR Solution will be used for managing data related to injuries and illness for athletes competing in the games as well as spectators, officials, athlete family
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e-MDs Acquires Ambulatory Software Asssets from McKesson to Boost Market Share
Ambulatory EHR provider e-MDs announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire several ambulatory software assets from McKesson Business Performance Services in a move to boost its market share in the ambulatory EHR space. These McKesson assets include McKesson Practice Choice™, Medisoft®, Medisoft® Clinical, Lytec®, Lytec® MD, and Practice Partner®.
"The McKesson team supporting these products is passionate about the same thing we are ─ helping doctors maintain focus on the patient,”
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Perfect Alliance: Patient Engagement and Medical Website Personalization
This post is sponsored by ScienceSoft, an international software development and consulting company with headquarters in the USA (McKinney, Texas) and development centers in Eastern Europe and Asia.
Patient engagement serves an ambitious goal of encouraging patients to care about their health more. Generally, it is considered that only private means of delivering information, such as mobile devices (think smart phones and tablets) and patient portals, can help caregivers reach out to users
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GE Healthcare Appoints Charles Koontz CEO of GE Healthcare IT
GE Healthcare today announced the appointment of Charles Koontz as new president and CEO of GE Healthcare IT and GE Healthcare Chief Digital Officer, effective March 14. Koontz succeeds Jan De Witte, who is leaving GE.
Koontz joins GE from Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) and CSRA, where he was Executive Vice President of the Federal Civilian Agencies Group. As VP and General Manager of the Healthcare group at CSC, Charles focused on transitioning healthcare clients to next generation IT, mobile
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How to Leverage Psychology to Build Persuasive Solutions for Healthcare
Editor's Note: Mike Wiseman is the CTO of Next IT Healthcare, a company that helps healthcare organizations drive lasting behavior change and improved patient outcomes.
“Patient engagement” and “technology” have become so intertwined over the past few years that the distinction between them is now problematically blurred. Patient engagement, while a popular buzzword in health technology circles, has always been an area of great focus for the health sector. From physicians to big pharma, we’ve
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5 Strategies for Maintaining A Healthy Revenue Cycle During An EMR Transition
Editor's Note: This post is written by David Dyke, VP of Product Management and Carmen Sessoms, CHFP, FHFMA Assistant VP of Product Management at RelayHealth Financial.
You’ve heard the horror stories. Now hear how making clinical and financial data “inseparable” can help ensure a smooth migration that doesn’t blow up the revenue cycle.
Your EMR migration can cost you twice. But the second cost is avoidable if you know where to look and what to do. The first cost is obvious.
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Parks Associates: 42% of Consumers Aged 24-34 Own A Connected Health Device
37% of consumers aged 18-24 own a connected health device, while 42% of consumers aged 24-34 own one, according to research from Parks Associates. Among consumers 65 and older, 31% own a connected health device. The report, 360 View Update: Shopping For Care: Insights from Consumers reveals connected health device ownership (including digital fitness trackers, networked weight scales, connected treadmills, and blood pressure meters) has risen from 24% to 33% of U.S. broadband households between
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Dignity Health to Integrate Cerner’s PowerChart Ambulatory EHR Across Enterprise
Dignity Health, one of the nation's largest health system announced it will expand the use of Cerner’s PowerChart Ambulatory EHR across all Dignity Health ambulatory care clinics. The integration will create a unified patient record and an integrated clinically driven network across all acute and ambulatory care settings.
PowerChart Ambulatory EHR Integration Details
PowerChart Ambulatory will integrate with Dignity Health’s 39 acute care facilities, which are supported by Cerner
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HIMSS: Only 3% of Providers Are Highly Prepared for Pay-for-Value Transition
Only three percent of respondents believe their organization is highly prepared to make the pay-for-value transition, according to the findings of the 2016 HIMSS Cost Accounting Survey. The survey reflects the insights of 102 executives and finance professionals from an array of U.S. healthcare provider organizations. examines the approach healthcare providers are pursuing as they manage the changing payment landscape.
The transition from fee-for-service to pay-for-value has been referred to
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HIMSS16 Day 3 Summary and Highlights
HIMSS: 52% of Hospitals Currently Use 3 or More Connected Health Technologies
More than 50 percent of hospitals currently use three or more connected health technologies with many organizations planning to implement additional technologies to improve engagement and quality of care with patients, according to the new 2016 HIMSS Connected Health Survey, The survey reveals an optimistic outlook on the emerging trend of connectivity within the healthcare ecosystem.
Accenture: Only 18% of
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