The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) has launched a state-wide online hospital quality scorecard and cost estimator solution called Healthcare CT to assist residents in making informed decisions concerning their healthcare among healthcare providers. The website has interactive tables and graphs that allow consumers to search, sort, and filter by entity, quality measure, health topic, and rating. In addition, the solution promotes cost transparency in healthcare improves access to
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Physicians Foundation Launches Interoperability Fund to Improve HIEs Across 6 States
The Physicians Foundation unveils Interoperability Fund to improve health information exchanges in six states to support medical practices in transition in value-based care.The Physicians Foundation, in association with six state medical societies, today announced the formation of the first of its kind interoperability fund, known as The Physicians Foundation Interoperability Fund, which will assist medical practices in effectively sharing clinical information with other physicians and hospitals
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IBM Launches Health Corps to Tackle Health Disparities Via IBM Watson
This week during 13th Annual World Health Care Congress, IBM unveiled IBM Health Corps, a global first -of-its-kind pro-bono program focused on tackling health disparities using IBM Watson's cognitive tools and analytics. The new service initiative will bring IBM’s top talent and cognitive technologies to help communities address health challenges such as primary care gaps, health worker shortages, and access to safe water and nutritious food. Unity Health Care Pilot ProjectIBM plans to pilot
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Is Meaningful Use Stage 3 The Perfect Opportunity to Tackle Health Disparities?
On August 26th, the Consumer Partnership for eHealth, a coalition of more than 50 consumer, patient and labor organizations published an evidence-based action plan for leveraging meaningful use stage 3 to reduce health disparities.
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