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KLAS: Epic Leads in Functionality Adoption for FQHCs

by Syed Hamza Sohail 04/11/2023 Leave a Comment

KLAS: Epic Leads in Functionality Adoption for FQHCs

What You Should Know: Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) hold a significant and distinct place in US healthcare by providing low-cost, government-subsidized care to undererved populations. Due to FQHCs’ integrated care model and government ties, it is harder for these organizations to find comprehensive EMR and PM solutions that meet all care setting needs and are also reasonably priced.A new report by KLAS is the first look at HIT vendors who deliver needed functionality and
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Opioid Settlements are Making Headlines; Is Now The Time to Soften Guidelines?

by Jeremy Bloom, CEO, NorthSight Recovery 03/15/2023 Leave a Comment

Opioid Settlements are Making Headlines; Is Now The Time to Soften Guidelines?

The United States only represents five percent of the world’s population; however, Americans consume 80 percent of the world’s opioids.1 The U.S. is the world’s leader in the use of opioid medications to cope with physical and emotional difficulties. And the recent Walgreens and Wal-Mart multi-state opioid settlement agreement disclosures have only hammered home the point. America continues to have an opioid addiction problem.  In light of all these circumstances, the recent CDC
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Maryland HIE to Expand Medicaid Redetermination Notification Project

by Fred Pennic 03/06/2023 Leave a Comment

Maryland HIE to Expand Medicaid Redetermination Notification Project

What You Should Know: - CRISP, the nonprofit state-designated health information exchange (HIE) of Maryland, announced plans to expand its Medicaid Redetermination Notification project across the state to support care teams as they navigate redetermination for 1.6 million Medicaid enrollees. - The project is a collaboration across state agencies and began as a pilot supporting federally qualified health centers who expressed concerns about lacking resources that would contribute to
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The Health Data Interoperability Highway Is Coming. Is Your Organization Ready?

by Lee Barrett, Commission Executive Director of DirectTrust 01/20/2023 Leave a Comment

health data The Interoperability Highway Is Coming. Is Your Organization Ready?

Not many of us remember a time when there weren’t interstates widely available to help us get to where we need to go. Winding roads and sleepy towns can be nostalgic, but they’re not great time savers when time is of the essence. At a macro level, The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) promises to be the interoperability superhighway for healthcare data, speeding information on patients from care facility and care provider — regardless of location or healthcare entity —
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Maryland Passes Legislation for HIE to Operate as State Health Data Utility

by Fred Pennic 09/27/2022 Leave a Comment

Maryland Passes Legislation for HIE to Operate as State Health Data Utility

What You Should Know: - Maryland State Legislature has passed inaugural legislation, mandating the state-designated health information exchange (HIE), CRISP, to operate as the state-designated health data utility (HDU) beginning Oct. 1. - Effective October 1, 2022, state law will require the state-designated HIE to provide data in real-time to individuals and organizations involved in the treatment and care coordination of patients and to public health officials to support public
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KLAS: Post–Acute Care EMR Product Suites 2022 Trends to Watch

by Syed Hamza Sohail 09/06/2022 Leave a Comment

KLAS: Post–Acute Care EMR Product Suites 2022 Trends to Watch

What You Should Know: - A new report from KLAS examines what solutions are offered, how they are being adopted, and how well they meet setting-specific functionality needs (particularly for home health and LTC/SNF) - The KLAS report mainly focuses on vendors specific to post-acute care but also provides a brief look at the post-acute care solutions of enterprise acute care EMR vendors. Trends Concerning Post-Acute Care EMR Product Suites in 2022 Most providers in post-acute care
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Netsmart Acquires SNF Claims Data Analytics Solution CORE Analytics

by Syed Hamza Sohail 08/08/2022 Leave a Comment

Netsmart Acquires SNF Claims Data Analytics Solution CORE Analytics

What You Should Know: - Netsmart announced that it has acquired CORE Analytics, the industry-leading skilled nursing facility (SNF) claims data analytics offering from Zimmet Healthcare. - With the addition of Core Analytics, Netsmart Simple™is now the only solution suite in the market capable of calculating quality measures and Five-Star ratings leveraging Minimum Data Set (MDS), Payroll-Based Journaling (PBJ) and UB-04 claims data. Software Solutions to Problems in
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New COVID-19 Analytics Dashboards Tracks Levels of Protection Against the Virus at the County Level

by Jasmine Pennic 08/03/2022 Leave a Comment

PCCI Launches National COVID-19 Analytics Community Protection Dashboard

What You Should Know: - Data on COVID-19’s ever-changing behavior and its potential impact at the county level is now available with the release of the national Covid-19 Community Protection Dashboard.  - The dashboard, available at: https://www.civitasforhealth.org/community-protection-dashboard/; offers an aggregate Community Protection Index (CPI) for nearly all of the counties in the U.S. in the form of a score that combines multiple factors. These factors include the percent of the
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Analysis: Is Oracle Cerner Planning to Build A National EHR?

by Alex Green, Director at Signify Research 06/24/2022 Leave a Comment

Analysis: Oracle Cerner’s Plans for a National EHR

Earlier this month Oracle closed its $28.3B acquisition of Cerner and shortly after Oracle founder and CTO, Larry Ellison, outlined Oracle’s vision for Healthcare IT post-acquisition. The key elements of this vision included:   - Developing a solution for a national EHR database.  - Leveraging this solution, and similar smaller-scale connected EHR initiatives, to provide life science, pharma and other users with a rich environment for research, clinical trials and drug
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Coping with Crises: Using Telemedicine to Deliver Effective Virtual Critical Care

by Lisa Lindgren, Senior Vice President at Avel eCare 05/09/2022 Leave a Comment

Coping with Crises: Using Telemedicine to Deliver Effective Virtual Critical Care

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven that telemedicine is essential for keeping the healthcare system running during a crisis. How can virtual critical care keep improving to help providers manage future emergency events? In early 2020, as the nation’s healthcare system almost buckled under the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic, providers searching for a way to stay connected to their patients turned to telemedicine.  Primary care providers and specialists embraced virtual care, thanks to a
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