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Meaningful Use of Genomics Requires Informatics Beyond EMRs

by Assaf Halevy, Founder and CEO of 2bPrecise 01/06/2021 Leave a Comment

Why EHRs fall short w/ providing valuable genetic insights

Assaf Halevy, Founder and CEO of 2bPrecise Electronic medical records (EMRs) are widely expected to serve as a cornerstone technology that drives the delivery of modern patient care.  But can the EMR alone support all the informatics capabilities required by an ever-evolving healthcare industry? The rapid growth of precision medicine, particularly the use of genetic and genomic information during clinical decision making, is a compelling example that functionality beyond the EMR is
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For Better Patient Care Coordination, We Need Seamless Digital Communications

by Catherine Thomas, VP of Customer Experience & Dr. Peter S. Tippett, Founder and CEO of careMESH 12/22/2020 Leave a Comment

For Better Patient Care Coordination, We Need Seamless Digital Communications

Catherine Thomas: Co-Founder and VP, Customer Engagement, careMESH  Peter Tippett MD, PhD: Founder and CEO, careMESH A recent Advisory Board briefing examined the annual Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Readmission penalties.  Of the 3,080 hospitals CMS evaluated, 83% received a penalty for payments to be made in 2021, based on expected outcomes for a wide variety of treated conditions. While CMS indicated that some of these penalties might be waived or
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5 Steps for Interoperability Excellence for Healthcare Providers

by Shanti Wilson, Consultant, Freed Associates 12/07/2020 Leave a Comment

5 Steps for Interoperability Excellence for Healthcare Providers

Shanti Wilson, Consultant, Freed Associates  As if 2020 couldn’t be any more challenging for healthcare providers, new federal rules on interoperability and patient access, granting patients direct access to their healthcare data, begin taking effect in 2021 and will continue into 2022. These rules, while ultimately beneficial to patients, bring an additional level of operational complexity to many revenue-stressed healthcare organizations. If anything, the 2020 pandemic has
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5 Myth-Busting New Hospital ADT Notification Requirements

by Claudia Williams, CEO of Manifest MedEx 12/04/2020 Leave a Comment

5 Myth-Busting New Hospital ADT Notification Requirements

 Claudia Williams, CEO of Manifest MedEx When doctors know their patients have been to the hospital, they can act fast to provide needed support. Widespread use of hospital event notifications is associated with all kinds of health benefits, including a 10 percent decrease in readmissions for Medicare beneficiaries. These event notifications are one of the simplest, easiest (most-bipartisan!), and most impactful changes we can make to improve patient outcomes in U.S. healthcare.  To this
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Quartet Health, Blue Cross NC Collaborate on Value-Based Care Payment Model for Mental Health

by Jasmine Pennic 01/28/2020 Leave a Comment

Centene Leads $60M Round for Behavioral Health Platform Quartet

- Mental health technology company Quartet Health announced a new technology that helps install a value-based quality measurement system for mental healthcare. - Achieved in collaboration with Blue Cross of North Carolina -- an insurer known for being on the forefront of improving mental health access and a tech leader -- Quartet and BCNC are introducing it as the market's first and will serve as a framework for all insurer adoption. Quartet Health, an innovative mental healthcare technology,
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AMIA President & CEO, Douglas B. Fridsma Steps Down

by Fred Pennic 01/06/2020 Leave a Comment

AMIA President & CEO, Douglas B. Fridsma Steps Down

Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, Ph.D., FACP, FACMI, FAMIA - Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, Ph.D., FACP, FACMI, FAMIA is stepping down as President and CEO of The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). - Karen Greenwood, Executive Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer will serve as interim CEO while the Board of Directors begins the search for a replacement.  The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has announced the departure of President and CEO Douglas B. Fridsma, MD,
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Executive Insights: Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2020

by Fred Pennic 12/31/2019 Leave a Comment

Executive Insights: Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2020

As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare industry executives to share their predictions and trends for 2020. Robbie Hughes, Founder, and CEO, Lumeon “Following the announcement of the Trump administration's price transparency requirement – and the ensuing backlash from hospital groups – the issue of price transparency will dominate the healthcare industry next year. Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, I expect we'll see more attention around the importance of the
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Fueling EHR Innovation by Outsourcing e-Prescribing Development

by G. Cameron Deemer, President of DrFirst 11/05/2019 Leave a Comment

Fueling EHR Innovation by Outsourcing e-Prescribing Development

G. Cameron Deemer, President of DrFirst Health IT software – and EHRs in particular – are widely criticized for their inefficient workflows and unfriendly user interfaces. Unhappy end-users may blame EHR vendors for failing to deliver great software, perhaps not realizing that health IT companies struggle to balance limited financial and human resources and must choose between meeting ever-changing regulatory demands and creating innovative updates that improve the user experience.  Consider
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MEDITECH to Offer Expanse EHR Through Google Cloud Platform

by Fred Pennic 10/02/2019 Leave a Comment

MEDITECH to Offer Expanse EHR Through Google Cloud Platform

- MEDITECH Expanse platform will be one of the first EHRs available through Google Cloud Platform (GCP), delivering a new level of digital transformation.  - Collaboration with Google Cloud will securely deliver greater access to patient data, facilitating interoperability, and enhancing scalability.As healthcare organizations look for new ways to enhance health IT interoperability while reducing infrastructure costs, many are turning to the cloud. Today, MEDITECH announced it is expanding the
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Why APIs Bring Hope for Data Interoperability in Healthcare

by Justin Rockman, VP of Business Development at Surgimate 09/23/2019 Leave a Comment

Why APIs Bring Hope for Data Interoperability in Healthcare

Justin Rockman, VP of Business Development at Surgimate One of the biggest obstacles to data interoperability is the slow and piecemeal progress of healthcare organizations (HCOs) towards digitalization. While the benefits of digitalization are clear; improved efficiency, reliability of data, and enhanced communication, just to name a few; the critical (and most challenging) piece of the puzzle, is being able to share critical patient data between systems in a way that makes it easily
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