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Imprivata Integrates Biometric ID with Verato’s Patient Matching

by Jasmine Pennic 04/02/2019 Leave a Comment

Imprivata Integrates Biometric ID with Verato’s Patient Matching

Imprivata, a healthcare IT security company, and Verato, a provider of patient identity matching solutions, today announced an integration partnership to offer a comprehensive solution for patient identification and record matching challenges. The integration will link links Imprivata PatientSecure, a positive patient identification solution for healthcare, with Verato Universal™ MPI, a cloud-based master patient index (MPI) solution powered by Verato’s proprietary referential matching
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Research: Doctors More Likely to Prescribe Therapies Using EMR Dashboards

by Fred Pennic 04/01/2019 Leave a Comment

Research: Doctors More Likely to Prescribe Therapies Using EMR Dashboards

Purely educating doctors about the importance of prescribing certain therapies may not be enough to make a meaningful impact, according to a new Penn Medicine study published in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. Using acid suppression therapy--an effective method of reducing the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding in vulnerable cardiac patients--Penn researchers tested interventions that utilized both education and an EMR dashboard to provide doctors with up-to-date
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ECRI Names Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2019

by Fred Pennic 03/15/2019 Leave a Comment

ECRI Names Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2019

Organizations across the continuum of care are striving to become high-reliability organizations, and part of being highly reliable means staying vigilant and identifying problems proactively. ECRI Institute has released its annual list of Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns to support organizations in their efforts to proactively identify looming patient safety challenges and offers suggestions and resources for addressing them. This top 10 report highlights patient safety concerns from across the
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IBM Watson Health Invests $50M in AI to Tackle Public Health Issues

by Jasmine Pennic 02/13/2019 Leave a Comment

IBM Watson Health

IBM Watson Health announced plans to make a 10-year, $50 million investment in joint research collaborations to advance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle public health issues. Brigham and Women’s Hospital – the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School – and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been selected as joint research partners. AI Research Focus AreasThe initial areas of study are expected to include the use of AI to improve the utility of electronic health records
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HIMSS19 Day 2 Announcements & Summary

by Fred Pennic 02/12/2019 Leave a Comment

4 Trends We Expect to See at HIMSS 2019

 Accenture: Millenials & Gen Z Are Shifting to Virtual, Retail, Clinic, Digital CareMillennial and Gen Z consumers in the U.S. are rapidly adopting non-traditional care models, such as retail clinics, virtual and digital services, according to results of an Accenture survey of 2,000 consumers.Key findings of the survey study include:- When considering traditional in-person care, millennials (ages 22 to 38 in 2019) were two to three times more likely than baby boomers (ages 55 to 73) to be
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How Marin General Hospital Adopts “Virtual Presence” to Transform the Patient Experience

by Mark Zielazinski, CTO at Marin General Hospital 11/13/2018 Leave a Comment

Mark Zielazinski, CTO at Marin General Hospital shares how their organization is integrating "virtual presence" in the in-hospital setting - allowing patients, providers, and caregivers to clearly communicate and improve clinical outcomes.Telemedicine has resulted in money-saving efficiencies to hospital operations, improved patient safety, and given more people access to healthcare service among other benefits. In use for a number of years, it’s here to stay as a vital tool in patient care.At
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Boomtown, COPIC Launch Patient Safety HealthTech Startup Accelerator

by Fred Pennic 05/31/2018 Leave a Comment

Boomtown, COPIC Launch Patient Safety HealthTech Startup Accelerator

Boulder, CO-based startup accelerator Boomtown and COPIC, a medical liability insurance provider recognized for its innovative patient safety and risk management, have announced a multi-year agreement to launch the Patient Safety HealthTech Startup Accelerator. The Boomtown Patient Safety Health Tech Accelerator will supports innovations in patient​ ​ safety and risk management and is seeking startups empower consumers, increase efficiency, and improve outcomes for patients and providers
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Rebooting Meaningful Use: Is It Accomplishing Its Mission?

by Our Thought Leaders 05/05/2015 Leave a Comment

EHR Optimization EHRs Meaningful Use Stage 3_Ambulatory EHR_Specialty-Driven EHRs

Editor's Note: Dr. Reid Coleman is the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) for evidence-based medicine at Nuance.  Meaningful Use is an important set of criteria designed to improve quality and safety, but is it accomplishing its mission? The proposed rules for Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 3 were just released by both CMS and the ONC.  Many writers have commented on these rules, and this blog post is not a commentary about the rules.  As always, I recommend readers go to John
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The Kabuki Dance Of “Blocking Data” In Healthcare

by Our Thought Leaders 04/13/2015 4 Comments

The Kabuki Dance Of "Blocking Data" In Healthcare

The lack of data interoperability in healthcare continues to plague and haunt the entire industry. Much of the challenge falls squarely in the realm of Electronic Health Record (EHR) software, but EHR software is by no means the only category where this challenge is directly affecting patient lives. I ‒ along with countless others ‒ have written extensively about this topic. Last year I did a 5‒part series on just "interoperability" which I published on Forbes. One piece highlighted the
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Specialty Article: Growing Pains: Medical Device Interoperability

by Fred Pennic 06/27/2011

Specialty Article: Growing Pains: Medical Device Interoperability

Both provider organizations and medical device vendors have made significant, if slow-going, progress over the last several years to network their digitally-enabled medical devices. Recent strides in both the regulatory and standards arenas have provided renewed impetus on the part of both stakeholder groups to bring more interoperability to disparate medical devices, resulting in better security and quality of patient data.As healthcare providers continue their steady march toward implementing
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