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Category: Healthcare Industry News
DeSalvo Calls for Restructuring of HIT Policy Committee Workgroups
Date: April 14th, 2014Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: Health IT, Healthcare PolicyNational Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo wants to see changes made to the Health IT Policy Committee's current "somewhat siloed" workgroup structure. In a meeting last week of the HIT Policy Committee, DeSalvo called for fewer workgroups but expansion of their scopes so that they are more "strategic and forward-thinking" with the restructuring slated to begin in May for a couple of the workgroups and the rest of the transition continuing this summer.
Read More'Silo' One of Healthcare's Biggest Flaws
Date: April 10th, 2014Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: HIE, EHRs, InteroperabilityTo healthcare mogul Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, the dirtiest four-letter word in the realm of digital health is "silo." Unfortunately, it's everywhere. Hospitals, clinics and doctor's offices all keep close tabs on their information -- as do departments within the hospital or health network. Digital health devices and services silo their data, and let's not even talk about EHR vendors. In short, everyone in healthcare these days has control over a certain subset of data, and they're not into sharing.
Read MoreIOM Report: EHRs Should Capture Social and Behavioral Health Domains
Date: April 8th, 2014Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: EHRs, Population HealthA new study from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) argues that the inclusion of social and behavioral health domains in electronic health records (EHRs) is vital to providing crucial information to providers treating individual patients, to health systems concerned about the health of populations, and to researchers involved in determining the effectiveness of treatment.
Read MoreCornell Study: HIE Access in ED Cuts Admission Odds By 30%
Date: March 13th, 2014Source: Health Data Management / Applied Clinical InformaticsTopics: HIE, Emergency ServicesEmergency department physicians who accessed an upstate New York health information exchange's data were able to reduce the odds of patients being admitted to the hospital by 30 percent, according to a new study conducted by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers.
Read MoreHealth IT Policy Committee Cuts 30% of Initial Stage 3 Recommendations
Date: March 12th, 2014Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: EHRs, Meaningful Use, Healthcare PolicyThe Health IT Policy Committee has approved scaled-down recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services on criteria for Stage 3 of the electronic health records Meaningful Use program. The recommendations, which include 19 objectives for providers to comply with compared with 26 in an earlier version, will inform HHS in developing a proposed rule for Stage 3.
Read MoreNew ONC Chief Sees Public Health, HIE as Priorities
Date: March 3rd, 2014Source: Modern Healthcare (free registration may be required to view)Topics: HIE, Public Health ReportingDr. Karen DeSalvo is not the first head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) with a public health background. But she's sounding as though she may be the first to make public health an ONC priority. She also revealed a personal stake in achieving another goal, completing work on a long-proposed nationwide system of interoperable health information records.
Read MoreEDs With HIE More Likely to Avoid Repeat Imaging
Date: January 23rd, 2014Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: HIE, Duplicate TestingIn one of the first large-scale empirical studies on the links between HIE participation and imaging in hospital emergency departments, a group of researchers from Mathematica Policy and the University of Michigan found redundant CT scans, x-rays and ultrasounds decreased fairly significantly — with savings in the millions of dollars.
Read MoreNew Guidance on Data Mapping for HIM Professionals and Others
Date: January 9th, 2014Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: Health IT, Data SecurityThe American Health Information Management Association has issued a white paper on data mapping and how it affects data integrity. “The increased demands for data sharing and interoperability, especially across different practice settings and different classification systems, increase reliance on data mapping tools and techniques,” the report explains. “The use of these tools requires frequent integrity checks. Understanding the role and context of data maps, as well as their strengths and weaknesses, is essential in ensuring the reliability of the data entries derived from maps.”
Read MoreMeaningful Use Stage 3: Anticipate New Patient-Generated Data Requirements
Date: December 31st, 2013Source: Becker's Hospital ReviewTopics: Meaningful Use, Patient EngagementONC's Health IT Policy Committee has announced its intentions to include expanded requirements for hospitals and health systems to collect and use patient-generated data in meaningful use stage 3 objectives.
Read MoreAnti-Kickback Exemption for EHRs Extended Through 2021
Date: December 27th, 2013Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: EHRs, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the HHS Inspector General finalized the Stark law exemption, which allows hospitals to fund up to 85 percent of EHR costs for physicians, and the OIG outlined the related anti-kickback “safe harbor” for “protected donors.” The eight-year-old EHR exemption to the physician self-referral and anti-kickback laws have been extended to 2021.
Read MoreNew Orleans’ Health Leader is the New National Coordinator for Health IT
Date: December 19th, 2013Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: Health ITHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has named Karen DeSalvo, M.D., the health commissioner for the City of New Orleans, as the new national coordinator for health information technology. DeSalvo succeeds acting national coordinator Jacob Reider, M.D., who took over when Farzad Mostashari, M.D., left in early September.
Read MoreStudy: HIE Helps Identify ED 'Frequent Fliers' for Care Coordination
Date: December 11th, 2013Source: FierceHealthITTopics: Care Coordination, Emergency ServicesData from a health information exchange (HIE) can more accurately identify patients who visit hospital emergency departments frequently than a single site's records, according to research published at Health Affairs.
Read MoreAttorney Tells Doctors: Share Your Notes with Patients
Date: November 14th, 2013Source: HIEWatchTopics: EHRs, Patient Engagement, Patient CareDavid Harlow, principal at The Harlow Group, LLC, a healthcare attorney and consultant and author of the Healthcare Blawg says doctors should have no concerns with showing their notes to patients. “The patient has a right to access their record,” Harlow says. “There are certain types of notes not releasable to patients, but those are few and far between. You should assume that something you are putting in a record is something that can be read by a patient.”
Read MoreOnline Course Helps Health Care Professionals Improve Patient Safety When Using Health IT
Date: November 12th, 2013Source: eWeekTopics: Health IT, Patient CareThe National Patient Safety Foundation has released an educational offering geared toward helping health professionals align their health information technology strategy with overarching patient safety goals. The course, "Health Information Technology through the Lens of Patient Safety," is an educational module that explores the fundamentals of health information technology (HIT) and examines the challenges of information collection, use and application in health systems. Those who complete the course can earn CME credit.
Read MoreStudy: Physicians Can See More Patients, Lighten Workload with Health IT
Date: November 7th, 2013Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: Health IT, Physician WorkflowIf more office-based docs got on board with health information technology solutions, they'd be able to see more patients while also lightening their overall workload, according to the findings of a new Johns Hopkins study. The study, conducted in collaboration with the Commonwealth Fund, underscores the impact of electronic health applications on the future of physician services, suggesting that perhaps, just perhaps, the physician shortage won't be as big of a problem as we thought.
Read MorePatient Portals Bring New Security Needs
Date: October 31st, 2013Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: Mobile Health, Health IT, Patient Engagement, Data SecurityAs health care facilities launch their own patient portals, technology is only the first step. Administrators are learning that decisions need to be made on everything from patient login protocols to support for patient record revisions.
Read MoreStage 2 Proves Challenging for EHR Vendors
Date: October 23rd, 2013Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: EHRs, Meaningful Use“It has been a slow start," said Alisa Ray, executive director and CEO of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, of EHR vendors' readiness for Stage 2 Meaningful Use. "They’re working hard. They’re struggling a little bit." That stands to reason, considering that, when comparing Stage 1 to Stage 2 certification, technology developers are "navigating a higher bar and increased complexity," she said.
Read More10 Myths About HIPAA's Required Security Risk Analysis
Date: October 21st, 2013Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: Data Security, HIPAAWith revamped HIPAA privacy and security rules now in effect that include higher emphasis on conducting a security risk analysis, the federal HealthIT.gov Web site dispels 10 pieces of misinformation about what the rules really require.
Read MoreReport Says HIE Plays a Cricital Role in PCMH, Population Health
Date: October 14th, 2013Source: Patient Centered Primary Care CollaborativeTopics: HIE, Population Health, Medical Home ModelIn response to increasing collaborations among traditional medical providers and community organizations, the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) released a new report to support primary care clinicians in their efforts to adopt a population health approach that leverages health IT solutions. The report titled, “Managing Populations, Maximizing Technology: Population Health Management in the Medical Neighborhood,” was released today at the PCPCC’s Annual Fall Conference (October 14–15) in Bethesda, MD. The report names the 'top 10' technologies that support patient centered medical homes and population health.
Read MoreNew Study Shows HIE Cost Savings for ER Visits
Date: October 14th, 2013Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: HIE, Emergency Services, Patient CareBeyond improving the quality of emergency care, giving physicians access to data from a health information exchange (HIE) saved nearly $2,000 per patient during a study unveiled Monday by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). The study was based on a sample of 532 patients who visited one of 11 emergency departments in South Carolina. The total savings for patients in the sample was $1,035,654, according to ACEP.
Read MoreThe Big Data, No Data Paradox
Date: October 11th, 2013Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: Health IT, Data SecurityThe current premise is that the more data an organization can access and analyze, the greater the insights that can be acted upon--so focus on data, data and more data. However, this approach loses sight of “NO” Data, though, which if detected can often represent even more value. But there’s a paradox: “NO” Data can become more visible in a world of Big Data, while blindly focusing on Big Data can diminish the visibility and potential value of “NO” Data.
Read MoreStudy: Parents Using PHRs More Likely To Attend All Well-Child Visits
Date: October 11th, 2013Source: iHealthBeatTopics: Patient Engagement, Patient CareParents who used an integrated personal health record were more likely to take their young children to the recommended number of well-child care visits, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the journal Pediatrics, News-Medical reports.The federal 2010 Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set recommends that children ages 0 to 15 months attend at least six well-child care visits, which include physical examinations.
Read MoreElectronic Records Tied to Fewer Hospitalizations For Patients With Diabetes
Date: September 11th, 2013Source: Reuters Health NewsTopics: EHRs, Hospital Readmissions, Emergency ServicesSwitching from paper to electronic medical records at health clinics led to "modest reductions" in the number of people with diabetes that went to the emergency room or were hospitalized, in a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Researchers looking at before-and-after rates found both ER visits and hospital admissions dropped by between five and six percent once the computerized records were put in place, but that there was no change in the frequency of office visits.
Read MoreMaking a Medical Neighborhood Happen - Video
Date: August 22nd, 2013Source: Colorado RCCO Leadership GroupTopics: Accountable CareColorado health care leaders are driving transformation, and in this short video, they share their vision- and how they have turned that vision into action. All were participants in the 2013 Making a Medical Neighborhood Happen, an invitation-only roundtable summit in Denver hosted by the Colorado RCCO Leadership Group.
Read MoreWill Health Information Exchange Become Medicare Payment Criterion?
Date: August 8th, 2013Source: InformationWeek HealthcareTopics: HIE, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Healthcare PolicyThe use of interoperable electronic health record (EHR) systems to share information could eventually become part of reimbursement criteria in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to a new position paper from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
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