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Category: Healthcare Industry News
Growing numbers of docs embracing digital health tech
Date: February 6th, 2020Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: EHRs, Digital Health, TelehealthAdoption of digital health tools by physicians in the last three years has grown significantly, according to an American Medical Association survey of more than 1,300 doctors.
Read MoreOCR details rules for sharing patient info during coronavirus outbreak
Date: February 4th, 2020Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: HIE, Public Health, Disaster PreparednessIn the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the HHS Office for Civil Rights is detailing how patient information can be shared to protect public health under the HIPAA privacy rule.
Read MoreNew HIE Survey Results Show Significant Interoperable Health Data and Robust Link Between Community HIEs and Community and Social Service Organizations
Date: January 30th, 2020Source: mHealth TimesTopics: HIE, Social Determinants of Health, SHIECCommunity health information exchanges (HIEs) report robust connections with community and social service organizations and are moving significant volumes of data, according to the results of the first annual survey of HIEs by the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC). Results of the survey were presented by David Kendrick, MD, MPH, at the ONC Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday January 28, 2020
Read MoreHIEs Increasingly Connecting With Community, Social Service Organizations, Survey Finds
Date: January 29th, 2020Source: Healthcare InnovationTopics: HIE, Social Determinants of Health, SHIECCommunity health information exchanges (HIEs) are increasingly reporting connections with community and social service organizations and are moving significant volumes of data, according to the results of the first annual survey of HIEs by the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC).
Read More21st century PACS: 4 ways blockchain could change the radiology landscape
Date: January 16th, 2020Source: Health ImagingTopics: Radiology, Image Sharing, BlockchainBlockchain is beginning to make waves in industries outside of digital cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, and could be the next big disruptor in radiology.
Read MoreStudy: Medicaid churn declined in expansion states
Date: January 16th, 2020Source: Fierce HealthcareTopics: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Colorado Department of Health Care, Policy and Financing (HCPF)Research published in the January issue of Health Affairs found that both Medicaid coverage disruptions and coverage loss declined by 4.3% in states that expanded the program under the ACA.
Read MoreTarget Long-Term Emergency Room Frequent Users to Curb Visits and Cut Costs
Date: January 14th, 2020Source: Health LeadersTopics: Value-Based Care, Hospital Readmissions, Emergency ServicesLong-term ED frequent users use emergency rooms on a chronic basis and have relatively high costs, researchers find.
Read MoreIntegrated care opens new doors to mental health, addiction care
Date: December 13th, 2019Source: STATTopics: Care Coordination, Behavioral HealthBut that divide is beginning to erode, thanks to a movement called integrated mental health care. Integrated care places mental health clinicians side by side with physical health clinicians in other specialties, like primary care and oncology.
Read MoreImproved Provider Coordination Can Reduce Health Care Costs
Date: December 9th, 2019Source: PEW Charitable TrustsTopics: EHRs, API, TEFCAElectronic health records (EHRs) could improve care by making clinical data easily accessible to all of a patient’s providers. That would improve the quality of treatment while also saving time and money
Read More5 Reasons Why A Single, Integrated EHR Will Not Solve Interoperability
Date: December 6th, 2019Source: HIT ConsultantTopics: InteroperabilityThe EHR market has some big players, particularly in the hospital market. So, expanding use of Epic or Cerner within a hospital system makes sense from an IT and change management perspective. But among physician practices of 1-3 doctors, 14.40% use Epic, 10.56% use eCW, and after that, market share drops to single digits.
Read MoreStatewide Network For Clinical Data Sharing Reduces Healthcare Costs By An Estimated $160-195 Million Annually
Date: November 12th, 2019Source: PR NewswireTopics: HIE, Care Summaries, Duplicate TestingIf even just current participants used the system's full capabilities, nearly $1 billion could be saved each year in costs associated with duplicate testing, avoidable hospitalizations and readmissions, and preventable emergency department visits.
Read MoreOvercoming barriers to value-based care adoption requires wise use of technology
Date: November 11th, 2019Source: Healthcare FinanceTopics: HIE, Value-Based Care, Care SummariesUsing the power of data to tweak processes and squeeze the maximum amount of reimbursement possible is a must in today's environment.
Read MoreRecognizing Technical Challenges to Healthcare Interoperability
Date: November 11th, 2019Source: mHealth IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Interoperability...interoperability barriers can be broken down into three categories: business disincentives, operational barriers, and technical challenges.
Read MoreCMS Issues Final Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Rule
Date: November 8th, 2019Source: AAMCTopics: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)The rule finalizes significant changes to evaluation and management (E/M) coding, payment, and documentation policies. This rule will update payment rates and policies for services provided by physicians and other clinicians to Medicare beneficiaries in 2020.
Read MoreTrends for HIEs in 2020
Date: November 7th, 2019Source: Health Data AnswersTopics: HIE, Value-Based Care, Social Determinants of HealthAs we approach the end of the year, I see the following dominating the headlines for HIEs in 2020:
Read MoreHow Interoperability Drives Care Coordination Over Care Continuum
Date: November 6th, 2019Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, EHRs, Interoperability, Long-Term CareInteroperability enables care coordination to deliver a patient’s health data from multiple providers and specialists. With patients attending different hospitals and specialists, the need for interoperability between multiple providers is key. Coordinated care reduces healthcare costs by eliminating repetitive tests and procedures.
Read MoreNew CMS rules cut red tape, mandate discharge planning
Date: October 1st, 2019Source: Modern HealthcareTopics: HIE, Long-Term Care, Home Health, Discharge PlanningThe CMS on Wednesday released final rules that cut some of the regulatory mandates for Medicare and Medicaid providers, but discharge planning requirements for hospitals, critical access hospitals and home health agencies.
Read MoreDuring natural disasters, HIEs on the front lines of addressing fragmentation in healthcare
Date: October 1st, 2019Source: Fierce HealthcareTopics: HIE, Emergency Services, Disaster PreparednessThese disasters shine a spotlight on the importance and value of being able to access patient records—including both clinical and claims data—in real time. And these disasters highlight the role health information exchanges (HIEs) can and must play in connecting all facets of care, from first responders to clinicians to patients and families in search of their loved ones.
Read MoreSDoH: Poised to Care for the Complete Patient
Date: September 26th, 2019Source: Population Health MagazineTopics: Social Determinants of HealthAs a medical community we have begun to lean on population health to help us understand that relationship and even predict the progression of disease states based off a combination of social determinants, clinical information, and family history.
Read MoreBlockchain Technology Is Already Improving Lives At 22 Hospitals
Date: September 23rd, 2019Source: ForbesTopics: BlockchainThe promise of blockchain technology couldn’t be greater than in the healthcare sector.
Read MoreWidespread Support for Adopting Tools Needed to Tap Potential of Electronic Health Records
Date: September 18th, 2019Source: PEW TrustsTopics: Interoperability, APIApplication programming interfaces (APIs) already allow services, such as travel and personal finance websites and smartphone applications, to organize and display information from multiple sources. If broadly used in health care, APIs based on common standards could also sync data across EHR systems and feed that information into apps that let patients share their medical records with caregivers or alert clinicians to best practices for treatment.
Read MoreHospice Margins Could Soar Under Primary Care First
Date: September 17th, 2019Source: Hospice NewsTopics: Value-Based Care, Long-Term Care, HospiceHospice providers that participate in the Primary Care First initiative’s Seriously Ill Population Model could see gross margins in excess of 20% to 25%, according to experts in health care payment models.
Read MoreNew Proposed Rules on Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Data Would Address Care Coordination and Law Enforcement Challenges
Date: August 28th, 2019Source: LexBlogTopics: Behavioral Health, 42 CFR Part 2The proposed Part 2 updates could have significant impacts on how health care providers, researchers, and health technology companies protect and share SUD information with each other.
Read MoreHospitals treat patients without admitting them, to avoid penalties
Date: August 22nd, 2019Source: ReutersTopics: Hospital ReadmissionsHospitals appear to be treating Medicare patients in emergency departments (EDs) and observation areas to avoid readmissions and the financial penalties associated with them, according to a new U.S. study.
Read MoreFirst Survey of the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC) Shows Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) Provide Critical National Infrastructure
Date: August 19th, 2019Source: SHIECTopics: HIE, Interoperability, Notifications92 percent of the U.S. population is served by HIEs in survey results released by SHIEC at the start of 5th Annual National Conference in National Harbor, Maryland August 19-21, 2019
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