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Category: Healthcare Industry News
How blockchain can help with healthcare's patient matching problem
Date: August 13th, 2018Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: Interoperability, API, Patient Matching, BlockchainThe technology alone won’t fix patient ID issues but it can bring some of the data accessibility, interoperability, integrity and security hospitals need.
Read MoreHIE Adoption Improves Patient Transfer Outcomes
Date: July 31st, 2018Source: Hospi MedicaTopics: HIE, Hospital Readmissions, Transitions of CareA new study concludes that implementing health information exchange (HIE) protocols during inter-hospital transfers reduces diagnostic discordance and improves survival rates.
Read MoreWhy a holistic view of patient data is crucial in pop health
Date: July 20th, 2018Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: HIE, Population HealthPopulation health management is a core competency of an accountable care organization or a clinically integrated network that aims to succeed under value-based reimbursement. To manage population health effectively, an ACO or a CIN must have a holistic view of patient data.
Read MoreTransferred patients fare better when hospitals communicate more, study finds
Date: July 18th, 2018Source: Becker's Hospital ReviewTopics: HIE, Hospital Readmissions, Patient CareAs hospital staffs work to improve the process of transferring patients between facilities, more communication between hospitals could improve patient care and reduce mortality, a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found.
Read MoreHow to Integrate Clinical Care with Mental, Behavioral Healthcare
Date: July 17th, 2018Source: HealthIT AnalyticsTopics: Care Coordination, Behavioral HealthMental health and clinical outcomes are inextricably linked, but how can healthcare organizations overcome integration barriers to improve holistic, coordinated patient care?
Read MoreSHIEC Establishes Social Determinants Committee
Date: July 10th, 2018Source: Healthcare InformaticsTopics: Social Determinants of HealthThe Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC) has established a Social Determinants Committee, with the core aim to help SHIEC better focus on identifying and linking social determinants of health (SDOH) data and best practices between societal sectors across the country.
Read MoreONC Views APIs as Key to Health Data Exchange, Interoperability
Date: June 21st, 2018Source: HealthIT AnalyticsTopics: APIApplication programming interfaces (APIs) will be an important tool to improve health data exchange and foster interoperability while preventing information blocking, the ONC says.
Read MoreTop 5 Collaborative Tasks for Population Management, Public Health
Date: June 20th, 2018Source: HealthIT AnalyticsTopics: Population Health, Public HealthCollaborations between the public health and clinical care sectors can significantly improve population health, but how can stakeholders ensure these partnerships are successful?
Read MoreWhat are Potential Benefits, Challenges of HIE Use?
Date: June 19th, 2018Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Interoperability, Patient CareHealth information exchange (HIE) will be critical for improving interoperability, especially as technology continues to evolve and the options for transferring and receiving information increase.
Read MoreNew study shows evidence that health information exchanges improve care, reduce costs
Date: May 30th, 2018Source: Indiana UniversityTopics: HIE, Value-Based Care, Duplicate Testing, Patient CareAn updated systematic review of recent studies of health information exchanges found evidence the exchanges reduced both the cost of health care and its use.
Read MorePhysician practices seek help in transition to value-based care
Date: May 23rd, 2018Source: Healthcare DiveTopics: MACRA, Transformation Support Services, Value-Based Care, Physician PracticesPhysicians not affiliated with hospitals are increasingly turning to consulting firms to help them move into value-based care and accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to a new Black Book Research report.
Read MoreHow Improving Patient Matching Can Improve Patient Satisfaction
Date: May 21st, 2018Source: Health Data AnswersTopics: Patient Care, Patient MatchingProblems with patient matching – or being able to accurately answer that “same patient?” question – underlie many of the more visible portability issues a patient may see from their physician, such as receiving incomplete medical records or going into registration and having an office unable to find their medical record at all.
Read MorePredictive Analytics, Care Management Combine for Value-Based Care
Date: May 17th, 2018Source: HealthIT AnalyticsTopics: Care Coordination, Population Health, Value-Based Care, Patient Event NotificationsEnhanced services such as proactive care management, social work, and admission, discharge, or transfer (ADT) alerts all add value to the patient experience while helping providers stay on top of their high risk populations.
Read MoreConnecting Docs in Colorado
Date: May 10th, 2018Source: Healthcare InformaticsTopics: Primary Care, Behavioral Health, SIMWhen primary care and mental healthcare delivery are both paramount, innovation needs to happen at every place the patient arrives—especially at the physician practice level. This mantra, born out of a statewide telehealth initiative, is transforming the way Colorado primary care physicians and mental health professionals interact, share data and serve their patients.
Read MoreCommunication, Health Data Exchange Lags Between Hospitals, PCPs
Date: May 1st, 2018Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Care Coordination, Hospital ReadmissionsHospitals need to increase health data exchange and communication with primary care providers (PCPs) to improve care coordination, boost patient health outcomes, and reduce hospital readmission rates, according to former CMS official and current Aledade Chief Administrative Officer Sean Cavanaugh.
Read MoreA master patient index can reduce mismatches, report finds
Date: April 12th, 2018Source: Healthcare DiveTopics: Interoperability, Transitions of CareHospitals without an EMPI reported match rates of 24% when records were exchanged externally, versus 85% at hospitals with such an index. EMPI users reported consistently correct patient IDs in 93% of registrations.
Read MoreHealth IT will drive population health market growth, report predicts
Date: March 26th, 2018Source: Healthcare DiveTopics: Health IT, Population HealthThe population health management industry will explode in the coming years thanks in large part to innovative technologies and health IT, according to a new report by the Transparency Market Research.
Read MoreWhat are the biggest challenges for telemedicine programs?
Date: March 25th, 2018Source: MedCity NewsTopics: TelehealthInadequate telemedicine parity laws and Medicare reimbursement are among the top challenges faced by telehealth programs, according to a survey out of Reach Health.
Read MoreImproving EHR Integration, Interoperability May Curb Opioid Abuse
Date: February 22nd, 2018Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, EHRs, Medication Reconciliation, PDMPImproving EHR integration with PDMPs and advancing interoperability may help to curb the opioid epidemic, according to CHIME.
Read MoreData pros waste half of their work time chasing costly data
Date: February 20th, 2018Source: Information ManagementTopics: Data AnalyticsData professionals are spending more time governing, searching and preparing data than they are on extracting business value, the report said.
Read MoreHealth Information Exchange Brings Higher Quality, Lower Costs
Date: February 14th, 2018Source: Health IT AnalyticsTopics: HIEHealth information exchange can positively improve care quality and lower costs, but won’t reach its full potential until more providers adopt data exchange tools.
Read MoreWhich APMs Are Advanced APMs For 2018?
Date: February 5th, 2018Source: Health LeadersTopics: Accountable Care, APMA new table released Monday by the CMS Quality Payment Program highlights which alternative payment models (APMs) qualify as Advanced APMs this year.
Read MoreDoes ONC’s latest announcement move interoperability any closer to reality?
Date: January 22nd, 2018Source: Medical EconomicsTopics: HIE, Interoperability, Information BlockingIn early January, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a draft of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), a set of guidelines for how information can be exchanged as part of an effort to move the healthcare industry toward interoperability.
Read More5 Key Updates by CMS for MIPS Performance Year 2018
Date: January 15th, 2018Source: HITECH AnswersTopics: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)In this post, we focus on the five of the key MIPS updates that CMS recently released.
Read MoreAdopting Big Data Analytics, Precision Medicine Drives Quality Care
Date: January 12th, 2018Source: Health IT AnalyticsTopics: Data Analytics, Precision Medicine, Big DataThe adoption of big data analytics, precision medicine, and digital health innovations will change healthcare delivery, according to the American College of Cardiology.
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