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Category: Healthcare Industry News
Top 4 Ways Payers Could Improve Patient Health Outcomes
Date: February 6th, 2017Source: Health Payer IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Population Health, Value-Based Care, Accountable CareHealth information technology enables payers and providers to work together to eliminate gaps in care and aggregate patient population data. For instance, health information exchange could help public health agencies track which regions are more likely to have patients admitted to hospitals or clinics for suffering asthma attacks. This would enable public health agencies to work on improving primary care access in certain regions and determine if any environmental factors contribute to health issues.
Read MoreMoving Patient Data is Messy, But Blockchain is Here to Help
Date: February 1st, 2017Source: WiredTopics: Interoperability, BlockchainThis makes blockchain incredibly appealing to the doctors and hospitals that need secure access to a patient’s entire health history.
Read MoreReport Highlights Patient Role in Health Data Exchange
Date: January 24th, 2017Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Patient EngagementA recent report on strengthening patient medical data protections calls for policymakers to empower patients to facilitate more effective health data exchange.
Read More21st Century Cures Act Rekindles Information Blocking Debate
Date: January 20th, 2017Source: HealthIT AnalyticsTopics: Interoperability, Information Blocking, 21st Century Cures ActThe 21st Century Cures Act is making information blocking a hot topic again for EHR vendors, providers, and rule makers.
Read MoreWhat Will 2017 Bring for Healthcare Analytics, Interoperability?
Date: January 20th, 2017Source: HealthIT AnalyticsTopics: Interoperability, Population Health, Value-Based Care, Data Analytics2017 is likely to be a red letter year for healthcare analytics as interoperability, machine learning, and population health management bring major changes to the industry.
Read MoreAt the Heart of Population Health: Data
Date: January 17th, 2017Source: Hospitals & Health NetworksTopics: Population Health, Data AnalyticsMany health systems are taking stock of their data-use maturity for population health management. Harnessing all their data in a meaningful way can be a challenge, but mastering data is critical for stratifying patients by risk, a core competency for PHM.
Read More21st Century Cures and the Road Ahead
Date: January 10th, 2017Source: Life as a Healthcare CIOTopics: 21st Century Cures ActWhat can we expected from 21st Century Cures? Here’s an IT centric evaluation.
Read MoreKey Steps for Payers to Improve Population Health Management
Date: January 10th, 2017Source: Health Payer IntelligenceTopics: Population Health, Value-Based CareIn recent years, population health management has become a larger factor in the success of a health insurance company. With more payers transitioning to value-based care reimbursement platforms, the quality of care and patient outcomes have grown in importance for both health plans and medical providers. As such, more payers have focused on improving population health management and targeting data analytics.
Read MoreCMS waives some penalties associated with physician quality reporting system due to ICD-10 code update issues: 4 things to know
Date: January 10th, 2017Source: BeckersTopics: PQRSCMS is waving some penalties associated with failure to meet physician quality reporting system requirements because of incomplete updates to the ICD-10 code sets, according to an American Academy of Family Practitioners report.
Read MoreTwenty-First Century Cures Act Includes HIPAA Provisions
Date: December 23rd, 2016Source: National Law ReviewTopics: HIPAA, 21st Century Cures ActOn December 13, 2016, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act (“Cures Act”), Pub. L. 114-255, which aims to expand medical research and expedite the approvals of drug therapies for patients. The Cures Act also contains several provisions related to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.
Read MoreUsing Risk Scores, Stratification for Population Health Management
Date: December 21st, 2016Source: HealthIT AnalyticsTopics: Population Health, Data AnalyticsHIEs can be integral data sources in event-based programs, such as readmission reduction or emergency department (ED) utilization management, by offering near real-time data to help manage a health care event and guide care follow-up, the report states.
Read MoreCMS adds two more Advanced APMs in press to grow participation
Date: December 16th, 2016Source: Healthcare DiveTopics: MACRA, APMCMS announced two more opportunities for clinicians interested in Advanced Alternative Payment Models.
Read MoreWhat Health Care Can Learn from the Transformation of Financial Services
Date: December 16th, 2016Source: Harvard Business ReviewTopics: Value-Based Care, Healthcare, Big DataThe U.S. healthcare system is undergoing a disruptive transformation as it shifts toward a value-based model that makes providers more accountable to their patients and payors.
Read MoreWith Passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, Interoperability Moves to the Front Lines
Date: December 16th, 2016Source: Healthcare InformaticsTopics: HIE, Interoperability, 21st Century Cures ActWith President Barack Obama’s signature earlier this week, the landmark 21st Century Cures Act was passed into law. The massive 996-page bill covers a wide array of healthcare issues, perhaps most notably focusing on medical research and changing the approval process for new drugs and medical devices.
Read MoreACOs used health information exchanges and patient engagement health IT for their EHR use more than non-ACOs
Date: December 16th, 2016Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, EHRs, Meaningful Use, Accountable CareAccountable care organizations (ACOs) tend to have stronger health IT and EHR use than non-ACOs, suggesting that the incentives in those care models foster higher quality care than others, says a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.
Read MorePatients frustrated by lack of EHR data interoperability
Date: December 14th, 2016Source: HealthcareIT NewsTopics: HIE, EHRs, Patient Engagement, InteroperabilityA new survey reveals that patients want more connected healthcare, easier access to their records, and more than half have tried to compile their own medical records.
Read MoreCMS' star ratings for hospitals linked to social, economic factors
Date: November 28th, 2016Source: Modern HealthcareTopics: Hospital Readmissions, Social Determinants of HealthThe CMS' hospital quality star ratings have been strongly criticized by industry stakeholders and Congress as unfairly tarnishing the reputations of hospitals in low-income communities. A new study reinforces the concerns, concluding that a hospital's rating is heavily influenced by its location's socio-economic conditions.
Read MoreAverage life expectancy in Denver can vary a decade depending on neighborhood
Date: November 26th, 2016Source: Denver PostTopics: Data Analytics, Healthcare, Social Determinants of HealthLiving in well-to-do Washington Park or in the Valverde neighborhood on Denver’s west side can mean a difference in average life expectancy of 11 years.
Read MoreEnabling Providers to Use Truly HIPAA Compliant Email
Date: November 22nd, 2016Source: HealthIT SecurityTopics: Direct MessagingDirect messaging is increasing in popularity, but how exactly does it tie into HIPAA compliant email and what should providers understand before implementing it?
Read MoreValue-based care puts a premium on treatment coordination
Date: November 17th, 2016Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: HIE, Care Coordination, Value-Based CareCare coordination is a pillar of accountable and value-based care—when clinicians know the current health status of patients and where they are seeking treatment, they’re better able to close gaps in treatment and keep tabs on chronically ill patients, who can rack up expensive bills.
Read MoreBig Data Interoperability a Must for Precision Medicine Progress
Date: November 16th, 2016Source: HealthIT AnalyticsTopics: Information Blocking, Precision Medicine, Big DataAccording to a November report from the President’s Cancer Panel, health IT could be an extremely effective weapon in the fight against cancer and other serious diseases, but a lack of big data interoperability, patient access to data, and a fragmented research environment may be holding back stakeholders from making key breakthroughs.
Read MoreThe longitudinal patient journey
Date: November 10th, 2016Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: Patient Engagement, Interoperability, Patient Care, Data AnalyticsA wide range of platforms and solutions exists today for collecting patient data within and outside hospital systems, and yet hospital and health systems remain far behind other industries in actually using experience data to deliver a high-quality, modern consumer experience
Read More3 Actions “Critical” to Advancing Healthcare Interoperability
Date: November 10th, 2016Source: HealthIT InteroperabilityTopics: HIE, InteroperabilityIn reporting its latest work to enable increased health IT use to lead to improved health data exchange interoperability to Congress, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has identified “critical” actions necessary for advancing healthcare interoperability in the near term.
Read MoreLarge Patient-Centered Medical Homes Employ More Care Coordinators
Date: November 10th, 2016Source: HealthIT AnalyticsTopics: Care Coordination, Population Health, Value-Based Care, Medical Home ModelLarger primary care practices and patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) are significantly more likely to have the resources and skills to offer population health management programs and employ dedicated care coordination staff, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM).
Read MoreFind Out if 2016 Exclusions and Alternate Exclusions Apply to You
Date: November 9th, 2016Source: HITECH AnswersTopics: Meaningful UseTo participate successfully in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs in 2016, providers must meet the thresholds of all required objectives and measures, or qualify for an exclusion and/or alternate exclusion. Providers who meet the qualifications for an exclusion and/or alternate exclusion will not need to report on that specific objective or measure.
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