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Category: Healthcare Industry News
How 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.
Read MoreValue-based care will reinvigorate EHRs, boost AI, advance home telehealth
Date: January 11th, 2018Source: Healthcare IT NewsTopics: EHRs, Value-Based Care, Accountable CareExperts from Cedars-Sinai, CVS Health, Blue Cross NC and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care discuss where value-based care is headed in 2018 and beyond.
Read More10 Trends You Can Expect from Healthcare in 2018
Date: December 27th, 2017Source: HIT ConsultantTopics: Value-Based Care, Data Analytics, Healthcare, Big DataAmong the trends in health care that will continue in 2018 is the emphasis on value and quality-based payments, according to data analyst Abhinav Shashank, CEO of Innovaccer, who suggests that an increased focus on data will help ease the transition. He also notes the growing roles of digital health interventions, big data and analytics, security and payer-provider collaborations.
Read MorePrecision medicine requires more data, sophisticated analytics
Date: December 27th, 2017Source: Information ManagementTopics: HIE, Precision MedicineHealthcare’s one-size-fits-all approach to treating patients must be replaced with a personalized approach to medicine that focuses on individuals and the unique needs of each family member, says John Halamka, MD, chief information officer at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Read MorePopulation Health, Value-Based Care Still Challenging for ACOs
Date: December 19th, 2017Source: Health IT AnalyticsTopics: Population Health, Value-Based Care, Accountable CareComprehensive, real-time data access plays a major role in clinicians’ ability to improve care and reduce spending.
Read MoreResearch shows email-based care coordination improves outcomes, provider satisfaction
Date: December 12th, 2017Source: Healthcare DiveTopics: Care Coordination, Patient Event NotificationsEmail-based care transition systems improve care coordination and follow-up scheduling, resulting in fewer hospital readmissions, a study in the December American Journal of Accountable Care suggests
Read MoreProviders Caring for an Aging Population Need Widespread HIE Use
Date: December 7th, 2017Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Care CoordinationHIE use enables the level of provider communication necessary to support complex and chronic disease management for aging baby boomers.
Read MoreSmart EHR Implementation Decisions Key to Usability Improvements
Date: December 4th, 2017Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: EHRsEncouraging healthcare organizations and health IT companies to make smarter decisions during the EHR implementation process is the oft-overlooked but vitally important key to enabling EHR usability improvements, according to experts convened during the ONC Annual Meeting on November 30.
Read MoreValue-Based Contracts Rely on Patient Attribution, Data Sharing
Date: November 29th, 2017Source: RevCycle IntelligenceTopics: Population Health, Value-Based Care, Data AnalyticsThe more providers understand their patient populations and what patients need for improved health outcomes, the better the organization can negotiate contracts that align with each other and the organizations value-based care plan.
Read MoreThis Is Why Blockchains Will Transform Healthcare
Date: November 29th, 2017Source: ForbesTopics: BlockchainThe blockchain revolution has made its way to the healthcare industry, and it’s only the beginning of what’s possible.
Read More86% of long-term care admins don't electronically exchange health info with referring hospitals, survey finds
Date: November 17th, 2017Source: Becker's Hospital ReviewTopics: HIE, Care Coordination, Hospital Readmissions, Long-Term CareEighty-six percent of long-term care administrators indicated they do not electronically exchange health information with referring hospitals, physicians or home health providers, according to a Black Book survey.
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