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Category: Healthcare Industry News
Patients 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.
Read MoreUsing Technology to Stop Hemorrhaging Data
Date: November 7th, 2016Source: Mobile MattersTopics: HIE, Care Coordination, Transitions of CareThere is a need for technology that addresses data-in-motion ranging from ‘in the moment’ to the ‘in-between’ – the transitions where the significant data, connections, and associations are lost. Without the support of technology, we are experiencing an unintentional loss of potentially valuable data that holds immense value as we move toward a precision medicine approach to patient care.
Read MoreHHS announces Phase 1 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge
Date: November 3rd, 2016Source: HIE AnswersTopics: HIE, Interoperability, Digital HealthThe Department of Health and Humans Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the Phase 1 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge. Winners were selected based on their proposals for using application programming interfaces (API) to enable consumers to share their personal health information safely and securely with their health care providers, family members or other caregivers.
Read MoreReport Calls for Addressing Social Risks in Medicare Payment
Date: October 19th, 2016Source: AAFP NewsTopics: Value-Based Care, Social Determinants of HealthFamily physicians take a comprehensive approach to health care, but Medicare payments do not adequately account for their attention to social determinants of health. A new report suggests ways that could change.
Read MoreHow MACRA Final Rule Promotes Secure Info Exchange
Date: October 17th, 2016Source: Gov Info SecurityTopics: HIE, EHRs, MACRA, Information BlockingOverall, I think it is also important to note that the information blocking attestation is just one of many other complex requirements and quality measurements that regulators will use to "score" healthcare providers under new MACRA payment schedules. However, the fact that the prevention of information blocking is part of payment reform potentially puts pressure on reluctant healthcare organizations to more willingly participate in secure health information exchange for the betterment of patients.
Read MoreFinal MACRA rule expands exemptions, flexibility
Date: October 14th, 2016Source: Modern HealthcareTopics: Meaningful Use, MACRA, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)Nearly a third of physicians could be exempt from Medicare's new merit-based incentive payment system under a final rule the CMS issued Friday for implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.
Read MoreHHS finalizes streamlined Medicare payment system that rewards clinicians for quality patient care
Date: October 14th, 2016Source: HHS.govTopics: MACRAToday, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finalized a landmark new payment system for Medicare clinicians that will continue the Administration’s progress in reforming how the health care system pays for care.
Read MoreThree steps to ACO success
Date: October 12th, 2016Source: Health Management TechnologyTopics: Health IT, Accountable CareAll of us in healthcare share a similar fantasy: one in which babies, children, adults and the very elderly – regardless of their needs and health status – all get the right care at the right time in the right place and at the right cost. Healthcare in its current form is far from that ideal. But with the advancement of powerful information technology, we now have what we need to accomplish this laudable goal.
Read MoreCMS Timelines for Stage 3 Meaningful Use, MACRA Implementation
Date: October 10th, 2016Source: RevCycle IntelligenceTopics: Meaningful Use, MACRA, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)CMS developed timelines for Stage 3 Meaningful Use and MACRA implementation that spell out healthcare payment incentives and penalties.
Read More3 keys to HIE implementation for nursing homes
Date: October 5th, 2016Source: Fierce HealthcareTopics: HIE, Long-Term CareWhile few nursing homes use health information exchanges (HIEs), they will have to adapt quickly to meet policy and public demands to more effectively use technology for improving communication between healthcare providers.
Read MoreProposed changes to 42 CFR Part 2 will affect providers
Date: September 30th, 2016Source: Behavioral HealthcareTopics: Behavioral Health, HIPAAAlthough the proposal is extensive[4] and still maintains HIPAA’s requirement that the individual must grant prior consent for the disclosure of his or her personal health information, the new rules would allow treatment programs to obtain a general disclosure consent from the individual—such as the name of a health information exchange or “my treating providers,” rather than requiring the individual to include the name or title of the specific individuals or organizations in a written consent form to which disclosures may be made, as is currently the case
Read MoreBy The Numbers: Our Progress In Digitizing Health Care
Date: September 29th, 2016Source: HealthIT BuzzTopics: HIE, EHRs, Meaningful Use, Health IT, InteroperabilityOver the past seven years, the United States has seen a historic health IT transformation, moving from a primarily paper-based health system to one where virtually everyone has a digital footprint of their care because of the dramatic uptake of electronic health records (EHRs).
Read MoreTop Three Ways Health Information Exchange Benefits Payers
Date: September 28th, 2016Source: Health Payer IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Accountable Care, Health PlansHealth information exchange could play a significant role in reducing overall healthcare spending among payers and providers.When health payers and providers utilize health information exchange, they will make significant gains in reducing healthcare spending, reducing duplicative testing and services, and improving their use of preventive medical services
Read MoreWhere Interoperability, Integration Fit into EHR Selection
Date: September 27th, 2016Source: HealthIT InteroperabilityTopics: EHRs, InteroperabilityAs part of its effort to improve health information sharing, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has issued new guidance for healthcare organizations to consider during EHR selection and contracting.
Read MoreNearly all states reduced preventable hospital readmissions
Date: September 14th, 2016Source: Healthcare DiveTopics: Hospital ReadmissionsThe District of Columbia and 49 states reduced avoidable hospital readmission rates between 2010 and 2015, according to a Tuesday post in The CMS Blog.
Read MoreElectronic health information available at a hospital near you
Date: September 14th, 2016Source: Healthcare DiveTopics: Meaningful Use, Patient EngagementIn 2015, 95% of hospitals offered patients the ability to view health information electronically, 87% offered ability to download health information, and 69% offered ability to view, download, and transmit, according to new data from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
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