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USCDI: Supporting Interoperability Requirements of the Cures Act
By David Navarro – The 21st Century Cures Act has adopted the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) standard to help further interoperability efforts and data sharing among providers and patients. We unpack the details around USCDI and look at how it is constantly changing as more data points and data classes are reviewed and added.
Data and Analytics in Trauma Nursing
By Dan Matthews – The use of data and analytics can help healthcare become more accurate, efficient, and personalized to individual patient needs. At hospitals and individual practices, healthcare professionals are already collecting and using big data to enhance telemedicine, and optimize staffing.
Women’s Health — Not Just an Imperative but Good Business
New On Demand Healthcare Upside/Down: With guests Tessa Kerby, Senior Manager at ECG Management Consultants, and Vicki Lucas, PhD, president of Vicki Lucas LLC, Women’s Health Business Consultants. Tessa and Vicki explain why advancing women’s health services makes good business sense for healthcare organizations.
Is Telemedicine Now The New Normal In Primary Health Care?
By Allan Max – Technology is helping health care practices in multiple ways. Telemedicine is one such aspect. Since the rise in Covid-19 cases in the US, more and more patients started opting for telemedicine. Even now, it is widely opted by a variety of patients.
When Being More Efficient Produces Better Outcomes
By David Burda – Years ago, in a publishing galaxy far, far away, the healthcare business publication that I worked for as a reporter required each news story to be read four times. Every story got four “reads,” as we used to say. At each step, the story got worse as the next read compounded errors introduced and questions raised by the previous read.
Physician Voices Advocating for Change
Now on demand, Health Unabashed episode with guests Drs. Jeff Livingston & Hesham A. Hassaballa, who both weigh in on the general theme of clinician vulnerability and who heals the healer?
Five Ways that HIT Can Improve Health Equity
By Robert L. Murry PhD MD FAAFP – Recently I had the distinct privilege of presenting to the ONC Health IT Advisory Committee at their meeting titled “Health Equity by Design.” The presentation highlighted five areas of focus for Health IT in reducing health disparities:
Digital Patient Engagement Offers Burnout Relief
By Gary Hamilton – The mass resignation of health care workers has left providers searching for answers. Employment in the industry is down by nearly 300,000 since February of 2020. This is not for lack of effort in maintaining the course; these are workers who often feel burdened to the point their only option is to exit.