By William Hyman – The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement regarding research on the use of health information technology related to patient outcomes.
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By Sondra Akrin – Eight out of ten hospitals under 100 beds are engaging in RCM outsourcing because of lack of skilled staff. The retirement of the baby boomer generation is putting a personnel strain on all businesses and healthcare is no exception.
By Abhinav Shashank – Unstructured data has always been a complication everywhere, and more so than anywhere in healthcare industry. Invaluable information is at stake, all due to unstructured data and the difficulties in accessing it.
By David Harlow – Over the past five years, the Joint Commission has frowned, smiled and again frowned upon the use of text messaging for transmitting patient care orders. The latest clarification …
By Robert Rowley MD – We are now at a time when modern technology has made gene sequencing of an individual’s DNA a reality. DNA sequencing of certain sections of a genome is used routinely in forensics now.
CMS is launching two new models to help determine what works best when it comes to encouraging shared decision-making between doctors and patients.
By Christian Kratsas – Care coordination missteps are damaging to providers across the healthcare industry and one huge, overarching mistake is apparent: not enough information is being shared.
By Neil Smiley – Bundled payments and predictive analytics dominated the health information technology landscape for much of 2016. 2017 is shaping up to become the year that providers and payers will effectively leverage these new capabilities.
By Justin Barnes – With kickoff of the inaugural MACRA reporting period nearly upon us, many healthcare providers will greet 2017 with quality payment program objectives top-of-mind.