By Jerry Ford – The Key to Improving Patient Experience, Enhancing Health Outcomes, and Reducing Cost. According to the CMS National Healthcare Expenditure Projections report, the US healthcare system is the most expensive in the world, making up 17% of the country’s GDP. Projections of 20% by 2020.
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By Lorelle Lapstra – I’ve worked in medical imaging for over 25 years and in that time I’ve seen the industry take amazing strides forward on the road to better patient care. When I compare today’s technology stack, the clinical breakthroughs, image quality and support for interoperability to where they were when I first began my career, it’s remarkable how far we’ve come.
By William Hyman – Users of software such as EHRs are sometimes presented with jargon laced responses that may be unique to the software world. For example, as I may have noted here before, I have long been fond of the term “upgrade” when used to mean fixing something that was never right in the first place.
On our next Healthcare De Jure, host Matt Fisher and his guests discuss the use of Artificial Intelligence in patient engagement and care coordination. Join the conversation at #HCdeJure.
By Karen B. DeSalvo MD & Andy Slavitt – Seven years ago, Congress passed a law to spur the country to digitize the health care experience for Americans and connect doctor’s practices and hospitals, thereby modernizing patient care through the Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Incentive Programs, also known as “Meaningful Use.”
By John Halamka MD – In my 20 years as a CIO, my expertise has evolved to include infrastructure provisioning, software architecture, strategic planning, mobile application advocacy and cloud procurement. However, in recent years, my focus has been guided by privacy and security risk mitigation.
By Dinesh Sheth – CMS recently announced the launch of a Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model to improve the quality, access and continuity of primary care, while also improving health and ensuring health care dollars are spent wisely. The renewed initiative uses the current CPC program and the lessons learned so far to set goals.
By Rachel E. Sherman MD, MPH, & Robert M. Califf MD – Across the clinical research enterprise, there is a growing awareness of serious shortfalls in the current paradigm of generating the scientific evidence that supports medical product evaluation and clinical care decisions and the need to modernize methods and expectations surrounding this evidence base.
By Douglas C. Throckmorton MD – In past years, we’ve collected more than 200 pounds of unused medications that would have otherwise lingered in medicine chests and kitchen cabinets. FDA’s event is in advance of National Drug Take Back Day, marked on April 30.