ANA Quality and Innovation Conference Recap
The American Nurses Association recently held their 2018 Quality and Innovation Conference in Orlando, Florida that hosted nearly 1,000 nurses and other healthcare professionals. Check out…
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Lessons from HIMSS18: The Need for Cloud, “Killer Apps’ and Connectivity
By Donald Voltz, MD – But Are They Already Here? In his HIMSS keynote address, Alphabet’s former executive chairman and now current technical advisor Eric Schmidt warned attendees that the “future of healthcare lies in the need for killer apps.”
Fred Trotter on Data Journalism and Cybersecurity — Harlow on Healthcare
By David Harlow – I caught up with Fred Trotter to talk about his work as a healthcare data journalist and about his service on the federal cybersecurity task force, which issued a report last year.
ONC Report on Population Level Data Export Meeting
The meeting focused on emerging standards for population level data export from health information systems using HL7 FHIR. The report includes takeaways, overviews and insights.
HIE Rundown – 3-30-18
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
CMS Extends the MIPS 2017 Data Submission Deadline to April 3 at 8 PM EDT
If you’re an eligible clinician participating in the Quality Payment Program, you now have until Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 8 PM EDT to submit your 2017 MIPS performance data.
Visualized: Mashing up 2015 Edition Certification and Progress Attestation Requirements
By Steven Posnack, Dustin Charles, & Wes Barker – Have you ever wondered what a health IT developer’s share of meaningful use eligible hospitals looked like compared to its peers? How about the same for eligible clinicians under the QPP?
CMS Blue Button 2.0 Now Available as Part of MyHealthEData
CMS Blue Button 2.0 is a FHIR-based API that enables Medicare beneficiaries to connect their Medicare claims data to the applications, services, and research programs they trust.
Bringing the Patient Voice to Evidence Generation: Patient Engagement in Disease Registries
By Dr. Arlene Bierman – We are only just beginning to harness the power of “real world data” to provide the evidence needed to improve health care quality, safety, and outcomes.