Getting Hands-On With Handoffs
By Jeremy Guttman – Problems with handoffs are a big deal in clinical practice. Defective handoffs lead to patient harm, treatment delays, inappropriate treatment, and longer stays in the hospital.
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How Advanced Analytics Can Improve Population Health Management
By Dan Trott – Data culled from increasing numbers of shared databases of EHRs, clinical research pools, geographical positioning systems, connected devices and more has given rise to using advanced analytics for improving population health management (PHM).
Free Course in Healthcare Data Analytics Offered by OHSU
By William Hersh MD – A free continuing education course, Update in Health Information Technology: Healthcare Data Analytics, to physicians, nurses, other healthcare professionals, and health informatics/IT professionals. Registration is available now.
Friday’s Featured Resources
We are highlighting some of our educational white papers this week. These selected papers are focused on revenue cycle management and health information data and analytics.
Infographics: Healthcare, Science, and the Marketplace
Infographics are great way to display statistical data that shows comparisons or charts that come from research and reports. Check out these we want to share.
AMIA Unveils Advanced Health Informatics Certification for Broader Health Professions
By William Hersh – While the clinical informatics physician subspecialty has been an excellent way to recognize the value of the informatics profession, there are clearly many important other professionals in the informatics field who deserve the same professional recognition for their knowledge and skills in using data and information to improve health and healthcare.
20 Years of Biomedical Informatics Graduate Education at OHSU
By William Hersh MD – Earlier this month was graduation at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), and I was proud to see 41 individuals listed in the program receiving Graduate Certificates as well as master’s and PhD degrees in biomedical informatics.
Lists to Love this Month: Are You on One?
Who doesn’t like a good list? Whether you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to read the list. Here are some interesting lists I think deserve sharing starting with the Digital Health 2016 Top 100 Influencers and Brands and the Best and Worst Places to Practice.
Phase 1 winners of Consumer Health Data Aggregator and Provider User Experience Challenges
ONC Challenges designed to foster private sector innovation to enable consumers and providers to easily and securely access and share electronic health information. Phase 2 remains open to all potential applicants with submissions due November 7, 2016.