Health Innovation

Health Innovation May 13, 2015

Patient Safety Measures and Safety Culture Improving, but Gaps Remain

By Richard Kronick, PhD – The health care industry wasn’t an early adopter of the well-known mantra that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” But measuring and reporting performance on indicators of patient safety and quality have contributed to some marked improvements in recent years, according to the newly released 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Health Innovation May 13, 2015

Health IT Holds the Promise to Help Improve Health

By Thomas A. Mason MD & Janet Wright MD – About 1 of 3 U.S. adults—67 million people—have high blood pressure, also called hypertension. High blood pressure increases the risk for a variety of diseases, including stroke, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, heart and kidney failure, and atrial fibrillation. High blood pressure is also called the “silent killer” because it often has no warning signs or symptoms, and many people do not know they have it.

HIE Rundown, Patient Portal May 12, 2015

HIE Rundown 5-12-15

This week’s Rundown includes PRMC ad DHIN working together, IHIE has new VP, MiHIN issues RFP, and eCaring is partnering with Samsung.

Health Innovation May 12, 2015

OIG Escalates Meaningful Use Audits of Hospitals

By Jim Tate – The Office of Inspector General (OIG) continues to aggressively audit eligible hospitals (EH) for their CMS EHR Incentive attestations. This week I received documents related to an audit recently initiated against a Medicaid EH. As far as the location goes, let’s just say it is west of the Mississippi River.

EHR Adoption, Health Innovation, News May 12, 2015

IBM Watson Health, Epic and Mayo Clinic to Unlock New Insights from EHRs

IBM Watson Health announced that it is collaborating with Epic and Mayo Clinic to advance patient health by applying the cognitive computing capabilities of Watson to Electronic Health Records (EHRs).

Analytics and Pop Health, Internet of Things May 11, 2015

A Patient Centered Look at The Internet of Things

By Kelley Sullivan – We’ve previously discussed the Internet of Things (IoT). Now it seems the industry is starting to focus on how the Internet of Things will manifest itself and how healthcare can use it to the best of its ability.

Health Innovation, HIMSS Annual Conference, Meaningful Use and EHR Incentives, Patient Engagement May 11, 2015

Patient Engagement, Usability, and Meaningful Use Stage 3

By Bennett Lauber – Patient engagement was a very hot topic at the recent HIMSS conference in Chicago. There was no shortage of exhibitors promoting their patient engagement tools and there were also several presentations that contained suggestions for better engaging patients.

Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance, Patient Advocacy May 7, 2015

Patient Safety and Access Improvements, but Disparities Remain

By Richard Kronick, Ph.D. – Today, more Americans than before get safer care, more effective treatments for their illnesses, and better access to care, a new report from AHRQ finds.

EHR Adoption, Health Innovation May 7, 2015

Making the Case for Physicians as Part of the EHR Project Team

By Lisa Laravie – EHR implementation is undoubtedly complex. With so many factors,departments, and workflows to consider, it’s no wonder so many organizations are reaching out for help. With more providers adopting EHR’s, the process of implementation has been evolving as we figure out best practices and lessons learned.

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