HHS Awards $1.5 million to Improve Information Flow for Patients and Providers
ONC announced seven recipients of two Cooperative Agreement programs to improve the flow of health information.
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Telemedicine: Opportunity Waiting
By Matt Fisher – The technology behind and supporting telemedicine has come a long way in a short period of time. To some degree, the development reflects general technology.
September Sepsis Awareness Month: Intervention and Analytics
By Sarianne Gruber – A Spotlight on Intervention and Analytics with Damian Mingle, Chief Data Scientist, WPC Healthcare. A night at the Gala and 2016 Sepsis Alliance Heroes Awards.
Nanticoke is on the ‘cusp of something great’ with CommonWell
By Charles Palmer – When Cerner Chairman and CEO Neal Patterson challenged health care providers to help advance interoperability by joining CommonWell during his keynote speech at Cerner Health Conference 2014, Nanticoke took it to heart.
More Hospitals than Ever Making Information Available Electronically to Patients
By Talisha Searcy & Lana Moriarty – To help individuals manage their health, the EHR Incentive Programs called on providers to enable patients to electronically view, download, and transmit their health information.
Health Information Exchange and Meaningful Use
By Jim Tate – It used to be called the “Summary of Care” but now we know it as “Health Information Exchange”. It is perhaps the most misunderstood of the Meaningful Use measures for everyone from solo docs to large health systems.
Looking Back and Forward
By Patrick Conway MD – Looking back on Promising Progress in Round One State Innovation Model, Looking Forward to the Future of State Based Innovation. The SIM Initiative began in April 2013, and has supported over 38 states, territories and DC.
The Tyranny of the Three I’s
By Glenn Krauss – Incomplete Information, Inaccurate ICD-10 Coding and Insufficient Documentation. It’s not exactly a secret that the transition from fee-for-service to value-based care has caused a lot of headaches and heartaches.
Study Shows 1 in 4 Americans Has Emailed or Texted a Photo of a Medical Issue to Their Doctor
Ketchum, a leading communications firm, has released the Ketchum mHealth Monitor, mapping U.S. consumers’ adoption of wearable technology, apps and artificial intelligence (A.I.) for personal health and wellness.