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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The Promise and Pitfalls of Bundled Payments
By David Blumenthal MD & David Squires -Plans to expand bundled payment models in the Medicare program are one of several new payment alternatives in Medicare and Medicaid designed to hold health providers accountable for the cost and quality of care.
Reflection on CDI
By Glenn Krauss – National ACDIS CDI week is an ideal time to reflect on the accomplishments and trajectory of our profession. Also an opportunity to formulate a strategy to continue development and expand the ability to be a driving force in the transition to the fee-for-value model.
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.
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.