By John Halamka MD & Micky Tripathi – It’s been over 10 years since ONC head David Brailer and HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson published the “The Decade of Health Information Technology”, one of the goals of which was to create a “a new network to link health records nationwide.”
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The Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) released a set of six policy briefs assessing the impact of a range of national and state policies on health care costs and utilization. The briefs were developed by independent researchers using HCCI’s repository of commercial claims data for over 50 million insured Americans – one of the largest private health insurance claims databases of its kind.
By Steven Posnack – The health IT landscape has changed considerably since the HITECH Act. The Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap is now front and center and we’re in a period of transition prompted by MACRA. We have also seen exciting and impactful industry work take shape like the development of HL7® FHIR® and the Argonaut Project.
By Baha Zeidan & Justin Barnes – How, When and Why to Select a Partner. The healthcare industry may be ever-changing, but the one thing that has remained constant in recent years is the increasing pressure on the bottom line of physician practices. Escalating costs and reimbursement pressure are the most challenging aspects of running a practice today.
By Jaeme Adams – Despite emerging as the second largest payer group in healthcare, patients are rarely recognized as “customers” by provider organizations. It’s an oversight that has resulted in an estimated $150 million going uncollected every year.
By Keith Boone – You can find many different versions of five rights in healthcare. What are the five rights for interoperability? I would argue for these five:
By Nick van Terheyden MD – It’s an exciting time to be a chief medical information officer, especially at a hospital or health system with forward-thinking leadership. New technologies are emerging that will help us make huge strides toward truly effective, precise and personalized medicine.
By Bakul Patel – As Yoda might say: build a case for interoperability, we must. While we may not have yet realized the technological accomplishments of Yoda’s advanced world, today connectivity shows great promise for the future. From blood pressure to brain scans, today’s health care allows for the rapid transfer and use of information between and among different medical devices.
PwC’s Health Research Institute new report highlights the top 10 issues expected to have the greatest impact on the industry this year and offers a look back at key trends that will help shape the coming year. So, what will 2016 bring us?