By Sarianne Gruber, Senior Consultant, Encore Health Resources Twitter: @subtleimpact Without interoperability of health technologies, a comprehensive exchange of health data does not exist. Yet,…
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Conferences are a good way to get the newest information, network, earn some needed continuing educations, or get back in touch with peers. If you have to take time off and travel to a conference you need time to plan. Here are some upcoming events to consider.
The New York eHealth Collaborative’s fourth annual Digital Health Conference 2014 was held at Pier Sixty in New York City this week. Here are some highlights from the events twitter feed #DHC14.
Don’t miss these HIT Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee meetings scheduled for this week.
At the MGMA Annual Conference in October, Cindy Welch joined me in a presentation to talk about how she overcame challenges that virtually every practice faces today—including higher co-payments, HDHPs, uninsured patients, inaccurate insurance information, staff’s reluctance to ask patients for money, and patients’ reluctance to pay.
The annual MGMA conference gives medical practices an opportunity to learn, collaborate and network with peers. Always Forward was the theme for this year’s conference held in Las Vegas this year. One topic everyone seemed to be talking about was next year’s ICD-10 deadline.
On our MGMA 14 interview with the CEO of Navicure, Jim Denny talks about how forward-thinking medical practices are handling the rise in patient responsibility due to higher deductibles and co-pays. He also talks about the lack of progress made in transitioning to ICD-10.
MGMA reported over 4700 attendees at the conference and more than 300 exhibitors at MGMA14 in Las Vegas. At the conference I had the opportunity to meet several of the participants to chat with them on why they were there and what they were bringing to exhibit.
Going along with this year’s theme of Always Forward, it came as no surprise that many companies made a point to demonstrate the ways they are working toward proactive healthcare. Be it through predictive analytics, care coordination, quality measurement, or patient engagement, the overarching goals to help practices better meet the needs of their patients, to address the issues that impact healthcare, and to drive excellence shined through.