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HIE Rundown 8-19-16

The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Recently making news in health information exchange is Carequality, Kno2 & HealtHIE Nevada, FCC Connect2Health Task Force, Surescripts, Translational Software, Inc. and NetDirector.

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Next Generation Healthcare Products

There are new and improved products in healthcare being developed everyday. The following are announcements and launches of upgraded or new health products recently publicized by Premier Inc., Oticon, Prime Medical, Versco, VASCO Security Data and Doctor Globe.


Health IT Business News – August 16, 2016

Read industry business news recently reported. Among the news is ZirMed’s User Group Conference, BridgeHead’s newest system integration, CareCloud’s award winning platform, Grand View Research’s connected health and wellness devices report, and the Forum on Health Care Innovation’s Health Acceleration Challenge.


8/16 – Talent Tuesday: Now Hiring!

Welcome to Talent Tuesday. Check back each week as we highlight job opportunities and tips from the healthcare IT recruitment specialists at Greythorn. Today’s opportunity is a Siemens Invision Analyst.




ONC Leadership Transition – A Letter from Secretary Burwell

The following letter from Secretary Burwell was shared with the HHS staff on August 11, 2016. Dr. Karen DeSalvo will continue to serve as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health. Dr. Vindell Washington will serve as National Coordinator, overseeing the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).


Nominate a Health IT Influential Women

The HIMSS Most Influential Women in Health IT Awards, recognizes influential women at all stages of their career progressions. The Awards celebrate those female visionaries harnessing the power of IT to transform health and healthcare, is unique among power lists and award programs; it’s inclusive of all women of influence, no matter where they may be in the health IT field.


Survey Says Fewer Than 2 in 10 Hospitals Regularly Use Patient-Reported Outcomes

72% of hospitals with limited or no Patient-Reported Outcomes Tracking say they will implement it within 1-3 years. CMS recently began using a new yardstick to calculate how much providers should be paid: a patient’s own view of their health. First incorporated into a new CMS program designed to lower the cost of knee and hip replacements, patient-reported outcomes, or PROs, may soon become far more widespread.