Hires and Appointments in 2015
Our final Hires and Appointment post for 2015. We have been reporting on this all year and will continue our reporting in 2016.
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Foundations Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients Nationwide
Cambia Health Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Peterson Center on Healthcare, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation jointly announced $10 million in new funding to spread access to clinical notes to 50 million patients nationwide.
Health IT Business News – December 21, 2015
HIMSS has announced the launch of the HIMSS Value Score, healthcare’s first international quality measurement for the value of health IT. The Value Score is the latest HIMSS-developed standards and resources that serve as health IT adoption models.
Craig Richardville Named CHIME-HIMSS 2015 CIO of the Year
Recognizing that healthcare providers need to transition from sick care to well care, Carolinas HealthCare System has been aggressively pursuing a technology strategy that powers more effective patient engagement, virtual care delivery and interoperability amongst providers in the Carolinas.
The Joint Commission Launches Campaign to Reduce Readmissions
The Joint Commission has developed two new resources to help health care providers in their efforts to reduce patient readmissions and improve the discharge process. The resources are a new Speak Up campaign for providers and organizations to educate patients.
EHR Incentive Program Status Report October 2015
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report in October. Active registrants total over a half a million.
Population Health Management Market to Double in Size by 2020
Shifting healthcare priorities and business models, increasing healthcare costs, and the emergence of big data analytics are helping to drive the population health management (PHM) market forward.
News & Updates from CMS
CMS is reporting these events, updates and deadlines for providers. These items focus on the agency’s financial and payment responsibilities to providers. Read and sign up for the CMS weekly newsletter MLN Connects® Provider eNews for the most current news.
Health Data Consortium Concludes Programs
The Board of Directors and leadership of the Health Data Consortium announced that the organization has ceased operations and transitioned leadership of the 2016 Health Datapalooza to AcademyHealth, a longtime member of the health data community and the professional organization representing the producers and users of health services research.