By Sondra Akrin – Demands continue to hammer healthcare organizations in today’s ever-changing environment: Increase patient engagement. Reduce costs. Meet new requirements of value-based care. Comply with ACA or any future plan.
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By Irv H. Lichtenwald – Shopping for a laptop can be an extensive research project where the prospective buyer compares prices based on a host of features: Processor speed, monitor resolution, video card quality, etc.
By Tommy White – With the number of Americans who own smartphones steadily increasing – recent research indicates that more than two-thirds of adults own some type of smartphone — the number of people using apps to help manage their healthcare is also increasing.
The following is news reported from the ONC. News includes participation in this year’s Health Datapalooza, Health Data and Standards Code-A-Thon, Health Data Provenance Challenge, and FHA Learning Seies.
DirectTrust released for public comment a white paper containing more than 50 recommendations aimed at the more than 350 EHR vendors and HIT products’ vendors that provide Direct Interoperability, urging them to significantly improve the usability of their products for secure, interoperable clinical messaging.
By Kevin R. Ward MD – In healthcare, we constantly seek new ways to deliver and improve care. Countless ideas have already been tried and tested, and people often think that coming up with the next great innovation requires thinking ‘outside of the box.’
The Sequoia Project, the leading independent advocate for nationwide health data sharing, announced the addition of six new members to its board of directors.
By Ted Chan – As the healthcare industry becomes increasingly dependent on technology, does your practice have the necessary tools to keep up?
By Neil Smiley – Bundled payments and predictive analytics dominated the health information technology landscape for much of 2016. 2017 is shaping up to become the year that providers and payers will effectively leverage these new capabilities.