By Sean Benson – Effectively delivering clinical decision support (CDS) interventions to the point of care has proven to be a significant challenge for many hospitals and health systems. These projects often fail to drive meaningful improvements and, in some cases, make matters worse.
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By Brian Levy MD – There is a lot of discussion about “clean” data today in healthcare. Recent movements with health IT, interoperability and data exchange hold great promise in fueling the high-level analytics.
By Diana Nole – When it comes to electronic health record systems (EHRs), most would agree that they have failed to live up to their potential for delivering greater efficiencies, reduced healthcare costs, and improved care quality.
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By Denise Basow MD – Clinical effectiveness is defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as “the application of best knowledge, derived from research, clinical experience and patient preferences to achieve optimum processes and outcomes of care for patients.”
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer announced a partnership with HealthCore to provide data normalization services to the California Integrated Data Exchange. Deployment of the Health Language Enterprise Terminology Management Platform will ensure the integrity and semantic interoperability of data flowing through the statewide HIE.
The Single Most Expensive Condition in US Hospitals By Stephen Claypool, M.D. @WKHealth Visit Wolters Kluwer Health at HIMSS in booth #1346 Sepsis continues its reign…
This Week’s Health IT Business News It’s a new year and 2012 was a big year for health IT mergers and acquisitions. So what will…