What Makes a Best Practice Best?
By William Hyman – “Best Practice” is a popular descriptor for a variety of processes and activities. A recent search of HITECH Answers produced 13 items with Best Practice in the title.
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Telehealth is Here – Getting There Quicker with Incremental Steps
New Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist Episode NOW on Demand with host Dr. Nick and guest Dr. Til Jolly, CMO for Specialists on Call (SOC) Telemed who are delivering enterprise-wide telemedicine to over 450 hospitals.
5 Ways Comprehensive Data Can Help Employers Move Beyond the Same Old Results
By David Hom – Brokers and consultants often are left to rely on the same set of data (over and over again) when trying to enable clients to improve members’ health as their own financial health. As a result, consultants often find themselves frustrated when they can’t move the needle toward better results.
2018 Cancer Registry Update: Coping With Continual Changes
By Gina McNellis – In a blog that I wrote earlier this year, I talked about the importance of being prepared for expected changes in the cancer registry. Well, we are well past the half way point of 2018 and are still navigating the changes.
Five Surprising Things You Need to Know about Patient Payments
By April Wilson – With the rising increase in healthcare costs and patient responsibility, it is important for healthcare organizations to understand today’s consumers and the latest trends in patient payments.
FHIR for CTOs
By Nicola Ryzhikov – I wanted to share an introduction of FHIR for CTOs and technology leads interested in modern health technologies that will be around long-term. FHIR is an interoperability standard created by the the HL7 international organization to exchange medical and other related healthcare information between systems.
Healthcare Data Security: Less of a Concern for U.S. Adults than Threats to Financial Information
By Art Gross – Our healthcare data holds a multitude of sensitive information regarding our personal lives. That information could include our full name, date of birth, home address, health history, diagnoses, and test results to name a few pieces of information.
New App Development Challenge Advances Care Through Patient Self-Assessments
By Gopal Khanna – AHRQ launched the AHRQ Step Up App Challenge, a three-phase competition to address the need for greater use of standardized PRO data in clinical care and research. The total prize pool for the challenge is $250,000.
New Business Models for Providers and Medical Device Manufacturers – What About the Data?
By Stephanie Crabb – A recent announcement in Becker’s (Jackson Health Signs Patient Monitoring Deal with Philips) seems to be pointing to an emerging trend in innovative and transformative business models between medical device manufacturers and providers.