By Jellyfish Health – We’ll get right to the point: increasing revenue is as simple as increasing patient volume. What gets complicated is attempting to manage a heavy patient load in the traditional “first in, first seen” manner.
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By William Hersh – Under the leadership of its new Director, Patricia Brennan, PhD, RN, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is undertaking a strategic planning process to develop goals and priorities for the NLM going forward.
By Justin Barnes – Part 3 of this 4-part series. The path to value-based care and reporting under the new Quality Payment Program is undeniably paved in patient data.
By Lee Stevens – If you or your family were injured during a disaster like a hurricane, earthquake or forest fire, wouldn’t you want your health data to be available to first responders and others who are there to provide care?
By Daniel Druker – The term Artificial Intelligence in 2017 feels a bit like cloud computing back in 2010 – it’s the hot buzz phrase of the moment and it’s being broadly over-applied and mis-applied in industry.
ZirMed is excited to participate in HIMSS17! You can find us at booth #4871, where we have several events planned for HIMSS attendees.
By Dr. Vindell Washington – Data is the lifeblood of the value-based payment environment. Every time a doctor takes care of a patient, we have an opportunity to use information in ways that help patients get better care.
By Dr. Vindell Washington, Tricia Lee Wilkins, & Aisha Hasan – Over the past 8 years, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology – in collaboration with our federal partners and the private sector – has ushered in an era of widespread health IT adoption and use throughout the country.
By John Halamka MD – I was in Scotland recently, helping a multi-disciplinary group of academic and government leaders with strategic IT planning. Scotland, like New Zealand, is a remarkable learning laboratory. With a population of 5.5 million, a supportive government, and talented informatics professionals, it’s the perfect storm for innovation.