F(Good Data) = Good Care
By Abhinav Shashank – In the words of W. Edwards Deming, “Every system is perfectly designed to achieve the results it gets.” This is one of the most agreeable statements in the healthcare industry.
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You’ll Pay for a Delay
By Matt Fisher – The OCR did not wait long into 2017 to issue its first settlement for a HIPAA related breach. The honor for Presence Health came only nine days into the year.
What is the Right Approach to Sharing Clinical Research Data?
By William Hersh MD – While many people and organizations have long called for data from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and other clinical research to be shared with other researchers for re-analysis and other re-use, the impetus for it accelerated about a year ago with two publications.
My Advice to the Trump Administration
By John Halamka MD – As I’ve listened to the confirmation hearings for cabinet nominees, I’ve realized that no one with healthcare IT expertise has yet been identified by the transition team.
Can Automated Workflows Increase Patient Satisfaction?
By Christian Kratsas – Today’s healthcare model requires that services be patient-centered. Additional challenges arise, though, when care needs to be coordinated among multiple providers. From 1999-2009, the number of primary care visits resulting in a referral increased by 159%.
Physician Needs And How Should Health IT Help?
By Abhinav Shashank – Physicians have been instrumental to the healthcare industry; and from their perspective, healthcare is changing rapidly. With several new legislations and continued technological developments might have confused providers.
4 Ways Small Practices Can Best Prepare for Value-Based Care
By Jeff Jones – In contrast to the current fee-for-service care, the value-based care model aims to compensate physicians for high-quality service, clinical performance, and patient satisfaction.
Slavitt Farewell: Meeting the Moral Test of Government by Building on Progress Made
By Andy Slavitt – It’s been an honor to be a small part of making record progress in the last eight years—progress long overdue for so many. Let’s remember what things were like just a short time ago before the ACA.
Physician Experience 101: Making Lives Easier and Healthier
By Abhinav Shashank – Physicians are the ones anchoring the ship of healthcare in a sea of variables. Technological advancements are as they may, one cannot elude the touch and presence of a physician in healthcare.