Patient Engagement: I Tattoo, Therefore I Am
By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com Kudos to those front runners who are focusing on “patient engagement (PE)”….
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The Value of Healthcare Portals for Patient Engagement
By Jonathan Catley – More and more, doctors and patients are relying on the internet to interact with each other. Using healthcare portals accessible on the web has revolutionized communication and substantially reduced the number of phone calls that are needed.
HIE Rundown 2-11-2015
This week’s Rundown includes: HealthLogix platform achieved the highest standards of community-wide interoperability at the 2015 IHE. CORHIO grew in participants and data by 111% and 118% respectively in 2014.
Colorado State Health Information Exchange (CORHIO)
The Colorado Regional Health Information Organization is a non profit, public-private partnership that is improving health care quality for all Coloradans through cost effective and…
Verizon’s $1M Powerful Answers Award Winners
By Adria Tomaszewski – Four great ideas were named first place winners of the Verizon Powerful Answers Award, a year-long global challenge to discover and help bring to market technology-based solutions with the potential to change our world.
ONC Interoperability Roadmap Infographic
ONC created a roadmap infographic showing where we are now and where we are going from the Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap. See what is in store for the next decade.
Coalition to Brief Congress on ICD-10 Transition
Join the Coalition for ICD-10 at a Capitol Hill Briefing on February 10 at 1:30 PM ET. Hear from physicians and other experts about implementation…
Health IT Business News – February 5, 2015
ZirMed announced it was once again ranked Best in KLAS®, recognized as the #1 claims and clearinghouse vendor in the healthcare market. In other news, Allina Health and Health Catalyst have signed a definitive agreement valued at over $100 million.
2015 Brings Increased Collaboration, Connectivity and Focus on Security
By Terry Edwards – The healthcare industry is known for being conservative and slow-moving. It can take years, or even decades, for changes to take hold. In fact, (as a side bar), my company recently executed an agreement with a system that took two years to get through legal.