Research company Frost & Sullivan have released their latest health IT report, EHR Usability—CIOs Weigh in On What’s Needed to Improve Information Retrieval. The study was conducted in conjunction with CHIME and looks at key issues affecting clinical data contained in EHRs.
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Earlier this year I wrote a post entitled: The Black Box: The Appeal of a Failed Meaningful Use Incentive Audit. In that post I documented…
MGMA reported over 4700 attendees at the conference and more than 300 exhibitors at MGMA14 in Las Vegas. At the conference I had the opportunity to meet several of the participants to chat with them on why they were there and what they were bringing to exhibit.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the American Hospital Association’s Health Forum will work together to enhance the development of the Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study, a leading barometer that annually measures the growth of information technology use and adoption among U.S. hospitals.
Cleveland Clinic announced its 9th annual list of Top 10 Medical Innovations that are likely to have major impact on improving patient care in 2015. The list includes a mobile stroke ambulance, fast, painless blood-testing, and a novel intra-operative radiation approach for breast cancer.
Going along with this year’s theme of Always Forward, it came as no surprise that many companies made a point to demonstrate the ways they are working toward proactive healthcare. Be it through predictive analytics, care coordination, quality measurement, or patient engagement, the overarching goals to help practices better meet the needs of their patients, to address the issues that impact healthcare, and to drive excellence shined through.
In today’s Health IT business news DataMotion has been chosen by CIOReview as one of 20 Most Promising Healthcare Consulting Providers. DataMotion provides a variety of ways to exchange PHI in a secure and compliant way.
At MGMA14 in Las Vegas, we spoke with Greg White, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Allscripts TouchWorks business unit. In the interview, Greg shared his thoughts on how open platform systems are key to advancing interoperability.
As most organizations have now adopted EHRs, getting systems to work together is the next big challenge on the horizon. Earlier this year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) published a 10-Year Vision to Achieve an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure.