By William Hyman – Hype is defined as promoting or publicizing something, often exaggerating its importance or benefits. In our business, hype has been associated with EHRs and some of its associated elements such as Computer Decision Support, Artificial Intelligence, Interoperability and blockchain.
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Understanding how a person’s genetics, environment, and lifestyle can help determine the best approach to prevent or treat disease. We are on the beat to find and report just what is happening now in Precision Medicine.
For data to have integrity, one patient must have one longitudinal health record throughout the system. So how are we solving the challenge today? I have gathered up articles and resources from our network to answer that question. After all we are The Answers Network!
By Art Gross – Phishing is a cybercrime that has been around for many years, where targets are sent malicious emails claiming to be from a legitimate individual or organization to trick them into disclosing their sensitive information.
By Sarah Michel – As nurses, we know that patient care is not one-size-fits-all. Every patient has unique needs when it comes to determining the best course of treatment.
By Luis Castillo – No matter who your patient is, there’s no way to avoid a certain degree of risk. If there were, preventing readmissions would be a much easier prospect. But even if we can’t eliminate risk entirely, we can certainly manage it.
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.
CMS updated its Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool to include 2018 Qualifying APM Participant (QP) and MIPS APM status. The tool has been updated based on calculations from the first snapshot of data from APM entities.
Keeping up with technologies that are changing how healthcare is delivered. Can a continuously growing chain of blocks using cryptography have applications in healthcare? News from Mount Sinai, Allive, SimplyVital Health, and Timicoin/TimiHealth.