EHR Optimization as a Bridge to Population Health Management
By Teri Hart – In the quest to meet value-based care, population health and quality reporting goals, healthcare leaders face an array of avenues and tactics.
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The Changing Role of Healthcare IT and Why It Requires Automation
By Derek Manky – For healthcare providers, patient experience and satisfaction are becoming increasingly important as consumers shift their approach to seeking medical care.
Applying Deep Learning to Electronic Health Records
By Edmond Zhang – Deep learning technology has numerous innovative medical applications, one that stands out in the field of precision medicine is the ability to utilize electronic health records to create better models for patient representation.
Security Risks with PHI Transmitted by Messaging and Call Centers
By Matt Ferrari – Now on demand my CTO Talk episode with Callidus Health co-founders Dr. Ganesh Elangovan and Gerrit Adams. who created a cloud-based clinic communication solution that is speeding medical care to patients in need, while securing their PHI in the process.
HealthBI’s Scott McFarland says Step Away From the Fax Machine — Harlow on Healthcare
By David Harlow – Scott McFarland is President of HealthBI, where he leads the organization’s health information technology platform team. The comapny enables real time coordination of value-based care delivery across providers by simplifying reporting by providers to payors and making resources available to providers to address patient needs.
Wearable Hospital Lab: NSF Awards $10M for Bioimaging
The National Science Foundation has awarded $10 million to a Rice University-led team that hopes to create wearable and point-of-care microscopes that use on-chip illumination and sensing to non-invasively aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of nearly 100 health conditions that today require a biopsy or blood test.
Cigarette Smoking and the ROI of Design Thinking
By Bennett Lauber – Analogies have been a major part of how we explain usability, user experience and/or design thinking to audiences and clients (and potential clients). Many of these analogies involve automotive technology (see e.g. Crash-test dummies and the Usability of EHRs).
Join ONC at HIMSS 2018
If you are attending HIMSS 2018 in Las Vegas March 6 – 9 you will have a number of opportunities to interact with ONC officials. Mark your calendar for the following events:
Apple Announces Effortless Solution Bringing Health Records to iPhone
Apple recently introduced a significant update to the Health app with the iOS 11.3 beta, debuting a feature for customers to see their medical records right on their iPhone.