By John Halamka MD – As the year ends and we archive the accomplishments and challenges of 2015, it’s time to think about the year ahead. Will innovative products and services be social, mobile, analytics, and cloud (SMAC)? Will wearables take off? Will clinicians be replaced by Watson? Here are my predictions:
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The California Integrated Data Exchange (Cal INDEX) announced that Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest health systems, will participate in the statewide health information exchange (HIE) as a foundational provider organization.
Today we conclude our annual 12 Days of Christmas posts on HITECH Answers. From all of us at Answers Media Company, have a happy, healthy, and safe holiday.
Our final Hires and Appointment post for 2015. We have been reporting on this all year and will continue our reporting in 2016.
Cambia Health Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Peterson Center on Healthcare, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation jointly announced $10 million in new funding to spread access to clinical notes to 50 million patients nationwide.
HIMSS has announced the launch of the HIMSS Value Score, healthcare’s first international quality measurement for the value of health IT. The Value Score is the latest HIMSS-developed standards and resources that serve as health IT adoption models.
Recognizing that healthcare providers need to transition from sick care to well care, Carolinas HealthCare System has been aggressively pursuing a technology strategy that powers more effective patient engagement, virtual care delivery and interoperability amongst providers in the Carolinas.
The Joint Commission has developed two new resources to help health care providers in their efforts to reduce patient readmissions and improve the discharge process. The resources are a new Speak Up campaign for providers and organizations to educate patients.
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report in October. Active registrants total over a half a million.