Decision Support


Clinical decision support encompasses a variety of electronic tools at the point of care to facilitate decision-making on the part of clinicians. These include electronic order sets, patient alerts, and evidence-based medicine protocols. Stories here encompass the design, creation and implementation of clinical decision support tools as well as the benefits and pitfalls of using them.


Federal Grants Help HIEs Link Mental Health and Medical Providers

Joseph Goedert | Feb 10
HealthInfoNet, the health information exchange for Maine, is one of five state HIEs to receive federal grants to facilitate the sharing of records between behavioral health and general medical providers.
EHR
Health Info Exchange

API Augments its Scheduling Portfolio with Concerro Buy

Joseph Goedert | Feb 09
API Healthcare, a vendor of hospital workforce management software, has acquired Concerro, which sells hosted, Software-as-a-Service scheduling and staffing applications. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Hospitals
Group Practices

New Content on HHS Consumer Web Sites

Joseph Goedert | Feb 08
Two agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services have introduced new Web-based health management tools for consumers.
Consumer Health
Disease Management

Study: E-Scripts Improve Medication Adherence

Joseph Goedert | Feb 01
A study of de-identified pharmacy data finds patient-first-fill medication adherence--the number of times a patient actually fills a new prescription--increases by 10 percent when the prescription is electronic.
Medication Management
EHR

Safety Engineer

Elizabeth Gardner | Feb 01
Terry Fairbanks started working as a volunteer paramedic right after high school, and kept it up through graduate school.
Hospitals
Group Practices

Nurses Rounding Up I.T. to Improve Safety

Gary Baldwin | Feb 01
Carolinas Medical Center wins top honors for an innovative system to keep documentation up to date.
Group Practices
Hospitals

Aetna Wants Dentists to Push Smoking Cessation via iPads

Joseph Goedert | Jan 31
Health insurer Aetna is working with Columbia University to develop a smoking cessation clinical decision support system, accessed via an iPad, for dentists.
Consumer Health
Group Practices

HIT Vendor Round-up: Castlight, MedAssets & Aprima

Joseph Goedert | Jan 31
Several health information technology vendors have recently announced new initiatives, including:
Consumer Health
Hospitals

HIT Vendor Round-up: New Client Wins

Joseph Goedert | Jan 30
A number of health information technology vendors have announced new customer wins in recent days.
Revenue Cycle Management
Hospitals

Consultant Describes Rocky Road Through the Health System

Paul Keckley | Jan 27
Paul Keckley, executive director at the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, recently underwent knee surgery and things have not gone so well on the treatment and payment sides.
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Hospitals
Revenue Cycle & Payments

Care Innovations Summit

Jan 26
Co-hosted by the CMS Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
Consumer Health
Data Security

Survey: U.S. and Foreign Docs Differ on Many I.T. Benefits

Joseph Goedert | Jan 26
A survey of more than 3,700 physicians across eight nations finds common ground on some benefits of health information technology, including better data access for research, improving care coordination and reducing errors.
EHR
Health Analytics

Hospital CEOs Outline Challenges in a New World

Joseph Goedert | Jan 24
A new report from Huron Consulting Group summarizes what hospital CEOs feel are the biggest challenges in a changing industry.
Health Analytics
Policy & Regulation

Kaiser Gives Patients Mobile Access to Electronic Health Records

Joseph Goedert | Jan 24
Kaiser Permanente has made patient access to their electronic health records available via mobile computing devices.
Mobile Technology
Consumer Health

Consumer Medical & Drug Comparison Services Integrate, Target Employers

Joseph Goedert | Jan 20
Castlight Health Inc., which operates a Web site enabling consumers to compare providers’ prices and quality for medical procedures, will add prescription drug price comparison data.
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Consumer Health
Web Technology
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