Disease Management

Electronic health records have great potential to help clinicians better manage patients with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, asthma and obesity. Disease management tools include identification of at-risk patients, lab and results alerts, and condition-specific registries.

How are ACOs Doing?

Gary Baldwin | Apr 01

Earlier this year, CMS announced some 450 participants in its bundled payment program. If nothing else, the announcement gave a shot in the arm to the accountable care movement.

Chronic Care

Consumer Health

EHR

Group Practices

Health Info Exchange

Hospitals

Payers

Policy & Regulation

Revenue Cycle Management

Revenue Cycle & Payments

NCQA Launches Medical Home Recognition Program for Specialists

Joseph Goedert | Mar 26

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has introduced a patient-centered medical home recognition program for physician specialists outside of primary care.

Group Practices

Chronic Care

EHR

Test Methods Updated for Stage 2 Meaningful Use

Joseph Goedert | Mar 25

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released an update of its approved test methods for clinical quality measures under the 2014 Edition of the electronic health records meaningful use program.

EHR

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Vendor News

Health Info Exchange

Policy & Regulation

Stimulus

Unexpected DNA Results Should Be Told to Patients, Doctors Say

John Lauerman of Bloomberg News | Mar 22

Patients who undergo broad DNA testing to explain a specific medical condition also should be told about chance findings that indicate risk for other serious diseases, a group of genetic specialists said.

Consumer Health

Decision Support

Hospitals

Group Practices

A Prescription for Failure

Greg Gillespie | Mar 21

Medication adherence is a big problem, but the underlying cause--seniors taking too many medications--has yet to be addressed by the industry.

Chronic Care

Decision Support

Consumer Health

Medication Management

Autism Disorder Diagnoses Increase Among U.S. Children, CDC Says

Elizabeth Lopatto of Bloomberg | Mar 20

About 2 percent of American school children were diagnosed with autism disorders in 2011 and 2012, a 72 percent increase from the previous five years, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Hospitals

Group Practices

Policy & Regulation

Cerner Acquisition Adds to Lab Services

Joseph Goedert | Mar 18

Cerner Corp. has acquired Labotix Automation Inc., a Peterborough, Ont.-based vendor of an automated specimen sorting system for clinical laboratories.

EHR

Hospitals

Vendor News

Decision Support

Report: Analytics is the Top Tech Goal for ACOs

Joseph Goedert | Mar 14

“All indications, from survey results, discussions with health care thought leaders, and technology suppliers, are that analytics is number 1 on the agenda for health care organizations engaging in accountable care.”

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Chronic Care

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Policy & Regulation

New Law Gives Funds, Flexibility for Pandemics and Hazards

Joseph Goedert | Mar 14

President Obama on March 13 signed into law the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act, which provides preparedness funding to hospitals and public health agencies.

Hospitals

Group Practices

Policy & Regulation

UCLA Trying to Predict Rising Brain Pressure

Joseph Goedert | Mar 13

The neurosurgery department at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles is testing software to predict increasing brain pressure in patients with traumatic brain injury.

Hospitals

Group Practices

Decision Support

Vendor News

Systems Integration

President Clinton at HIMSS13: Fundamental Health Reform Must Continue

Joseph Goedert | Mar 07

The jokes were sparse as a somber former President Bill Clinton took on the ills of the health care system during his HIMSS13 keynote speech, and urged his information technology audience to accelerate their work to support improvements.

Comments (1)

Consumer Health

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Policy & Regulation

Hospitals

Health Info Exchange

Payers

Group Practices

Who's Going to Pay to Play?

Gary Baldwin | Mar 01

Can consumer-oriented health games find a financial fit in a provider-centric industry?

Consumer Health

Decision Support

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Nurses Innovate to Tackle the Dangers of Discharge

Gary Baldwin | Mar 01

Cullman Regional Medical Center caregivers take top honors for using iPods and intelligence to connect with patients.

Group Practices

Hospitals

Decision Support

EHR

Health Info Exchange

Rooting Out Readmissions

Greg Gillespie | Mar 01

Hospitals bring more I.T. to bear while looking for the underlying reasons why patients come back.

Hospitals

Chronic Care

Decision Support

Payers

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Policy & Regulation

HIT Vendors Ready to Unveil New Wares at HIMSS13

Joseph Goedert | Feb 28

Many health information technology vendors are announcing this week the new products and services they will be highlighting at HIMSS13 in New Orleans:

Electronic Data Interchange

Vendor News

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Group Practices

Hospitals

Consumer Health

Health Info Exchange

Systems Integration