Gary Baldwin | Feb 22
“You’ll know when you should leave a stressful meeting.”
Joseph Goedert | Feb 22
The Department of Health and Human Services has sent to the Federal Register two notices of proposed rulemaking for Stage 2 of the electronic health records meaningful use program.
Feb 22
If the move toward digitizing the health system has been characterized by fits and starts, Kaiser Permanente’s multi-year, multibillion dollar effort to create an enterprise electronic records system is nothing if not persistent.
Gary Baldwin | Feb 22
One of the keys to reducing unnecessary admissions is by monitoring gaps in care of at-risk patients. At Geisinger Health System, the task is facilitated by an EHR and an adjoining data warehouse.
Gary Baldwin | Feb 22
The idea of a clinical visit in a “virtual world” populated by realistic computerized mannequins may seem farfetched. But Ivana Steigman, M.D., offered a glimpse into a potential clinical world of the future at HIMSS12. Steigman is chief medical officer at Thrive Research, a software development company that’s building communications platforms utilizing virtual reality and related technologies. …
Gary Baldwin | Feb 22
Many health systems are aggressively acquiring physician practices, but there may be an I.T.-driven alternative to a spending spree ...
Feb 22
Health Data Management is hosting the Healthcare Analytics Symposium & Expo, July 24-25 at the Hyatt McCormick Place in Chicago.
Gary Baldwin | Feb 21
“Anyone who claims to be an accountable care organization expert is just blowing smoke,” Gary Austin, president, TranzformHealth, in opening the ACO symposium, explained how the model is too new for anyone to claim expertise.
Gary Baldwin | Feb 20
The majority of hospitals fall considerably short when it comes to having the I.T. needed to succeed as an accountable care organization.
Greg Gillespie | Feb 20
Public health agencies aren’t making it easy for providers to attest to the public health objectives folded into the meaningful use program.
Greg Gillespie | Feb 17
Health care empowerment is really about customer service, though health care social media has a role to play. --www.healthdatamanagement.com
Joseph Goedert | Feb 16
The Department of Health and Human Services on Feb. 16 issued a statement announcing its intent to push back the Oct. 1, 2013, compliance deadline for ICD-10 “for certain health care entities.”
Joseph Goedert | Feb 16
There are indications that the proposed rules for Stage 2 of the electronic health records meaningful use program will come out on Feb. 17, a few days before the giant HIMSS Conference in Las Vegas.
Joseph Goedert | Feb 16
McKesson Corp. has signed an agreement to offer its complete suite of pharmacy automation systems to the 66 non-urban hospitals that Health Management Associates operates in 15 states.
Joseph Goedert | Feb 15
Standards development organizations OMG and Health Level Seven International have announced availability of the hData Record Format and hData RESTful Transport specifications for electronically exchanging patient information.
