One of the great things about going to industry conferences is hearing people who are skilled presenters — meaning they can explain things that everyone probably notices, but do so ...
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It’s hard to get past the crazy of the Rap Genius team, probably because it’s such a comprehensive crazy. Recreational use of prescription meds, cultural appropriation, comments that are a ...
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I have no financial relationships with any EHR vendor, but feel a great affinity for the vendors in Massachusetts - eClinicalWorks, AthenaHealth and Meditech.For the past few years, I've suggested ...
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Given the rigors of documentation required for Meaningful Use, quality measurement, and ICD10, some organizations are adding dedicated scribes to rounding and evaluation teams.I was recently asked two questions about ...
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Whether they like them or not, seven in 10 office-based physicians now use EHRs, according to data from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. A smaller ...
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If you ever wondered, “Where is the closest ACO?” there is a map for that.Wondering if there is any state legislation that your company should be tracking? HIMSS State IT ...
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I recently had a nice chat with a colleague analyzing HIT industry trends for Kalorama Information. Kalorama does industry research for the medical and life sciences for many of the ...
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As someone who has spent over 20 years focusing on the needs of healthcare organizations, I have experienced first hand their unique challenges with proper utilization of technology to improve ...
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The Google Flu Trends project is a great example of not only the potential use for big data at a public health level, but also some of the challenges that ...
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Every year at HIMSS, Epic includes right brain thinking in its booth as a nice balance to all the EMR talk. Employees select artwork from an art market in Madison ...
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Diagnotes Inc. wants to make it easier for on-call doctors to get up to speed quickly with patients they may have never met.The Indianapolis startup is on the verge of ...
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March 3, 2013 7:44 am by Elliot Cohen | 4 Comments
There is a lot of speculation that ACOs are going to fail. Many of them will fail. They are a new model and there will be lots of experimentation (this ...
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The days of wading through stacks of paperwork to log and chart medical records are fading as the health care industry finds its place in the digital world.On May 11, ...
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Healthcare is in a golden age of opportunity as payment models shift and data is freed, according to Dr. Farzad Mostashari. And it’s happening at just the right time.The national ...
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For those of us in healthcare, “going green” isn’t a fad; it’s a business reality. Conserving resources and taking advantage of new technologies not only improves the environment – it ...
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