During a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health conference, three executives representing a provider, a payer and a technology vendor shared their thoughts on how to heal the rocky relationship between hospitals and health plans. For instance, one leader encouraged payers and providers not to be afraid to give up some control, and another urged them to build comprehensive risk models.
When Dallas Presbyterian Hospital initially attributed its mishandling of America’s fist Ebola patient to its EHR system, it triggered a wave of discussion on the effectiveness of EHRs, highlighting provider dissatisfaction and the usability of such systems. While the hospital walked back the statement (undoubtedly after the vendor, Epic, took strong exception to the claim) […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
With all the rapid change occurring within health IT — from Silicon Valley and tech jumping feet first into healthcare with promises of disruption to Meaningful Use and ICD-10 to interoperability — the role of hospital CIOs is increasingly resembling that of an embattled soldier. So much so that Jim Turnbull, CIO for University of Utah Heatlth […]
Edward Marx is an intense guy and awesome storyteller. His Twitter profile includes a mountain range and he and his health IT team at Texas Health Resources have climbed several mountains since he took on the health system’s CIO role seven years ago. But in a presentation at the Pennsylavnia eHealth Partnership Authority annual health […]
For the past several years, scores of physicians and health systems have bemoaned the mandate of EHRs, taking issue not necessarily with the concept of EHRs as a whole but with the additional workloads that often came with them and the clunkiness of operating them. It can often detract from actual face time with a […]