Health IT: Page 173
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HIEs cut hospitalizations, generate cost savings
A New York study showed a dramatic difference in the rate of admissions when an HIE system was used.
By Anne Zieger • March 13, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Out with the old: Health systems making big EMR changes
Healthcare Dive takes a closer look at why big health systems are making plans to dump their current EMRs.
By Anne Zieger • March 13, 2014 -
Trendline
Telehealth
Virtual visits remain significantly elevated compared to pre-COVID-19 levels, as patients report high satisfaction with digitally delivered care.
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Researchers say ACA marketplaces increase patient data security risk
Health organizations face criminal attacks, employee negligence, unsecured mobile devices and dangers from business associates in addition to healthcare marketplace security holes.
By Anne Zieger • March 12, 2014 -
Fitch: ICD-10 could harm hospitals' credit
ICD-10 could potentially disrupt hospitals' revenue cycle process, Fitch Ratings reports.
By Anne Zieger • March 12, 2014 -
Global HIE market to reach $878 million in four years
High implementation costs, slow returns on investments and interoperability problems continue to slow global HIE market growth, but private HIE market to grow by 10%.
By Anne Zieger • March 11, 2014 -
Cerner to pay $106M settlement over defective software claims
The EMR giant settled a dispute over allegations from a North Dakota hospital that its financial software was defective.
By Anne Zieger • March 11, 2014 -
Virtual health consults will grow significantly
US households using videoconferencing for physician consults should hit 22.6 million in 2018.
By Anne Zieger • March 10, 2014 -
Rhode Island hospital launches real-time ED study of Google Glass
The hospital will test Google Glass's ability to transmit real-time images to remote medical specialists.
By Anne Zieger • March 10, 2014 -
Postop complications linked to readmissions
Identifying high-risk patients before complications occur may help hospitals to reduce costly rehospitalizations.
By Katie Bo Williams • March 6, 2014 -
Telemedicine group asks for more flexibility under Medicare
Group says there are "artificial barriers" to telehealth tech use in place.
By Anne Zieger • March 6, 2014 -
Study: Healthcare CEOs aware of but unprepared for IT trends
57% of the CEOs surveyed said they were concerned about the speed of IT advances.
By Anne Zieger • March 6, 2014 -
GAO will investigate Oregon, other state ACA exchanges
The Government Accountability Office will look into other state exchanges' operations as well.
By Anne Zieger • March 6, 2014 -
Tablets create healthcare IT headaches
Providers are seeing a surge of tablet and smartphone use, and are struggling to manage these devices effectively.
By Anne Zieger • March 4, 2014 -
Worldwide mobile health market could hit $49B by 2020
The global mobile health market should grow at a rate of 49.7% over the next six years.
By Anne Zieger • March 4, 2014 -
Patient portal use doesn't change frequency of primary care visits
Researchers found that there was no change in visit frequency among patients sending more messages via the portal.
By Anne Zieger • March 3, 2014 -
Black Book names its top EMR vendors
Epic and Cerner were among the highest rated.
By Anne Zieger • March 3, 2014 -
Intermountain Healthcare to miss 2014 Meaningful Use Stage 2 deadline
The health system's leaders say they have concerns about patient safety.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 28, 2014 -
Almost half of large hospitals may buy new EMRs within two years
The study asked participants what vendors they were considering, why they are considering those vendors and the timeframe for making the EMR purchasing decision.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 28, 2014 -
HIMSS survey predicts growth in mobile health, nursing informatics
But just 22% of respondents said mobile data was integrated with their organization's EMR.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 27, 2014 -
HIMSS14: New ECG can channel readings to EMR
The AliveCor Heart Monitor is an FDA-cleared mobile ECG recorder.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 26, 2014 -
76% of health orgs lack analytics needed for Meaningful Use measures
Few organizations have achieved the level of analytics adoption need, a study says.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 26, 2014 -
45% of physicians say EMRs make care worse
Meaningful Use incentives aren't enough to cover unexpected costs such as the need for more staff and a drop in physician productivity, doctors say.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 26, 2014 -
HIMSS launches global care coordination model at HIMSS14
The Continuity of Care Maturity Model tracks the integration, coordination, sharing and usage of information between providers, government, individuals and others.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 25, 2014 -
HIMSS14: Lack of finances is biggest barrier to IT success
Despite budget increases, healthcare organizations lacked funding to do complete EMR implementations, a HIMSS study concludes.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 24, 2014 -
Cleveland Clinic, Dell plan Epic-based EMR service
Under the agreement, an Epic EMR can be stalled and run on computers at the client site, or be hosted remotely by Dell.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 24, 2014
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