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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 -
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Agentic AI shows promise for alleviating healthcare tasks without requiring much human intervention. But the industry is still figuring out how to harness its independence without introducing undue risk.
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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 -
HIMSS, Continua form mHealth organization
The Personal Connected Health Alliance hopes to create standard guidelines for the creation of personal-use connected technology.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 24, 2014 -
Mobile health app usage on the rise
Weight loss and pregnancy apps are among the popular categories.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 21, 2014 -
UPMC offers global telemedicine services
UPMC is striking telemedicine deals around the globe.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 20, 2014 -
Is population health management ready for primetime?
It looks like 2014 will be the year population health gets its seat at the table.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 19, 2014 -
HIE could save $1.3M in re-done CT scans
Failure to use clinical data available in the health information exchange HEALTHeLink cost about $1.3 million, the HIE's study has shown
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 18, 2014 -
Cloud technology speeds growth of health IT
Between now and 2018, the health IT market should grow at a CAGR of almost 10%.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 18, 2014 -
Black Book selects top HIE vendors
The rankings are based on client experiences in 18 different performance areas.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 13, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Is wearable tech for healthcare going mainstream?
Biosensor and wearable technology are the next wave in mobile healthcare.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 12, 2014 -
New advocacy group hopes to advance telehealth
The group hopes to raise awareness of the benefits of telehealth while fighting for regulations that don't impede such care.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 12, 2014 -
17M wristworn activity trackers projected to ship this year
Smart bands are beginning converge with smart watches.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 12, 2014 -
Social media criticism of ACA may impact enrollment
Social media offers a supercharged "pulpit" through which individual opinions can be vastly amplified.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 11, 2014 -
Texas hospital CFO accused of meaningful use fraud
Joe White, the CFO, was indicated for allegedly defrauding the feds of almost $800,000 in Meaningful Use payments.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 10, 2014 -
Report: Healthcare biggest identity theft target
Data thieves typically steal healthcare data by hacking into networks or stealing laptops.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 10, 2014 -
Health IT interoperability still costly and difficult
Interoperability between HIT devices is still very expensive.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 6, 2014 -
Wash. lawmakers seek to create healthcare cost database
The state's two largest payers oppose the creation of such a database.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 6, 2014 -
Cyberattack hits Texas health system, exposes 400k
The records were exposed when a cyberattacker gained access to one of the hospital's servers.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 6, 2014 -
Prescription drug database slashes doc shopping by 75%
More than 66,000 healthcare professionals across the state have run more than 7 million individual prescription checks.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 5, 2014 -
National telemedicine service expands access
Researchers found little evidence of misdiagnosis or treatment failure resulting from virtual visits.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 4, 2014 -
VHA, Kaiser Permanente partner on patient care research
Together, the two organizations care for nearly 18 million Americans.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 4, 2014 -
Security problems cost hospitals $1.6B per year
The report concluded that 61% of hospitals in the U.S. saw a security breach or loss of data in the past year.
By Anne Zieger • Feb. 3, 2014
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