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Meaningful use expert: Time to think about next generation interoperability
For all it success in spurring uptake of electronic health records at hospitals and physicians practices, meaningful use didn't necessarily incentivize effective interoperability – especially not at...
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Allscripts CEO Paul Black: 3 health IT trends to watch in 2017
Electronic Health RecordsInteroperabilityPrecision MedicineThe EHR vendor’s chief executive weighs in on the industry's most exciting opportunities to improve care ahead of HIMSS17 and into the...
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Kansas HIE empowers patients with one-stop shop for health data
The Kansas Health Information Network in Topeka knows that patient empowerment is key to improving population health —and it knows that patients need help to be a part of the process.That’s why KHIN...
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Phoenix Children's CIO David Higginson on 'walking the fringes' at HIMSS17
Electronic Health RecordsMobilePopulation HealthEntrepreneurs and upstarts in the show floor nooks and crannies are a great place to find new ideas, insights and technologies that foretell coming...
View ArticleHospitals still having a hard time connecting with physician EHRs
A recent report from Black Book Market Research shows 41 percent of hospital administrators are still finding challenges exchanging electronic health record information with other providers. A...
View ArticleData Protection for MEDITECH Systems
Author: CommVaultSponsor: CommVaultPrimary topic: Privacy & SecurityTopic: Electronic Health RecordsPrivacy & SecurityResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View Article4 Ways to Protect and Recover from Ransomware Attacks
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View ArticlePatients, Privacy & Healthcare's Eroding Trust
Author: ArmorSponsor: ArmorPrimary topic: Privacy & SecurityTopic: Compliance & LegalEHRsElectronic Health RecordsPrivacy & SecurityResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View ArticleDirectTrust calls on EHR vendors to improve clinical messaging
DirectTrust is calling on the hundreds of electronic health record and health IT vendors whose products have Direct messaging capabilities to improve the usability of their software.Listing more than...
View ArticleFour Prescriptions for a Healthy Disaster Recovery Plan - Rx4
Healthcare organizations rely on IT teams to carry out their strategic initiatives, such as interoperability across systems. However, in order to deploy these initiatives and comply with federal...
View ArticleHealthcare industry, or consumer health industry?
Editor's note: This is part one of a four-part series that will be published throughout the week.Consumer behavior has dramatically changed with the introduction of digital and mobile mediums. This is...
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How Texas Health Resources is moving beyond EHR implementation and back to...
Not so long ago, the U.S. federal government was honed in on rewarding healthcare providers for IT adoption and healthcare providers themselves were solely focused on the difficult task of hardwiring...
View ArticleCommentary: Time to look beyond EHRs to Direct messaging, natural language...
Electronic Health RecordsHealth Information Exchange (HIE)InteroperabilityMeaningful UseWhile healthcare entities are waiting for EHR vendors to make data more interoperable, a raft of emerging...
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APIs will revolutionize healthcare, putting the person at the center
Editor's note: This is part three of a four-part series that will be published throughout the week.Interoperability is a key area of emphasis in modern healthcare. New technology has made the exchange...
View Articleathenahealth launches health plan data exchange service
A new health plan data exchange service from athenahealth offers support its providers who exchange clinical data with payers for quality management, risk adjustment and performance management...
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Epic to add Geisinger spin-off xG Health Solutions care management content in...
Epic Systems has forged a deal with Geisinger Health System spinoff xG Health Solutions to embed Geisinger-developed care management content into Epic EHRs and Healthy Planet, Epic’s population health...
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Study: Two-thirds of hospitals bulk up staff to boost clinician EHR adoption
Two-thirds of healthcare organizations have increased staff to boost EHR adoption, according to a study by Nuance Communications and HIMSS Analytics to be released next week at the 2017 HIMSS...
View ArticleCountdown to HIMSS17 – Part 2: Vendors
Electronic Health RecordsInteroperabilityMACRAWomen In Health ITA few tips on how to navigate the exhibit hallSue SchadeThe countdown to HISS17 continues. As I wrote last week, the best way to think...
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Can EHRs evolve from minimally usable to delightfully indispensable?
ClinicalElectronic Health RecordsWorkflowNow that all certified EHRs share minimum functionality and can exchange information with each other, the time has come to refocus on improving customer...
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The importance of securing patient identity as health IT goes virtual
As value-based care increasingly becomes the healthcare norm, it is imperative to effectively address—and eliminate—the costly issues of medical identity theft, duplicate records and payment fraud...
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