May 6, 2013 |
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Meaningful Use Stage 2 final rules lay strong emphasis on patient engagement. And for good reason. A survey conducted in 2011 by the Commonwealth Fund (link) found that patients who were more engaged in their health care were less likely t
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Mar 12, 2013 |
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Written by Dennis Swarup for Healthcare Technology Online ( source)
Dennis Swarup is Vice President and Head of Healthcare BI & Analytics at CitiusTech. He has
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Feb 13, 2013 |
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Written by Vikram Sukthankar for Healthcare IT News ( source)
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Dec 28, 2012 |
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RSNA 2012 offered a great array of innovations in healthcare which spanned across the entire breadth of radiology today. In addition, the conference also provided a forum for customers to voice their opinions on some of the key pain areas faced in radiology which need to be addressed by vendors or by evolving better healthcare standards. |
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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IT infrastructure for managing ACO operations and managing lives under "shared risk" is going to be a big challenge for most organizations. Connecting to regional HIEs may play an important role in addressing this challenge.
For ACO participants to effectively implement care co-ordination strategies, reduce operational costs, and meet quality performance re
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Nov 23, 2012 |
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The world of medical imaging is evolving rapidly – given advances in technology and evolution of medical imaging practices and standards worldwide. Here are the potential innovations in the healthcare informatics space which we would like to see at RSNA this year: |
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Oct 30, 2012 |
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Medical Groups: Focus on Federal and Commercial Incentive Programs
Medical groups are quickly moving from the traditional fee-for-service model to outcome-driven models for patient care, such as accountable care and medical homes. This trend is fuelled by commercial payers and health
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Sep 28, 2012 |
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With the MU2 guidelines laying strong emphasis on patient engagement and decision support, we thought it would be good to have a relook at the Health Level 7 (HL7) International Context Aware Knowledge Retrieval Standard, commonly known as the HL7 Infobutton, which has been prescribed as a functional standard for cont
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Aug 18, 2012 |
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Higher patient engagement and use of mobile technology are seen to be one of the primary enablers of long-term care management. The ability of mobile health to access and delivery healthcare information across healthcare systems and entities has far-reaching implications. Mobile health applicat
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Jul 12, 2012 |
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The focus on improving quality of care has increased manifold over the past couple of years with multiple federal and state regulations mandating clinical quality measurement and reporting, making it a national priority. MU Stage 2 proposes to take this health outcomes priority to the next level in ensuring care providers are encouraged to implement systems and processes to implement a full circle
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Jun 9, 2012 |
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One of the key focus areas of Meaningful Use is engaging patients and families in their own care. In the proposed rule, a couple of the Stage 1 objectives around providing health information access to patients have been consolidated into an umbrella objective viz., View, Download and Transmit personal health information in a secure manner. The push towards greater patient engagement is evident in
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May 20, 2012 |
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Meaningful Use Stage 1 was more about implementing systems and processes capturing and reporting clinical data in electronic format. However, the recent measures proposed by CMS for Stage 2 seem to a more evolutionary objective.
As part of Stage 2 reforms, hospitals and physicians are expected to evolve practices and sy
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