Search Tag: EHR
Changes Ahead for 'Confusing' Meaningful Use
2016 19 Jan
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt has hinted at changes as the healthcare industry embraces the value-based reimbursement scheme. For one, 2016 would likely see the end of the Meaningful Use programme — an electronic health records mandate and incentive programme that healthcare providers put millions into.... Read more
How will HIMSS Value Score for EHRs Work?
2016 12 Jan
HIMSS Value Score is healthcare's first international quality measurement for the value of health IT. Launched in early December, the model will provide guidance to organisations seeking better strategies for turning their health IT investments into meaningful returns. The Value Score can be a useful tool especially to providers who may not understand... Read more
Health IT issues for 2016
2015 28 Dec
In his article appearing in MedCity News , Dr. John D. Halamka, chief information officer and dean for technology at Harvard Medical School, discusses key issues in health IT that will shape strategic planning for FY16. Documentation requirements. Current demands of Meaningful Use, hundreds of quality measures, population health, care management,... Read more
International Conference Electronic Healthcare Documentation
2016 11 Feb
The challenges of health information management are capturing and storing medical and health data and to deploy appropriate systems supporting physicians and health personnel to analyze and manage that data for use in different decision-making tasks. Methods of electronic data capture has to serve to the objectives of further data use. It means that... Read more
Computer Use LInked to Patient Satisfaction
2015 30 Nov
A new study appearing in JAMA Internal Medicine indicates that high computer use by clinicians in safety-net hospital clinics is associated with lower patient satisfaction. The observational study was conducted over two years at an academically affiliated public hospital with a basic electronic health record. Safety-net clinics cater for populations... Read more
Focus on Health IT Outsourcing to Cut Costs
2015 28 Nov
The growing need for more sophisticated electronic health records, analytics and population health management is leading health organisations to shift their focus to IT outsourcing to reduce costs. Nearly 73 percent of health systems with more than 300 beds are using outsourced IT solutions, according to a new report from Black Book Market Research.... Read more
Big Data Cuts Readmissions
2015 16 Nov
Use of big data has helped University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), the second largest integrated payer-provider network in the USA, reduce readmissions. The key was to combine data from both sides of the business — hospital and insurance, according to UPMC Chief Analytics Officer Pamela Peele. “Providers are trained to manage disease, and insurers... Read more
Are EHRs Letting Patients Down?
2015 02 Nov
Use of electronics health records (EHRs) is important in achieving coordinated care that leads to a better patient experience. While U.S. government initiatives have helped widen EHR adoption — the percentage of U.S. hospitals using EHRs shot up from 9.4 to 75.5 percent between 2008 and 2014 — the lack of system integration has hampered care coordination... Read more
mHealth Trial Cuts Costs, Improves Access
2015 26 Oct
A new mobile technology platform enables pharmaceutical companies to do remote monitoring of patients participating in clinical trials or drug studies, according to an article in MedCity News . Developed by Science37, a company founded by a group of scientists, the new mHealth platform works like a communication device and an EHR. “It’s a totally... Read more
EHR Security in UK in Question
2015 19 Oct
Most patients in the UK (79 percent) would worry about the security of their health record if this was part of a national electronic health record (EHR) system, according to a new study published in the journal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making . The finding highlights the need for intensive public education and engagement initiatives to... Read more