Direct messaging can reduce Medicare fraud and waste
Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation aims to eliminate the use of fax for prior-authorizations and audits. Four years later, more than 7,000 Medicare providers use esMD, possibly leading to lagging patient care or redundant, unneeded procedures being performed. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, Interoperability, Finance, Financial management, Public Policy, Regulation Source Type: blogs
Plotting the ACO roadmap
With the advent of value-driven models, healthcare organizations are shifting to more holistic patient care model in order to achieve consistent quality and reduce costs. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Coordinated care, Care, Analytics, Data Science, Core Technologies, Patient Access Source Type: blogs
Data normalization: A foundational step to achieving Triple Aim goals
Actionable data is critical to advancing healthcare ' s Triple Aim: improving patient experience, population health and costs. Data accuracy for analytics and information sharing must exist to accomplish these goals. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics, Clinial and business intelligence, Data Science, Data management, Core Technologies, EHR Source Type: blogs
The medical device ecosystem: Managing the risks of emerging cyberthreats
(SPONSORED) If the prospect of hackers honing in on medical devices makes you uneasy, it should. Medical devices are being exploited as entry points for deeper attacks on systems within a healthcare organization. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, Security Source Type: blogs
Patient engagement taking doctors outside their comfort zone
It ' s becoming increasing important for doctors to understand patients ' preferences. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: blogs
Protecting data against cyber-espionage
The days of James Bond and his world-saving exploits are over. In today ' s reality, nation-states and their criminal partners can disrupt commerce and defenses in the free world from the safety and comfort of their computer desks. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Data Science, Data management, Core Technologies, Telehealth, Interoperability, Security, Workforce Development, Leadership Source Type: blogs
A theory of interoperability
Keith Boone has a theory: People will believe two systems are interoperable when they can observe that the systems work together in simple ways with little to no effort -- and in complex ways with some effort. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, EHR, Interoperability Source Type: blogs
Do doctors understand the opportunity for chronic care management?
' This is a step in the right direction, but many providers are not using the program, they ' re not in compliance ... and they ' re missing out on revenues. ' (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: blogs
What is your competition?
Rather than focus on what makes an innovation unique, it is more productive to focus on what problem the innovation is solving and how others are solving it presently. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics, Clinial and business intelligence, Telehealth Source Type: blogs
EHR song parody pokes fun at serious usability frustrations
The latest video by doctor/rapper ZDoggMD may not win a Grammy, but it likely strikes a chord with clinicians frustrated by the inefficiencies of their EHRs, lack of interoperability, " meaningless abuse " and outdated technology. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Regulation, Public Policy, Core Technologies, EHR, Quality Care, Interoperability Source Type: blogs
Apple ResearchKit keeps picking up speed
Three medical centers reveal new studies using Apple ' s software for a range of conditions, including autism, epilepsy, and melanoma. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: blogs
5 trends advancing the health IT cause
From the quantified self movement to the increasing collaboration between pharma and the healthcare industry, IT is evolving in many directions at once. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Data Science, Data management, Interoperability, Core Technologies, Analytics Source Type: blogs
Medicine through the looking glass
EHRs are commonly understood as a barrier to meaningful connections with patients. But what if it were something that could bring patients into focus? Like a looking glass, something that could actually help me see them more clearly? (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, EHR Source Type: blogs
Addressing APTs in healthcare: Taking a unified security approach
(SPONSORED) Healthcare is under siege, and Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) pose a particular problem. Find out how to meet wily APTs head-on with a careful, best-practice approach combined with a layered security strategy. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, Security, Analytics, Data Science Source Type: blogs
RWJF Report: Time to adjust expectations and settle in for the long term?
Context and perspective matter. And it ' s often both context and perspective that are lacking from the daily snapshots we get of health information technology, meaningful use, interoperability and the progress we are either making or not making, depending on your perspective. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Core Technologies, EHR, Interoperability, Public Policy Source Type: blogs
