What healthcare IT departments need to know about MACRA
Fri, 8/12/2016 - 10:39amCorepoint Health0 Commentsvar addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: " UA-317164-6 " };The first thing to understand about MACRA is that its impact is limited to Medicare clinicians. Despite this limited application, it would be well worthwhile for all health IT vendors who deal with EHRs to be familiar with its provisions, especially with regard to theMeaningful Use stipulations.The Advancing Care provision within MACRA supersedes the old Meaningful Use program.Read the full article at:healthstandards.comSome great insights into MACRA by C...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - August 12, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs
Acquisitions & mergers: Securing PHI a priority
Wed, 8/10/2016 - 12:00pmCollin Jones0 Commentsvar addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: " UA-317164-6 " };In mergers and acquisitions (M&A), buyers must perform due diligence with a rigorous cybersecurity assessment, to make sure the companies get the value they are paying for. Before pursuing a divestiture or sale, sellers also should examine cybersecurity practices to help reduce time and costs, avoid surprises and sweeten deals.Read the full article at:www.cio.comThe recent article on ensuring cybersecurity in mergers and acquisitions from CIO.com, given a...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - August 10, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: collin.jones Source Type: blogs
Lean Healthcare: Q & A with speaker and author Mark Graban
Mon, 8/8/2016 - 4:05pmJeff Zinger0 Commentsvar addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: " UA-317164-6 " };Corepoint Health ' s annual user group conference offers optional pre-conference training courses designed to educate and improve the attendees ' professional IT skills, typically involving health data standards and interoperability. In 2016, we ' ve added a different angle for one pre-conference course that is designed to help customers successfuly and proactively manage change using Lean business principles. We invited Mark Graban, an internationally recogni...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - August 8, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: jzinger Source Type: blogs
How health IT and EHRs can help fight prescription drug abuse
Thu, 8/4/2016 - 10:25amCorepoint Health0 Commentsvar addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: " UA-317164-6 " };" States should focus their policy and funding efforts on integrating the prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) into hospital EHRs that securely store patient information... The scope of this integration inefficiency is best understood in the state of Indiana where they successfully integrated theirEHR and PDMP systems. In Indiana, 58% of prescribers reduced their number of prescriptions and quantity of pills after the integration occurred [4].This...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - August 4, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs
Ransomware epidemic highlights need for a National Health IT Safety Center
< div class= " field-group-format group_header field-group-div group-header speed-fast effect-none " > < div class= " field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item even " > Sat, 7/30/2016 - 4:21pm < /div > < /div > < /div > < div class= " field field-name-author-name-full field-type-ds field-label-hidden " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item even " > < a href= " https://www.corepointhealth.com/users/corepointhealth " title= " corepointhealth " class= " author-name " > Corepoint Health < /a > < /div > < /div > < /div > < div...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 30, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs
ONC data brief: Interoperability variation among U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals in 2015
< div class= " field-group-format group_header field-group-div group-header speed-fast effect-none " > < div class= " field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item even " > Fri, 7/29/2016 - 4:42pm < /div > < /div > < /div > < div class= " field field-name-author-name-full field-type-ds field-label-hidden " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item even " > < a href= " https://www.corepointhealth.com/users/corepointhealth " title= " corepointhealth " class= " author-name " > Corepoint Health < /a > < /div > < /div > < /div > < div...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 29, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs
The Enterprisers Project: Healthcare CIOs need a strategic IT plan
< div class= " field-group-format group_header field-group-div group-header speed-fast effect-none " > < div class= " field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item even " > Thu, 7/28/2016 - 11:10am < /div > < /div > < /div > < div class= " field field-name-author-name-full field-type-ds field-label-hidden " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item even " > < a href= " https://www.corepointhealth.com/users/chadjohnsoncorepointhealthcom " title= " chad.johnson@corepointhealth.com " class= " author-name " > Chad Johnson < /a > < /d...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 28, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
OpenNotes could bring about real change to the physician-patient relationship
< div class= " field-group-format group_header field-group-div group-header speed-fast effect-none " > < div class= " field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item even " > Fri, 7/22/2016 - 11:45am < /div > < /div > < /div > < div class= " field field-name-author-name-full field-type-ds field-label-hidden " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item even " > < a href= " https://www.corepointhealth.com/users/corepointhealth " title= " corepointhealth " class= " author-name " > Corepoint Health < /a > < /div > < /div > < /div > < di...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 22, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs
POLITICO unveils claims of health information blocking in CMS emails
Thu, 7/21/2016 - 8:44amCorepoint Health0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; Read the full article at: www.politico.com
More than two dozen emails that POLITICO obtained through the Freedom of Information Act reveal in excruciating detail the variety of roadblocks — some possibly incidental, others intentional — that frustrate transmission of health data and thereby health care delivery.
The emails come from an account CMS set up last June to solicit feedback on blocking. “We would like to hear about ever...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 20, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs
David Muntz Q & A: The future of healthcare will combine people, processes, and technology
< div class= " field-group-format group_header field-group-div group-header speed-fast effect-none " > < div class= " field field-name-post-date field-type-ds field-label-hidden " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item even " > Tue, 7/19/2016 - 4:18pm < /div > < /div > < /div > < div class= " field field-name-author-name-full field-type-ds field-label-hidden " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item even " > < a href= " https://www.corepointhealth.com/users/chadjohnsoncorepointhealthcom " title= " chad.johnson@corepointhealth.com " class= " author-name " > Chad Johnson < /a > < /di...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 19, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
David Muntz Q&A: The future of healthcare will combine people, processes, and technology
Tue, 7/19/2016 - 4:18pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; David Muntz is a leader in the nation's efforts to modernize healthcare. He currently is principal at Muntz and Company and previously was principal deputy at the ONC, CIO at both Baylor Health and Texas Health Resources, and the CIO at GetWellNetwork.
We are excited that Mr. Muntz will provide the keynote presentation at Corepoint Connect 2016, our annual user group conference, Oct. 12-14. David was kind enough to answer a few questions ab...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 19, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
2016 Most Wired: Congrats to Corepoint Health Customers
Tue, 7/12/2016 - 2:53pmCollin Jones0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, part of the American Hospital Association, released the 18th annual 2016 Most Wired list this past Tuesday, July 5th. The survey focuses on hospitals in the United States and benchmarks them based on the level of IT adoption.
Congratulations to all the providers who made the list. Corepoint Health is always delighted to celebrate innovation in healthcare, and the hospitals included on this list are ...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 12, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: collin.jones Source Type: blogs
Cancer Moonshoot: Data sharing is imperative
Wed, 7/6/2016 - 1:35pmCorepoint Health0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; Read the full article written by Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD at: http://www.ajmc.com/
Gregory C. Simon, executive director, White House Cancer Task Force, spoke at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Policy Summit, held just 2 days before the Cancer Moonshot Summit....
...Simon argued that science is not hard, its people who make things hard. The moonshot is organized around promoting collaboration between the government a...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 6, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs
5 behaviors that can help create an innovative culture in health IT
Fri, 7/1/2016 - 12:30pmCorepoint Health0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; Read These Five Behaviors Can Create an Innovation Culture at: www.strategy-business.com
"Breakthroughs happen when organizations are set up to support them.
Many companies want to establish a culture of innovation, one that will encourage employees to take risks that lead to breakthrough products. But how exactly to build this type of culture often eludes senior leaders — threatening the success of their innovation initiatives.
Inter...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 1, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs
A connected foundation: Preparing for the on-demand future of health care
Wed, 6/29/2016 - 3:39pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; 90% of the world's electronic data has been produced in the last 2 years.
Think about that for a second.
Remember microfiche? They were publications that were stored on film you viewed in the library on a giant viewfinder. When I was in college 20 years ago, I used to spend hours (yes, I studied) going through microfiche images of newspapers from the 1800s and the 1900s. Libraries used these collections of film because storing 100s of years...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - June 29, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
