May 12, 2013 Mark Hagland
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On April 25, the Washington, D.C.-based center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) released a new policy analysis, entitled "Hospital Quality Reporting: Separating the Signal from the Noise," written by two HSC researchers. The primary goal of the researchers was to help healthcare purchasers look at what has been effective in outcomes measurement in healthcare. But the implications for CIOs, CMIOs, and other healthcare IT leaders are many.
May 10, 2013 David Raths
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There’s a lot of talk about the potential for leveraging “big data” in healthcare, but so far, most of it remains just that: talk. But one Cleveland-based company is leading the way. Spun out of Cleveland Clinic in 2009, Explorys’ goal is to allow providers to meld data sets from multiple providers, payers and plans, care settings, and electronic medical systems to do various types of analysis.
May 9, 2013 David Raths
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Four years ago, visiting doctors’ offices with a family member, software developer Michael Nusimow noticed doctors in small practices struggling with paper-based processes and those in large health systems struggling with user-unfriendly computer systems. He and partner Daniel Kivatinos developed some Web-based applications for the private practice market, including streamlined billing software. But three years ago, something happened that would alter their plans significantly: the introduction of the iPad.
May 3, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Temple University Health System (TUHS) is located in North Philadelphia, an area that TUHS vice president of health care services, Paula Stillman, M.D. , says is comprised of a poor, low-literacy, multiple chronic health conditions-based patient population. To improve health outcomes and lower costs in the area, TUHS has started the Institute for Population Health, which will coordinate care through the use of IT.
May 2, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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IMS Health, a Danbury, Ct.-based healthcare analytics and consulting company, has acquired Semantelli, a Bridgewater, N.J.-based social media analytics startup, for an undisclosed price, it recently announced. The goal behind the acquisition, IMS Health says, is to provide healthcare organizations analytics that allows them to monitor and analyze social media content in real-time.
April 23, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), a research university in Portland, Ore., has announced a new partnership with Intel to develop computing technologies that will aim to advance the field of personalized medicine. The technology will look to increase “the speed, precision, and cost-effectiveness” of analyzing a patient’s genetic profile, as engineers and scientists from both institutions will work together on the multi-year project.
April 23, 2013 Mark Hagland
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At a time when virtually everyone in healthcare and healthcare IT is incredibly busy, Fletcher Allen's Chuck Podesta is still busier than most. Podesta's role is evolving forward, as his organization expands, establishes an ACO, and participates in two regional HIEs. What lessons are being learned at an organization at the vanguard in healthcare transformation?
April 22, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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What can the government do to better enable health information exchange (HIE)? That's the core question the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology recently asked in a request for information (RFI). Micky Tripathi, president and CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) and chairman of the ONC's Information Exchange Workgroup, recently spoke with HCI to talk about this complex issue.
April 20, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Independence Blue Cross and Abington Health are collaborating on an initiative that could transform the reimbursement landscape of southeast Pennsylvania. What's more, the accountable care collaborative that the health plan and integrated health system have created is being supported by a cloud-based platform developed specifically for accountable care.
April 12, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The States of Arkansas and South Carolina are investing in big data to change how they deliver healthcare services, the two agencies recently announced in separate releases. Both state governments will do through “Smarter Cities” from IBM (Armonk, N.Y.), which aims to use analytics to streamline various processes and integrate data sources.
April 11, 2013 Mark Hagland
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A recent survey of healthcare consumers by Booz & Company finds that consumers are eager to receive their healthcare through bundled arrangements--but are healthcare IT leaders ready to help fulfill the intense data and information requirements of bundled healthcare?
March 19, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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According to the Charlotte-N.C.-based Premier healthcare alliance, hospitals nationwide could save 950,000 lives and approximately $93 billion over five years by replicating practices achieved by members of the QUEST collaborative, a project launched by Premier in 2007 aimed to help members deliver the best possible care to each patient, every time.
