December 19, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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Across the country, IT leaders of hospitals and health systems are recognizing the importance of integration in the new healthcare environment. This means investments into open architecture, HIE, and other technologies that are helping bring disparate systems, and disparate elements of the care continuum, in a unified, seamless environment.
December 18, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Earlier this month, Jane Metzger, principal researcher in the Waltham, Mass.-based Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices within the Falls Church, Va.-based CSC, authored a new white paper, "Preparing for Accountable Care: Coordinated Care." With the healthcare delivery system facing unprecedented foundational challenges moving into the new environment of accountable, coordinated care, Metzger spoke recently with Mark Hagland about the reality of what providers face going forward.
December 11, 2012 Mark Hagland
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As Rebecca Grant, director of imaging services at the 625-bed Huntington Hospital, and her colleagues moved through the process of selecting a new PACS vendor, interoperability was the most important factor in their decision-making. Grant explains the various elements in a complex informatics imaging environment, and the factors that influenced her and her colleagues' important decision in this critical area.
December 5, 2012 Michael Craige
blog
Rapid improvements in technology, semantic data structures, informatics professional collaboration and sequencing technologies are not necessarily the only gaps needed for the realization of personalized medicine (improving genomic and phenotypic data integration) but these must be taken into account on how best to exploit the opportunities to facilitate personalized medicine.
November 29, 2012 John DeGaspari
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The National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) Health Information Exchange (HIE) Learning Network has presented a set of suggested solutions to challenging HIE issues at the inaugural Technology Crossroads Conference, held in Washington, D.C., this week. These recommendations are the culmination of five months of work by a group of over 450 stakeholders.
November 27, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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According to a recent report from the Mountain View, Calif.-based research company, Frost & Sullivan, the health information exchange market is set to grow significantly over the next 18-24 months thanks to various regulatory factors. The report, U.S. Health Information Exchange Market: A Comprehensive Guide to Market Dynamics, Technology Vendors, and Future Trends, looks at the specific opportunities in this space.
November 14, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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According to the Pennsylvania eHealth Collaborative, the company responsible for developing health information technology to advance health information exchange (HIE) in Pennsylvania, 3,449 healthcare providers in the state have signed up for DIRECT messaging. This exceeds the 1,000 goal set by the federal government.
November 6, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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According to new research from the Orem, Utah-based KLAS Research, various providers in the health information exchange (HIE) market have expressed dissatisfaction with their vendors thanks to continued connectivity issues. The report, "Health Information Exchange 2012: Muddled in Interfaces, looked at the insights of more than 200 providers, who cited inadequate support around building timely interfaces for even the highest rated vendors.
November 5, 2012 Mark Hagland
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The ONC's deputy national coordinator for programs and policy repeatedly emphasized the links between the requirements under the meaningful use program and the federal government’s broader goals for healthcare reform and population health.
October 29, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Leaders at Northeast Georgia Health System have achieved health information exchange for images, while at the same time achieving Stage 1 meaningful use, and pursuing a broad clinical IT strategy, using state-of-the-art information technology.
October 23, 2012 Mark Hagland
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At the MGMA Annual Conference, speakers embedded an implicit acknowledgement of the critical role of healthcare information technology and analytics into their discussions of everything from ACO development to HIE participation.
October 17, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Health information exchange leaders from both coasts describe groundbreaking progress on numerous fronts, at the CHIME12 Fall CIO Forum in Palm Springs. Standards and the CCD are big areas of focus.
