December 26, 2012 Mark Hagland
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A recent industry survey highlighted the possibilities and pitfalls in creating ACOs, and the potentially scope-limiting factor of any collaborative's information technology resources in moving forward on accountable care delivery and financing
December 21, 2012 Gabriel Perna
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Glen Tullman’s resignation as CEO of EHR vendor Allscripts (Chicago) was not a complete shock to Jason Hess, the executive vice president of research at the Orem, Utah-based KLAS, who notes the EHR vendor has seen an increasing amount of negative feedback from customers. Hess, in an exclusive interview with Healthcare Informatics, said customers are disappointed Allscripts hasn’t delivered on its expectations when it comes to integrating its ambulatory and inpatient EHR products.
December 19, 2012 Mark Hagland
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On Dec. 19, the Chicago-based Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. announced that its CEO, Glen Tullman, had stepped down, and that the company had named Paul M. Black as its president and CEO, effective immediately. Tullman’s resignation followed well over a year of turmoil and upheaval within the company, in an industry facing rapid change.
December 18, 2012 Mark Hagland
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As I write this, President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner are involved in complex, perhaps rather tense, negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff and what to do about federal taxes, revenues and programs. In the past couple of days, the news reports and rumors have changed almost hourly, with estimates of possible Medicare cuts to providers shifting quite frequently. Whatever the end result of this process, analytics-facilitated continuous clinical performance improvement will soon be crucial to provider survival.
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 3, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Lisa Khorey, vice president of enterprise systems and data management at the University of Pittsburgh Medical center (UPMC) health system, shares her perspectives on what made her and her colleagues move forward on a five-year, $100 million enterprise healthcare analytics initiative
November 29, 2012 Mark Hagland
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As RSNA 2012 wound toward its close at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center, the atmosphere this year seemed to be one of nervous anticipation, with many attendees looking for signs and signals of all kinds. For many in radiology and imaging informatics, the challenges seemed daunting. But could new technologies, intelligently implemented, be a part of a broader solution?
November 27, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Keith J. Dreyer, M .D. not only sees the future of automation-facilitated radiology practice; he has been instrumental in bringing clinical decision support tools to the radiologist masses nationwide. In a frank discussion with HCI's Mark Hagland, Dr. Dreyer shares his perspectives on where radiology practice is going, and what radiologists-and healthcare IT leaders-need to understand about the near future in healthcare.
November 14, 2012 Mark Hagland
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One thing seemed clear last week at the AMIA 2012 Conference: physician informaticists are helping to move the discussion—and the solutions—forward towards new solutions in the physician documentation arena
November 5, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Four medical informaticists present findings and learnings from their research and development work in the area of providing clinical decision support to physicians treating patients with co-morbidities
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.
