November 1, 2012
news
A Kaiser Health News analysis of the latest federal data on the nation’s nearly 1,200 community health centers showed wide variation in the quality of care delivered by the private, nonprofit clinics that are expected to play an important role under federal healthcare reform.
October 29, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
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 27, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
Ronald N. Riner, M.D., chief medical officer of Health Management Associates, a hospital management company that manages smaller community hospitals and physician practices in 15 states, reflects on the challenges and opportunities inherent in moving forward on practice management and EHRs across a widely diffuse nationwide health system
October 24, 2012 Mark Hagland
blog
As Medicare reimbursement issues create gloom for physicians nationwide, medical group leaders nationwide are facing profound 'chicken-or-egg' questions around how and even whether to invest in the critical IT investments, especially clinical ones, that will be needed to forge the new healthcare.
October 23, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
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 22, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
MGMA senior executives tell members of the media that their association's members are feeling hampered by policy and reimbursement uncertainty, and holding off on becoming involved in accountable care organizations and other innovative arrangements because of that uncertainty.
October 22, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
A panel of association leaders from the physician, physician group, hospital, health plan, and employer-purchaser worlds uncovers a mix of optimism and trepidation when it comes to moving the healthcare system forward towards new care delivery and reimbursement models.
October 17, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
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.
October 8, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
Cornerstone Health Care’s CIO Tim Terrell talks about the mission-critical IT foundations that will be required for medical groups to participate in the major healthcare reform-related programs, and how important analytics, and the implementation of IT solutions for care coordination, will be going forward
October 4, 2012 Mark Hagland
article
At the vast UPMC health system in Pittsburgh, Francis X. Solano, M.D., and Jim Venturella have been deeply involved with a broad cadre of their colleagues in helping to support practicing physicians in the organization’s medical groups with the evidence-based information needed to improve care quality—and document that improvement
October 3, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
blog
Remember back in middle school gym class when the team captains began the agonizing process of selecting teams for whatever the sport you were playing at the time. You'd cringe and hope you wouldn't be the last kid standing waiting to be chosen for a team. Well, that seems to be a possible consideration for organizations that are still pondering their next steps for health information exchange (HIE) and community alignment.
October 3, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
article
Organizations are working on a multitude of initiatives to prepare for greater contractual risk for population management, while also moving toward value-based care initiatives. In this new era of accountable healthcare, a new role, the chief integration officer, is beginning to take shape to link hospitals and providers in the care continuum.
