September 25, 2012 Lucio Martinez, M.D.
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Point-of-care decision support technologies such as electronic order sets are central to standardizing care practices and paving the way for the practice of evidence-based medicine. By providing physicians with a checklist to guide care decisions as well as direct access to supporting medical evidence, electronic order sets also help reduce errors and improve quality and core measures performance.
September 22, 2012 Mark Hagland
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A recent New York Times investigative article, based on an HHS Office of the Inspector General report, signals that the mainstream media are beginning to look more critically and closely at both the benefits and some possible drawbacks, of EHRs. Could we be entering a new era of intensified scrutiny of healthcare providers?
September 11, 2012 Pete Rivera
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You cannot make a blanket policy to say that the coding software will be used exclusively. This is like telling a pilot to trust their instruments, although the ground is getting closer and closer.
September 7, 2012 John DeGaspari
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How is the meaningful use Stage 2 final rule being received now that providers are taking a closer look at the mandates? In many ways the perception of the challenges has a lot to do with the provider’s resources and the progress it has already made.
August 29, 2012 Mark Hagland
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What's most fascinating about the final rule for Stage 2 of meaningful use is not what was surprising, but what wasn't surprising. Then again, the leaders of the pioneering patient care organizations in this country already understand the direction of the new healthcare; for them, meaningful use is just one (very big) element in the overall operational landscape.
August 28, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo and David Raths
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Many in the industry are mostly positive about the changes that were made in the final rule of meaningful use Stage 2, which the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued last Thursday, Aug. 23. As HCI Senior Contributing Editor David Raths detailed in his Aug. 24 blog, there have been several key changes and innovations in the final rule. To illustrate these images, HCI has put together a pictorial view of the major changes seen in the final rule.
August 27, 2012 Mark Hagland
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With greater policy certainty assured by the Supreme Court’s affirmation of the constitutionality of healthcare reform this summer, industry pioneers are beginning to shape the new healthcare, and moving forward on a broad range of population health-based concepts. The strategic challenges—and opportunities—for healthcare IT leaders can’t be overstated.
July 7, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Spectrum Health’s J. Michael Kramer, M.D. sees a world of opportunity in moving his western Michigan health system forward to fully leverage the benefits of the electronic health record to create the clinical transformation needed in today’s healthcare.
June 19, 2012 Mark Hagland
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In a conversation with senior clinical executives of Premier health alliance member organizations earlier this month, one thing was incontestably clear: the leaders of the truly pioneering patient care organizations nationwide simply aren’t waiting for Washington to tell them what to do to remake healthcare.
June 19, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Senior medical executives from organizations that are members of the Premier health alliance gathered in Nashville earlier this month for the alliance’s Breakthroughs 2012 Conference, sat down for a roundtable discussion to describe and dissect some of the innovations they’re helping to lead in their organizations, innovations that could point the way to the future of healthcare.
June 10, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Medical informaticists at California’s Lucile Packard Children’s have created an industry-leading breakthrough on physician documentation within the EHR, based on thoughtful attentiveness to physician workflow, and the real information needs of doctors at the point of care and documentation.
May 21, 2012 The Editors of Healthcare Informatics
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Healthcare Informatics, a New York City-based magazine providing leadership and strategy for healthcare IT leaders, is proud to officially announce the 2012 version of its unique, industry offering: the Healthcare Informatics 100, a compilation of the top health IT companies based on HIT revenues from the most recent fiscal year. For this year’s list, McKesson Technology Solutions (Alpharetta, Ga.), was the top ranked company, marking the fifth year in a row that the diversified healthcare IT software solutions vendor has sat atop the list.
