September 11, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Fast on the heels of an announcement by the ONC that the agency was launching a patient matching initiative, CHIME’s Russ Branzell gave HCI’s Mark Hagland an industry-first interview regarding CHIME’s praise for ONC’s announcement, and CHIME’s response to that announcement.
September 11, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has announced a collaborative patient matching initiative, a representative for the government agency announced in a blog post this week.
August 28, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
A team of researchers in the Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices, a division of CSC, has published a new report that examines the challenges inherent in leveraging data and information for accountable or coordinated care. Lead author Jane Metzger speaks exclusively with HCI's Mark Hagland about the implications in the report's findings for healthcare IT leaders nationwide.
August 9, 2013 David Raths
blog
Even smaller hospitals are starting to use electronic surveillance to access critical data in their EHRs and know whether or not best-practice care procedures are being delivered while patients are still in the hospital.
July 29, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have developed a computer-aided method that uses electronic health records (EHRs) to assess personalized disease risk and well-being.
July 29, 2013 Gabriel Perna
article
For a growing number of healthcare organizations, mHealth is being used to engage, serve, educate, and improve the health of socioeconomically disadvantaged patients. Whether it’s simply by texting people tidbits of information or monitoring how much medication a patient is taking, providers are finding meaningful ways to connect to the underserved.
July 26, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Adrian Lee, Ph.D., an expert in the molecular and cellular biology of breast cancer, is working with colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC to harness the power of IT to transform care. What lessons are he and his colleagues learning about the technology and process issues involved in creating personalized, or precision, medicine?
July 16, 2013 Gabriel Perna
blog
The mystery regarding America's high healthcare prices is increasingly becoming public knowledge. It's not just the CMS releasing hospital outpatient data; it's organizations like Fair Health and a database that has information on 16 billion billed medical and dental services. Forget the snake---this is the year of transparency.
July 5, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
A particularly exciting development in the world of information technology has been the creation and forward evolution of Internet2, a community of U.S. and international leaders in research, academia, industry, and government, who are collaborating to create new channels for communication in order to support research and development. Gigi Lipori and Erik Deumens, Ph.D., describe their work connecting the University of Florida and the University of Florida Health through advanced connectivity.
June 11, 2013 Bob Kelley, Senior Vice President, Analytics, Truven Health Analytics
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On my next birthday I will reach my father’s age when he died of a major heart attack. My dad was, in some ways, like every other World War II veteran. He worked very hard, smoked, and was never sick enough to visit a physician. Upon his death in the hospital, his physician mentioned that my dad had likely suffered several less severe attacks and that men like him typically treated these as heartburn by taking antacids.
June 4, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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At Health Datapalooza IV, Cleveland Clinic CEO Delos Cosgrove, M.D. talked about the initiatives to improve access to care, quality of care, and lowering costs within the organization. Whether it’s through better designed hospital gowns or predictive analytics, nothing is off limits, Cosgrove told the crowd of attendees.
May 17, 2013 John DeGaspari
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During the afternoon breakout session at the HCI Executive Summit, Simon Jones, director, ACO IT and program strategy at Blue Shield of California, discussed the health plan’s experience in the ACO arena. Jones noted that healthcare is on an unsustainable path: there is no sustainable approach to reducing costs and improving care, and incentives do not promote a long-term, system-wide approach.
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