February 6, 2013 Mark Hagland
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On Feb. 6, the Chicago-based American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) announced that it had appointed Deborah Green as executive vice president, operations and chief operating officer, and had promoted Denise Froemming to the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer.
February 5, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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According to a report from SearchHealthIT’s Don Fluckinger, Cerner Corp. (Kansas City) and McKesson (San Francisco) are in talks to form an alliance that would make their EHR patient data interoperable. SearchHealthIT cites unnamed sources and says that the announcement could come as soon as the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2013 annual conference, held March 3-7 this year in New Orleans.
February 5, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Healthcare Informatics Assistant Editor Rajiv Leventhal had a chance to speak with Shaun Grannis, M.D., director of the Indiana Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics at the Regenstrief Institute, about how INPC uses surveillance to track data and warn public health officials of outbreaks.
February 5, 2013 Pamela Dixon and Steve Nilsen
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The sea tide of change, sparked initially by HITECH government mandates, is marshalling new CIO criteria from our clients. What’s driving the Top Ten list of highly sought qualities for CIOs in 2013?
February 5, 2013 Ted Reynolds and Chris Miller, CTG Health Solutions
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The meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs), healthcare reform and ongoing pressure to improve clinical and financial performance will drive six trends that we expect will impact providers in 2013, say two executives at CTG Health Solutions
February 1, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The West Virginia Health Information Network (WVHIN) has released a new online tool for medical providers that will gauge their readiness to participate in health information exchange (HIE).
January 28, 2013 Mark Hagland
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The winning teams in this year's Healthcare Informatics Innovator Awards program exemplify the spirit of pioneering innovation in our industry
January 28, 2013 John DeGaspari
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An interdisciplinary team of clinicians, informaticists, and quality experts at NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Ill., has taken a major step in controlling this disease in its outpatient population, by harnessing its electronic health record (EHR) to screen for and evaluate individuals with previously undetected hypertension in its multi-specialty medical group. The system, which went live in January 2011, has helped the integrated health system make significant progress in eliminating undiagnosed hypertension among its patients receiving care within its primary care network.
January 28, 2013 Mark Hagland
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The Louisiana Public Health Institute, the animating organization behind the Crescent City Beacon Community, has leveraged the power of EHRs to facilitate a metropolitan area-wide patient-centered model of care.
January 28, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Leaders at the Colorado Beacon Consortium are leveraging powerful analytics and health information exchange tools to support region-wide, physician practice-based population health tools, for the benefit of patients scattered across the Rocky Mountain west.
January 25, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has announced new programming and educational offerings that will be part of the 2013 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS13) in New Orleans from March 3-7.
January 24, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The New Mexico Health Information Collaborative (NMHIC), the state’s health information exchange (HIE), has selected New Zealand-based Orion Health’s HIE platform to power the statewide exchange and expand the capabilities it offers to healthcare providers across New Mexico.
