September 3, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
The seven acute-care-hospital, West Orange-based Barnabas Health, the largest health system in New Jersey, has been plunging headlong into accountable care development. And Anthony Slonim, M.D., the health systems vice president and CMO, has a lot to say regarding lessons learned so far in Barnabas Health's journey.
September 3, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
Temple University Physicians, a 400-physician (salaried) academic faculty practice plan whose members are affiliated with Temple University Health System (TUHS), a four-hospital system in Philadelphia, has been moving forward on a number of fronts when it comes to EHR implementation. Frank Erdlen, the group’s CIO, has turned to the concept of pre-load services to make sure the implementation has gone well.
August 31, 2013 Doug McCourt and Kim Cloidt
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There is value in applying strategic marketing principles to the rollouts of electronic health records in patient care organizations, argues Doug McCourt, president and chief operating officer of company M, a Palm Springs, Calif.-based marketing services and managerial consulting firm.
August 30, 2013 Mark Hagland
article
As health information exchange evolves forward, industry leaders and experts debate what to do about some of the continuing obstacles to granular-level data exchange. Should federal officials intervene?
August 28, 2013 Mark Hagland
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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 27, 2013 Mark Hagland
blog
When The New York Times runs an article on page 1 of its Sunday Business section, people notice. And that goes double when the headline on the article reads, "How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater." The bottom line? The push for transparency will only intensify in the new healthcare.
August 24, 2013 Mark Hagland
blog
The timing of MGMA's plea for leniency towards physicians working to meet the requirements of meaningful use couldn't be more challenging for whoever becomes the next National Coordinator for Health IT. What should ONC do--maintain policy rigor or accede to the demands of providers? The answer could prove pivotal to the entire HITECH program.
August 23, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Michael Restuccia, CIO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which has been participating in more than one HIE initiative, shares his perspectives on the challenges and opportunities inherent in health information exchange, with HCI's Mark Hagland.
August 23, 2013 Ted Reynolds and Marla Roberts, DrPH, R.N.
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GUEST BLOG In part 1 of this two-part blog series, we explored the current state of physician EHR use and suggested that the root cause of suboptimal physician EHR adoption is related to design issues and implementation planning problems. In part 2 here, we discuss the population health management issues that must be addressed in examining physician EHR adoption.
August 22, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) will be providing its members with the Direct Project capabilities, which allows provider to securely exchange health information over the internet.
August 22, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Edward Marx, senior vice president and CIO of Texas Health Resources, talks with Healthcare Informatics about a variety of policy-related topics. He explains why he doesn't wish to see a delay of any kind to the Stage 2 implementation timeline. Part 2 of a three-part series.
August 22, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Robert Vietzke, vice president, network services, of Internet2, a bold nationwide and indeed international initiative to lay the groundwork for a revolution in 21st-century computing, speaks exclusively with Healthcare Informatics regarding what he and his colleagues are doing that has the potential to transform healthcare across multiple dimensions.
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