July 22, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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At Saint Vincent Health System, the patient portal is just another cog in the machine. It’s another mechanism that helps the Erie, Pa-based, 427-bed tertiary care and teaching center carry out its overall strategy of patient-centered care. In this Q&A, CIO Richard Ong explains how the portal keeps patients connected with their practitioners day and night, and makes the provider more operationally efficient.
July 19, 2013 David Raths
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In August 2013, the California Department of Public Health will launch an immunization-messaging portal that it says will help providers qualify for meaningful use incentive payments. To qualify for meaningful use payments, immunization information will need to be submitted in HL7 format from a certified EHR.
July 17, 2013 David Raths
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Health information exchange executives spend a lot of time investigating possible sources of revenue to guarantee their sustainability beyond the era of federal grants. Could providing a patient portal that crosses health system boundaries be one of the value-added services they provide? Patients who see eight to 10 providers a year do not want to create their own records by cobbling together information from multiple health systems.
July 12, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The overwhelming majority of patients would like to have internet-based access to their medical images and reports to share with other physicians, and to provide a more convenient way for them to access and store their records and their children's records, according to a study conducted by IDR Medical, an international healthcare marketing company.
July 11, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releasing data on hospital outpatient charges and Medicare spending, the age of medical cost transparency may be upon us. In New York, one non-profit organization is already helping patients navigate troves of claims data to be better engaged with their care.
June 28, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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Although readmissions continue to be a significant concern for hospitals, a comprehensive transitional care service aims to tackle the issue by extending a hospital’s quality of care, increasing patient satisfaction, and reducing preventable readmissions for the critical first 30 days after discharge.
June 18, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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At the Healthcare Financial Management Association's (HFMA) annual conference in Orlando, Fla., a case study of CareMore showed that a commitment to patient-centered care and adoption of full risk resulted in dramatically improved health status for chronically ill patients, significantly reduced the cost of patient care, and dramatically improved the financial bottom line.
June 10, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The Mayo Clinic has announced it will be making its patient education resources available to small medical practices within the country through a formal agreement with drchono, a Mountain View, Calif.-based electronic health record (EHR) company.
June 7, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Cleveland Clinic, a large nonprofit multi-specialty academic medical center, has announced that it is making patient data more transparent through its MyChart online patient portal.
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.
June 3, 2013 Carl Dolezal, Senior Manager, Aspen Advisors
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Did you finish the last year attesting for meaningful use Stage 1? If you did, congratulations! You may be thinking you just made it, you’re aware that Stage 2 is waiting for you, and you’re thankful to have preparation time. Before you rest too much, remember that the Stage 2 clock is ticking. It requires that a patient portal be in place and establishes an active role for patients to meet required thresholds.
May 31, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Leaders at the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center have teamed up to better educate patients with Crohn’s disease. The web-based, interactive decision aid helps patients not only understand the complex disease, but the potential benefits and risks of treatments. Corey Siegel, M.D., the decision aid’s medical advisor, says it’s more than just a patient education tool.
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