September 17, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors has approved 71 awards, totaling more than $114 million over three years, to fund comparative clinical effectiveness research designed to answer questions most important to patients and those who care for them.
September 13, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The use of electronic health records (EHRs) in a clinical setting led to a decrease in emergency room visits and hospitalizations for patients with diabetes, a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found.
September 3, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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A cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) with integrated revenue cycle management (RCM) capability could be the life jacket that independent physicians are looking for, if they want to maintain independence, a new survey reveals.
August 29, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Physicians are divided on the hot-button issue of healthcare data transparency, according to a recent poll from the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE).
August 29, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Healthcare organizations are facing a shortage of IT professionals, according a recent survey from HIMSS Analytics. Thirty-one percent of healthcare organization executives said they had to put a project on hold because of staffing shortages, with an additional 19 percent weighing that possibility. Just how can this problem be solved?
August 29, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Thanks to various regulatory mandates that require infrastructure modernization, healthcare IT spending will increase to more than $34.5 billion in 2014, according to a new report from a Hampton, N.H.-based research and consulting firm.
August 26, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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According to research from UC San Francisco (UCSF), hospital 30-day readmissions rates for children do not accurately measure the quality of their care. Researchers say readmission rates are not useful to families trying to find a good hospital, nor to the hospitals trying to improve their pediatric care.
August 20, 2013 David Raths
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Intermountain Healthcare has opened a Healthcare Transformation Lab in Salt Lake City, where it is partnering with several information technology companies, including Xi3, Intel and Dell. Initiatives under way include a “Patient Room of the Future,” featuring advanced patient-monitoring technologies.
August 14, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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According to a new research, recording the sexual orientation and gender identity of individuals in an electronic health record (EHR) would help identify the health disparities of LGBT individuals, ultimately leading to improved quality of their care.
August 7, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Only an approximate one-quarter of patients are accessing their medical record via web or mobile interface, despite the fact most are interested in doing so, according to a new survey from Deerfield, Ill.-based research and consulting firm Aeffect.
August 7, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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According to the Orem, Utah-based research and consulting firm, KLAS Research, most providers that are using clinical decision support (CDS) surveillance systems say the technology has had a moderate to significant impact on clinical outcomes.
August 6, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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New research from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) revealed that health information exchange (HIE) between hospitals and providers has jumped up 41 percent between 2008 and 2012.
