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Innovating in Technology: Cleveland Clinic Keeps Moving Forward

September 8, 2013     Mark Hagland
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As the Cleveland Clinic prepares to host its annual Cleveland Clinic Innovation Summit, Gary Fingerhut, who helps oversee health IT commercialization at the organization, shared his perspectives on what the organization hopes to gain in this rapidly evolving arena.

MGMA Asks HHS to Delay Imposing MU Penalties on Physicians

August 22, 2013     Mark Hagland
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In an Aug. 21 letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Susan Turney, M.D., president and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association, called on Sebelius to embrace a series of actions designed to ease the burden on physicians trying to meet to meet the meaningful use requirements in the HITECH Act, including instituting a moratorium on penalties for physicians that have successfully completed Stage 1 requirements.

New Organization Targets Medical ID Fraud

August 21, 2013     David Raths
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Imagine going to the doctor’s office for a checkup and finding procedures or prescriptions in your medical record that were a surprise to you. Just as with financial identity theft, an increasing number of Americans are finding themselves the victims of medical identity fraud, as thieves steal their health-insurance number, Social Security number and other personal information and resell them on the black market for use by other people.

Disease Management Tracker App Created for Crohn’s Patients

August 15, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), a non-profit organization focused on the cure to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, has introduced an iPhone app that serves as an interactive disease management tracker.

Gotham Rumble: What Does the New York Public Hospital Debate Over P4P Say about Value and Incentives Right Now?

August 5, 2013     Mark Hagland
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A sometimes-heated discussion taking place in New York City around introducing a physician pay-for-performance program into that city’s immense public hospital system speaks to the broader debate around how best to transform U.S. healthcare

The Doctor Is In (and Wants to Get Online)

July 29, 2013     Mark Hagland
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Compared with some industries, mobile computing came late to healthcare. But now, the revolution is accelerating—both on the clinician end-user side, and in the arena of clinician-patient communications and care management. How are IT leaders engaging clinicians and helping clinicians engage patients, in the emerging healthcare? CIOs and CMIOs are figuring out how to help their organizations survive--and thrive--in the emerging world of mobility.

Leveraging IT to Link Genomic Research and Patient Care in Pittsburgh

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?

Climb Every Mountain: Are Medical Group Leaders Moving Forward on Automation, Despite All the Challenges?

July 23, 2013     Mark Hagland
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If recent surveys are any indication, the leaders of physician groups nationwide are making the decision to move forward on absolutely needed clinical information technology implementation, despite the challenges inherent in a shifting reimbursement landscape.

Premier Healthcare Alliance Leaders Ask Members of Congress to Focus on Quality Measures When Trying to Create an "SGR Fix"

July 10, 2013     Mark Hagland
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On July 9, leaders at the Charlotte-based Premier healthcare alliance submitted comments via letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, with regard to members of the U.S. House of Representatives now considering how to solve what is commonly known as the "SGR problem."

Creating a Masterpiece: Madonna Rehab’s Team Composite Draws Together Multidisciplinary Documentation

July 2, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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Leaders at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital have implemented a team composite record, which takes documentation from all of its different units and disciplines and standardizes it into a common format within the organization’s EHR. In this interview, Roberta Steinhauser, Madonna’s director of hospital applications, reveals how the composite has improved clinician workflow.

University of Massachusetts Announces Data Breach

June 7, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst has announced a data breach at its Center for Language, Speech, and Hearing. The university says protected health information was possibly revealed after a workstation was inadvertently infected with a malware program.

More Than Education: Tackling the Intricacies of Crohn’s Disease

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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