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Study: Twitter Reliable Source for Vaccination Information

May 30, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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According to new research from the University of Texas at Austin, Twitter is not only a popular source for receiving and sharing new information about vaccines, but it can also be a reliable one as well.

UCLA Children’s to Study Telehealth Use for Pediatric Behavioral Healthcare

May 29, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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The University of California at Los Angeles’ (UCLA) Mattel Children’s Hospital has been granted a $1.6 million research award to study how telemedicine can be used to deliver behavioral health services to pediatric patients in community primary care settings. The grant will go to the Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute at the hospital.

Nana and a Belief in Informatics within the Nursing Home

February 27, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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Those of us who have watched a loved one spend the last few years of their life in a nursing home know the pain and helplessness that comes from this experience. Studies have found communication breakdowns between staff can lead to lower quality-of-care. According to a University of Missouri researcher, the possible solution to this problem? Healthcare technology adoption

CMS, AHRQ Announce EHR Format for Children

February 7, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are proposing changes to the format ofchildren’s electronic health records (EHRs), the two agencies jointly announced.

Cardiology Groups Establish EHR Data Elements

January 31, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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Recently, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) announced they are teaming up to improve data collection in electronic health records (EHRs) through a set of standardized data elements and definitions for the clinical management of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and coronary artery disease (CAD).

The AMA Comments On the Health IT Policy Committee’s Proposal for Stage 3 Meaningful Use

January 14, 2013     Mark Hagland
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On Jan. 14, the Chicago-based American Medical Association (AMA) submitted formal comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), in response to the release of the Health IT Policy Committee’s proposal for Stage 3 of meaningful use under the HITECH Act.

A New Study Finds Surgical “Never Events” To Be Both Costly and Commonplace

December 27, 2012     Mark Hagland
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A new study is casting a harsh light on so-called “never events” in the surgical sphere, finding that such adverse events, which can include leaving a sponge inside a patient or operating on the wrong side of the body, led to malpractice litigation in more than 4,000 instances every year, and cost healthcare professionals at least $1.3 billion in malpractice payouts between 1990 and 2010.

Telestroke Networks Can be Cost-Effective for Hospitals

December 17, 2012     John DeGaspari
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Telestroke Networks that enable the remote and rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke can improve the bottom line of patients and hospitals, according to a study.

Teetering on the Edge of the Fiscal Cliff: An Exclusive Interview with CHIME’s Sharon Canner

December 14, 2012     Mark Hagland
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As negotiations over the so-called “fiscal cliff” enter a key phase, Sharon Canner, Director of Advocacy Programs at CHIME, speaks exclusively with HCI Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland about the prospects for Medicare cuts and other issues for legislators on Capitol Hill

What’s Happening With the “Fiscal Cliff”? Premier’s Blair Childs Explains

December 10, 2012     Mark Hagland
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As the clock counts down to the so-called “fiscal cliff,” the negotiations between the White House and congressional Republicans reveal just how vulnerable healthcare providers are to potential reimbursement cuts and added policy mandates, as the federal government lurches forward to resolve many unresolved budget and healthcare policy issues

Survey: Pediatricians' EHRs Lack Basic Functionality

November 21, 2012     Gabriel Perna
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Pediatricians are not as up to par in the usage of EHRs as some of their fellow doctors, a recent survey led by researchers at Seattle Children's Hospital and East Carolina University with accompanying data from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), revealed. According to the researchers, pediatricians are up to two years behind the overall rate of EHR adoption, while those that have systems are without basic functionality.

Post-Election 2012: Whither Healthcare on Capitol Hill? A Conversation with Premier’s Blair Childs

November 8, 2012     Mark Hagland
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In the wake of the Nov. 6 federal elections, Blair Childs, senior vice president for public affairs at the Charlotte-based Premier health alliance, spoke with HCI Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland regarding the election’s implications for healthcare policy and healthcare IT policy
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