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.
May 13, 2013 David Raths
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Before William Tatham turned his business skills to healthcare, he had already grown a successful financial customer relationship management (CRM) software company, Janna Systems, which he sold to Siebel Systems in 2000. Later, as he watched a family member navigate the healthcare system during a difficult battle with cancer, Tatham decided to try to apply some of the CRM principles he was familiar with to the healthcare setting. Thus, NexJ Systems Inc.was born.
March 7, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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The concept of behavioral change is one that James L. "Larry" Holly, M.D., feels is necessary for any healthcare system to succeed. On March 5th at HIMSS13 in New Orleans, HCI Assistant Editor Rajiv Leventhal caught up with Holly to discuss effective strategies for moving forward in the new healthcare.
January 8, 2013 Mark Hagland
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Telehealth activity is growing apace, according to a new report from InMedica, a division of IMS Research; in fact, the researchers at InMedica predict that the global telehealth business will grow by 55 percent in 2013
October 3, 2012 David Raths
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The federal Health IT Policy Committee met Oct. 3 to fine-tune some meaningful use Stage 3 recommendations as it prepares to seek comments from stakeholders in November. Providers and health IT vendors will have until Dec. 21 to offer feedback on the feasibility of adopting the measures in healthcare settings.
August 23, 2012 John DeGaspari
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As technology becomes more pervasive in healthcare, examples of how it is being used effectively to improve care are cropping up everywhere. I came across one example yesterday, during a conference call regarding the announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the selection of primary care practices to participate in the agency’s Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative.
August 17, 2012
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced 17 new sites that were selected to participate in its Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP). CCTP, created from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), tests models for improving care transitions over a five-year program from the hospital to other settings and reducing readmissions for high-risk Medicare beneficiaries.
July 19, 2012 Mark Hagland
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Why NYU Langone Medical Center’s actions in the face of the Rory Staunton tragedy serve as a model for sentinel-event response industry-wide, and what all this means for clinicians, clinician leaders, and informaticists in every patient care organization in the country
July 11, 2012
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has implemented a new initiative, Specialty Care Access Network-Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (SCAN-ECHO), to increase access to specialty care services for Veterans in rural and medically under-served areas through the use of videoconferencing equipment. Through SCAN-ECHO, patients in rural areas with complex medical conditions are now able to receive specialty care treatment from their local VA physician.
July 5, 2012 David Raths
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Stage 3 of meaningful use may seem a long way off. After all, the Stage 2 final rule has yet to be released. Yet for members of the Meaningful Use Work Group of the federal Health IT Policy Committee, deadlines are fast approaching. They are working to make initial Stage 3 recommendations by Aug. 1, so that a Request for Comment can by issued in November and final recommendations can be published by May 2013.
June 25, 2012 Jennifer Prestigiacomo
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Doximity (San Mateo, Calif.), a secure, HIPAA-compliant alternative to traditional consumer social networking sites for physicians, is partnering with the Stanford University School of Medicine and University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine alumni networks to connect thousands of graduates across dozens of specialties and multiple generations of doctors. This iPhone/Android joint initiative between Doximity and two of the top five ranked medical schools in the country will allow alumni to quickly connect with any U.S. physician to securely collaborate on patient treatment or identify the appropriate expert for patient referrals.
June 14, 2012
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Mayo Clinic has sold mRemedy, a company formed by Mayo and DoApp Inc. that offers a mobile healthcare platform to providers, to Axial Exchange, a Raleigh, N.C.-based virtual software-as-a-service company. The platform, myTality, aims to help patients navigate future hospital visits, and help hospitals better market their services. Axial plans on using it in conjunction with its care-transition platforms, Axial Patient and Axial Provider.
