August 15, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
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.
August 14, 2013 Gabriel Perna
article
At Cullman Regional Medical Center (CRMC), a 145-bed facility in Cullman County, Ala., leaders have implemented an iPhone app that helps providers with medication reconciliation, readmission rates, and nursing accuracy and efficiency. President and CEO Jim Weidner explains why this technology was a worthy investment.
August 14, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
MHADegree.org, an online community for people seeking a master's degree or career in healthcare administration, has released a ranking of the 50 hospitals that best use social media.
August 14, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) has announced that Mana Health, a New York City-based health IT start-up, was awarded the vendor contract to build the Patient Portal for New Yorkers. The portal is a website through which New Yorkers will be able to access their healthcare records safely and securely online.
August 9, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Scripps Health, the four-hospital system in San Diego, has launched Wired for Health, a clinical study aimed at evaluating whether the integration of wireless technologies, online social networks, and medicine can have a direct effect on healthcare spending.
August 8, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
Blue Cross BlueShield of Tennessee is implementing a population health management platform from Care Team Connect to improve the overall quality of care at its patient-centered medical home (PCMH) program while also reducing costs for those members. The platform will also allow BlueCross to streamline various pay for performance programs.
August 5, 2013 John DeGaspari
news
A recent online consumer survey found that electronic medical records (EMRs) are an important factor in patient satisfaction with their doctors, as well as their choice of healthcare providers. The survey was conducted by Deerfield, Ill.-based Aeffect, Inc., a research and consulting firm, and 88 Brand Partners, a marketing firm in Chicago.
August 2, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
In an effort to better assess patient satisfaction, the New York City-based Mount Sinai Medical Center has launched a real-time patient-feedback survey tool for cancer patients. The tool went live on July 15, and so far, patients have been providing feedback in real-time, according to Mount Sinai officials.
August 2, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
A new information-sharing company, Data Commons, is working on enabling faster and more efficient processing of data about health professionals from multiple organizations through a single data-hub.
July 31, 2013 Gabriel Perna
article
For this month’s cover story package, Healthcare Informatics Editor-in-Chief, Mark Hagland and Associate Editor, Gabriel Perna, teamed up to write a pair of pieces on the impact of mobile health (mHealth) is having on both the patient and provider side of the spectrum. In this podcast, the two editors discuss what they both found throughout the process of writing these articles and surmise where mobility is headed in healthcare within the next few years.
July 31, 2013 Mark Hagland
blog
Though every healthcare IT leader and industry expert I interviewed for our July/August cover story package shared with me how complex their movement towards mobility has been so far, one very positive element in that overall movement is this: a strong clarity with regard to what the future holds, at least with regard to the big picture
July 30, 2013 Gabriel Perna
blog
Take your cell phone out of your pocket, stare at it, and put it back. It doesn’t really matter what kind of phone it is, whether it was a smartphone, a dumb phone, or a phone that has an average IQ, that little thing is going to change how patients engage with their healthcare provider. I’ve seen the proof.
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