May 14, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) has made known the winners of its Design Challenge for the Patient Portal for New Yorkers, announcing that Mana Health placed first, iHealthNY second, and MyHealth Profile third, and will be awarded $15,000, $7,500, and $2,500 respectively.
May 7, 2013 Gabriel Perna
article
In a recent webinar, leaders involved with the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE) talked about the organization’s partnership with the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC). This collaboration is an effort to get providers in the state to better engage their patients, in accordance with Stages 2 and 3 of the government’s mandated Meaningful Use program.
April 25, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
Presence Health, a Catholic-based health system based in Chicago, has announced it is going to implement a clinical integration platform which will let physicians and patients across its 12 hospitals and more than 100 sites of care share electronic clinical information.
April 16, 2013 Gwen Darling
blog
I'm proud of the fact that I work in the Healthcare IT industry - an industry focused on improved healthcare experiences and outcomes for all. But yesterday I witnessed a "step forward" in the name of HIT that was such a step back that when asked, I was too embarrassed to confess what I did for a living. Here's what happened:
March 11, 2013 Gabriel Perna
news
The Kentucky Health Information Exchange (HIE) has signed an agreement with the National eHealth Collaborative to assist providers in their efforts to expand patient engagement by using NeHC’s Consumer eHealth Readiness Tool (CeRT). This agreement was teased by NeHC CEO Kate Berry in an exclusive interview this past week with HCI Associate Editor Gabriel Perna.
February 27, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The North Kansas City-based EHR vendor, Cerner, has acquired PureWellness, a Burlington, V.T.-based provider of a population health management platform, the company announced this week. The deal is for an undisclosed amount and will be official in March.
February 22, 2013 Gabriel Perna
article
In 2012, Leonard Kish, a health IT strategist, made a bold proclamation about a new “blockbuster drug of the century.” The drug Kish was referring to can’t be found in stores or in a scientific laboratory. Instead, he said, it was something conceptual, adding that if healthcare organizations of all kinds made use of that “drug,” the results would be astounding.
February 6, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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Backed by a study from the Office for the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC), researchers at the Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System and the National Organization for Research at the University of Chicago (NORC) recently discovered that patients can help make the information in their EHR more accurate. These results were touted in a recent webinar from the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC).
January 17, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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This is part two of a two-part podcast interview with Dave deBronkart, also known as e-Patient Dave, as he continues his discussion with Associate Editor Gabriel Perna about the future opportunities as well as the past and current challenges of patient engagement. In it, he talks about where he has seen patient engagement in action, using a couple of personal examples to show how it can save a patient from harm.
January 16, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The folks at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) Consumer eHealth team aren’t about to slow down when it comes to its Blue Button initiative. They recently announced the arrival of Blue Button Plus, which will aim to make the initiative consumer friendly through the implementation of interoperable standards.
January 15, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
news
Starting on Jan. 15, designers and developers can submit prototypes for a statewide patient portal where New Yorkers can access their personal health records.
January 11, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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In part 1 of this two-part podcast series, Healthcare Informatics Associate Editor Gabriel Perna speaks with Dave deBronkart, better known by his moniker e-Patient Dave, an industry leading expert on the subject of patient engagement. He discusses the upcoming patient engagement-related challenges this year in the industry, while mentioning the problems with a lot of patient portals’ user interface.
