Health Check-Based Preventive Care: the Global Implications of a European Study

September 15, 2013     Mark Hagland
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This summer, a group of healthcare researchers published a research article that evaluated the effects of standardized vascular health checks on health outcomes, for patients in six European countries. The implications for electronic health record-facilitated chronic care management and preventive health care in the U.S. are clear.

Reducing Elective Early-Term Deliveries: One Hospital’s Groundbreaking Optimization Work

September 14, 2013     Mark Hagland
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The issue of unnecessary elective early-term deliveries of babies is receiving increasing attention in patient care organizations nationwide. One patient care organization in which active work to make such changes has been taking place is the four-hospital, Springfield-based Baystate Health. There, the medical director of obstetrics, the chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology, and the organization’s clinical research director, are engaged in groundbreaking work in this very important area.

Medical Identity Theft: A Need for Education and Monitoring

September 13, 2013     John DeGaspari
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Identity theft is a serious crime that can destroy the credit rating of victims and take years to set straight. A growing subset of the crime is medical identity theft, the subject of 2013 Survey on Medical Identity Theft, a report released by the Ponemon Institute this week; all of the survey’s respondents have experienced some form of medical identity theft.

How One Community Hospital Keeps Pace with Data Growth

September 13, 2013     John DeGaspari
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Samaritan Medical Center, Watertown, N.Y., a 294-bed community hospital, has seen its volume of data to grow significantly in the few years. That, in turn, has prompted the hospital to streamline the ways it manages and backs up its data from a business continuity perspective.

Study: EHR Use Linked to Improved Care for Diabetics

September 13, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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The use of electronic health records (EHRs) in a clinical setting led to a decrease in emergency room visits and hospitalizations for patients with diabetes, a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found.

ACP Becomes Latest Organization to Question Stage 2 Timeline

September 13, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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The American College of Physicians (ACP) has become the latest organization to inform federal officials that the healthcare industry is not ready for Stage 2 of meaning use, while Stage 3 proposals seem unrealistic.

RHIO Collaboration Allows for Greater Data Exchange in N.Y.

September 13, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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Four upstate New York regional health information organizations (RHIOs) have announced new connectivity, which will allow for the secure exchange of electronic health records (EHRs) amongst Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany healthcare professionals.

Bill Would Boost Telehealth Use for Medicare Providers

September 13, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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A bill was introduced this week in Congress that would permit in-state license Medicare providers to utilize telemedicine services for Medicare beneficiaries elsewhere. The “Telemedicine for Medicare Act of 2013,” was introduced by Reps. Devin Nunes (R-CA 22) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ 6).

The mHealth Method to Communication in Central New Hampshire

September 13, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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At Lakes Region General Healthcare, leaders implemented a mobile health (mHealth) communication system that allows for easier dialogue between clinicians, pharmacists, case managers, and other staff members. As a result, the provider has decreased ED wait times and improved patient satisfaction.

Remote Patient Monitoring: Can It Be A Solution to a Key Healthcare Problem?

September 12, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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As we progress to the new healthcare, keeping people healthy will force healthcare providers to do things such as prevent hospital readmissions, or keep people from needing a hospital stay at all. And that will happen only if providers have some insight into what patients are doing at home.
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