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Mount Sinai links EMR with DNA

Mount Sinai Medical Center announced this week that 25,000 people have signed on to participate in its biobank program, BioMe, with each patient consenting to DNA sequencing and longitudinal studies related to data embedded in their electronic medical records.

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May 1, 2013

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HHS issues blueprint for culturally and linguistically appropriate healthcare

The Department of Health and Human Services has released an enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care -- a blueprint meant to help organizations improve healthcare quality in serving diverse communities in the U.S.

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May 1, 2013

Diana Manos

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Oregon at work on health metrics

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of ways to track the health of a population: the average blood pressure of a large group of people, the rate of mental illness, the average weight. Epidemiologists have been collecting this kind of data for years, but now, in Oregon, there is cold, hard cash riding on these metrics.

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April 29, 2013

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Forward movement

At the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans this past March, one attendee tweeted something to the effect of: "Attending a session on mobile healthcare – or, as we call it: healthcare."

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April 28, 2013

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Alert: Alerts put patients at risk

The Joint Commission last month issued an alarm that officials apparently hoped would be heard amid the din and beeping occurring in hospitals across the country.

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April 28, 2013

Bernie Monegain

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Utah NICU live with bedside cameras

For the first time ever, parents of newborns in a Provo, Utah-based neonatal intensive care unit can go to sleep side-by-side with their baby via a computer or mobile device, thanks to the endeavors of hospital officials who set out to transform department communication.

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April 28, 2013

Erin McCann

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CDS generates huge amounts of data

In looking at the impact clinical decision support systems have had on the healthcare provider community, it is tempting to refer to the old adage “Be careful what you wish for.” Because in the healthcare context, it means “You wanted more data, now you’ve got it. What are you going to do with it?”

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April 28, 2013

John Andrews

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Getting imPatient

FOA new advocacy group wants to change the conversation about patient engagement – giving voice to healthcare consumers and pushing for more fruitful data exchange between patients and their physicians.

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April 28, 2013

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60M medical records seized without warrant; IRS slapped with lawsuit

The Internal Revenue Service is now facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it improperly accessed and stole the health records of some 10 million Americans, including medical records of all California state judges.

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April 28, 2013

Erin McCann

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How Microsoft Office is Clinically Relevant for Health Communities

Health and Life Sciences (HLS) organizations are leveraging Microsoft Office as a clinically relevant platform that creates and optimizes a collaborative and securely connected healthcare ecosystem. With Microsoft’s commitment to enabling regulatory and mandated compliance our cloud services and solutions enable HLS organizations to reduce the costs of infrastructure, maintenance, and development; to eliminate complexity; and to increase productivity.

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April 9, 2013

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Using Analytics to Navigate Health Care Reform

This white paper discusses five strategic imperatives for providers facing dramatic transformations in the US health care system – and why analytics is the key to executing them. Case study overviews from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, Healthways and McKesson are included as examples of providers are using analytics successfully to address current and future challenges surrounding health care reform.

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April 2, 2013

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Reliability in the Cloud - Shifting email responsibility to hosted exchange provider

Cloud-based Microsoft Exchange service features all the mission critical enterprise-class communication and collaboration capabilities of an in-house solution without the unpredictable costs and management headaches. With flexible customization options, healthcare organizations can seamlessly move to a cloud-based solution without compromising security or altering their current encryption approach.

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April 2, 2013

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Medicare Shared Savings: A Practical Entry into the ACO World

Considering becoming or joining an accountable care organization (ACO)? You're not alone.

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February 22, 2013

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Mobile Solutions for the Modern Hospital

With the widespread adoption of mobile technologies, many stakeholders in healthcare wonder where exactly there are opportunities to use this platform to improve healthcare.

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February 6, 2013

Wireless in Healthcare: Industry Best Practices, Planning Strategies and Design Principles

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Healthcare organizations today are faced with dramatic changes that are impacting how IT defines their enterprise architecture and which technologies they use to support the business goals of the organization. Wireless is an enabling technology that can help address some of these dramatic changes yet the nature of wireless use in healthcare requires a well thought out strategy and design as well as the employment of best practices

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January 29, 2013

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Improving Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: An Implementer's Guide, 2nd Edition

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January 29, 2013

EHR-Extenders: Mobilizing Information From Clinical Systems to Improve Care Delivery and Satisfaction

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Please join Paul Peabody, Chief Information Officer at Palomar Health, and Todd Plesko, Chief Executive Officer at EXTENSION, INC. for a free webinar to learn more about EHR-Extenders (EHR-e) and how these innovative clinical workflow technologies foster patient-centered care.

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January 15, 2013

Reinventing Healthcare for the 21st Century: Meeting Global Challenges with Innovations in Care Coordination

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Both developed and emerging countries face three global megatrends that will have a crippling impact on their economies and societies if not address in the near future. The most significant trend is a rapidly aging world population. The proportion of the population over the age of 60 is projected to double between 2000 and 2050. At its 2012 Healthcare Innovation Summit, Intel convened several worldwide thought leaders to discuss opportunities to alleviate the impact of global aging, cost growth and workforce shortages.

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November 15, 2012

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Improve Patient Safety and Reduce Medical Errors during all Points of Care

Barcodes, in the healthcare environment, are a patient’s voice. They identify, communicate and connect the patient accurately with his or her records from the moment care begins. Whether it’s at check-in, at the bedside or in the lab, barcodes help protect patients’ safety and reduce medical errors – which can cost your organization millions of dollars. This white paper that discusses how barcodes can be the patient’s voice – and save your organization from costly errors – during patient identification procedures, medication administration at the bedside, as well as in the lab during specimen collection and tracking.

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November 1, 2012

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Meaningful Use Stage 2: A handbook for providers

Meaningful Use Stage 2: A handbook for providers discusses the changes in Stage 2 following the release of the final rules. This report focuses on what providers should expect, technology challenges and business opportunities in Stage 2 criteria, and key enterprise strategies for Stage 2 initiatives.

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October 29, 2012

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Physical Security for Healthcare Devices and Equipment

Electronic locks and latches provide enhanced security where healthcare facilities need it the most – on the carts and cabinets that house valuable medical supplies and patient information. Electronic locks provide secure locking and audit trail capabilities that can help healthcare IT managers comply with industry regulations such as HIPAA and <a href="/directory/health-information-technology-economic-and-clinical-health-hitech-act" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">HITECH</a>. This white paper explores opportunities for improved physical security in the healthcare environment and reviews electronic access solutions available to equipment manufacturers.

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October 16, 2012

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Will ACOs fail?

As I watch healthcare providers in our integrated delivery system deal with the challenges of payment reform and accountable care, I am more optimistic than dismayed.

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February 27, 2013

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Blurry in Bangkok Part II: The Bumrungrad Story

In my last article, I told you about an experience my colleagues and I encountered on a business trip in Thailand. My friend needed new contacts, and didn't have a chance to get them before he left DC. Since we were meeting in Bumrungrad, one of the leading medical tourism hospitals in the world, he decided to put them to the test.

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February 18, 2013

David Lareau

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On the Journey to Effective Clinical Quality Management: Expect a Bumpy Ride

Improving the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare is a national priority. While clinical quality measures have been around for some time, they are now taking center stage through federal, state and commercial quality/pay for performance (P4P) initiatives.

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February 13, 2013

Vikram Sukthankar

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Connected Health Predictive Analytics: A Long Road Ahead

We’re spending a lot of time at the Center for Connected Health (CCH) these days thinking about and experimenting with algorithms. It’s part of our general interest in micro-segmenting the population and creating unique, engaging health messaging for each individual that will keep them on the path to better health.

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February 12, 2013

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Watson & the Valley Girl

LOL and gag me with a spoon. I just read a Fortune article called, “Teaching IBM’s Watson the meaning of OMG” and I had a pretty good chuckle. The article discusses how the “final frontier” in machine intelligence is teaching computers not just words, but the subtle differences in meaning that make language rich, powerful and specific.

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January 22, 2013

Lisa Suennen

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Health IT Standards Predictions for 2013

Yesterday I talked about where I'd been last year. Today I'm going to cover where I think things are headed in the U.S. (at least for me).

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December 20, 2012

Keith W. Boone

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The Patient Experience of EHRs

I'm often asked if the use of EHRs diminish clinician-patient interactions in the exam room.

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November 21, 2012

John Halamka

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And the Nobel Prize in Healthcare IT Goes To...

Did I get your attention? In recent weeks, Nobel Prizes have been awarded in the categories of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace and economic sciences. While there isn’t yet one designated for healthcare IT, the ideas behind many of the winners’ groundbreaking theories will likely impact healthcare and technology at some point.

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October 19, 2012

Jennifer Dennard

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Hot Topics in Connected Health

The seasons have changed and that signals the intense, final preparations for this year’s Connected Health Symposium.

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October 16, 2012

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Health Innovation 50+ Live Pitch highlights startup tech for seniors

I don’t mean to sound jaded, but I think I’m suffering from healthcare IT contest fatigue, which, come to think of it, isn’t all that bad of an affliction.

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October 12, 2012

Jennifer Dennard

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One Million Check-Ins Could Make all the Difference This Flu Season

Tuning into the live webcast of the ONC’s Consumer Health IT Summit earlier today, I had the pleasure of hearing how Vietnam veteran Randy Watson has used the VA’s Blue Button technology to better enable his healthcare.

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September 10, 2012

Jennifer Dennard

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Automated Care: Thermostat of Health or Ponzi Scheme?

One of the concepts that is occupying my mind is that of automated care. Lately I’ve been thinking about it more and more. The burden of chronic illness continues to rise and the size of the provider work force is not keeping up. This manifests as overworked, unhappy providers, particularly in primary care.

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September 5, 2012

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Aetna, Hunterdon HealthCare partner on ACO

Aetna and Hunterdon HealthCare Partners have announced a new accountable care agreement that will improve the quality and cost of patient care, helping members and plan sponsors save money.

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July 19, 2012

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Vitera client first practice to report quality measures for 2011

Vitera Healthcare Solutions, one of the nation's largest providers of electronic health records (EHRs) and practice management software and services, today announced that Southaven Internal Medicine of Southaven, Mississippi, is the first practice in the United States to successfully submit the 2011 reporting period of Physician Quality Reporting Systems (PQRS) measures.

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March 8, 2012

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Sebelius to visit Houston, discuss innovation

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will visit Houston to discuss how hospitals and health care providers are finding innovative ways to improve patient care.

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March 8, 2012

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University Health System taps Allcripts Community Record

University Health System, the lead trauma center for South Texas, will use Allscripts Community Record, powered by dbMotion, to share patient data with its facilities and the University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center San Antonio. The Allscripts solution will help provide a single patient record for the many physicians and patients who use both facilities.

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March 8, 2012

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North Shore-LIJ Health System to deploy ProVation® order sets

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that North Shore-LIJ Health System has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as its electronic order set solution.

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January 4, 2012

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DR Systems issued U.S. patent for monitoring medical image viewing

DR Systems, the leading independent provider of medical imaging and information systems, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued to the company a new patent, which relates to tracking portions of medical images that are displayed according to particular display parameters, such as at a particular resolution.

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January 3, 2012

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Lockton report shares tips for improving healthcare employee safety and morale

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 3.3 million serious work-related injuries and 4,300 fatalities occurred in U.S. workplaces in 2009, the year for which the most recent data is available. A new report by insurance broker Lockton Companies offers ten tips to help healthcare organizations reduce the likelihood of workplace injuries.

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November 4, 2011

Houston Healthcare to deploy ProVation® order sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support

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Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Houston Healthcare has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as the electronic order set solution at Houston Medical Center and Perry Hospital.

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November 2, 2011

BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners Joins $70 Million Private Investment Round in Essence Group, the Parent of Lumeris Corporation

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PerkinElmer introduces NexION® enhanced security software

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the introduction of the new NexION® Enhanced Security™ (ES) Software, to streamline regulatory compliance by pharmaceutical companies. The ES Software platform was developed for users of PerkinElmer’s NexION 300 ICP-MS system.

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October 31, 2011

Prasad Dindigal

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Essence Group Holdings Corporation (EGHC) today announced that BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, managed by Sandbox Industries, has joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Camden Partners in a private investment in Essence.

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October 27, 2011

Boston Scientific Introduces First iPad App for Physicians to Educate Patients About Cardiovascular Diseases and Treatments

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Boston Scientific Corporation introduces its CardioTeach iPad app, an industry-first, free educational resource to help healthcare professionals better educate patients and caregivers about therapy options related to cardiovascular and peripheral diseases, specifically atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, heart failure, heart rhythm disorders and peripheral vascular disease.

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October 27, 2011

Harris Corporation Awarded $5.3 Million Contract to Integrate New Medical Coding Standards for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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he U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, a $5.3 million contract to provide remediation to the VA’s Health Administration Center (HAC) Cache System to address new medical coding standards. This is a two-year contract with three optional tasks.

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October 27, 2011