Despite reluctance, technology can make physicians better
Tue, 6/28/2016 - 11:06amCorepoint Health0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; Originally from: http://www.nytimes.com/ "'People confuse information automation with creating the kind of work environment where productivity and creativity can flourish,' said Dr. David J. Brailer... 'And so little has gone into changing work so far.'" As technology and EMR usage grows in healthcare practices, many doubt the financial reward and increase in patient quality. Common to most physician situations, technology was forced...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - June 28, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs

Lack of patient interest is one cause of low Health IT adoption  
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Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - June 23, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs

Lack of patient interest is one cause of low Health IT adoption 
Thu, 6/23/2016 - 2:25pmCorepoint Health0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; Read the full article at: www.cio.com For all the promise surrounding health IT, the adoption of new technologies to improve coordination between patients and care providers remains sluggish, according to new research from Nielsen Strategic Health Perspectives. In a survey of slightly more than 30,000 consumers and 626 physicians, Nielsen found only modest upticks in the use of technology in the healthcare arena, and also highlighted th...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - June 23, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs

HIEs in Delaware and California use connected data to advance value-based care
Tue, 6/21/2016 - 8:01amRob Brull0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; The healthcare industry continues to shift towards risk-based payment models that reward providers for lower-cost and higher-quality care. During HIMSS16, many education sessions were focused on new payment models and utilizing population health technologies to execute the strategy. With these new models, both providers and payers are equally incented to be successful. The following example uses fictitious numbers to help frame an example of h...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - June 21, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: rob.brull at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs

HIMSS Analytics: Spending on clinical and business intelligence tools will increase
Sat, 6/11/2016 - 9:26amCorepoint Health0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; Article from Helathcare IT News: Fewer than half of healthcare organizations participating in a recent survey are currently using C&BI tools. But HIMSS Analytics anticipates that the shift to value-based care and advances in predictive and prescriptive analytics technologies could change that in the near-term. Quick thought on this report: As the demands for clinical and business intelligence increases, how will these data analytic...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - June 11, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs

ONC's Karen DeSalvo: Time to change culture of interoperability and health data sharing
Wed, 6/8/2016 - 2:35pmCorepoint Health0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; From Healthcare IT News: There needs to be a better business case for sharing data because consumers expect it and HIPAA allows it, said National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD. And Americans are growing increasingly impatient. National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, said now is the time to build on widespread EHR adoption. The healthcare industry, having reached near universal adoption of electronic health records, is at the beginning of...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - June 8, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: corepointhealth Source Type: blogs

West Jefferson Medical Center Q&A: Role of an integration engine in a large Louisiana health system
Wed, 5/25/2016 - 12:01pmCollin Jones0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: "UA-317164-6"}; West Jefferson Medical Center is a not-for-profit, 435-bed full service community hospital located in the greater New Orleans area. Recently joining the LCMC Health System, the West Jefferson interface team has been chosen to lead the integration effort as part of a large Epic conversion. Along with Epic, Corepoint Integration Engine will be rolled out across the five hospital system, replacing multiple legacy engines. A customer since Fe...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - May 25, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: collin.jones Source Type: blogs

Hospital Q&A Series: eGate Replacement at Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Fri, 1/30/2015 - 9:30amJeff Zinger0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; Boca Raton Regional Hospital is a not-for-profit, advanced tertiary medical center with 400 beds, over 2,100 employees and more than 800 primary and specialty physicians on staff. In April 2012 they migrated from eGate to Corepoint Integration Engine. The migration was significant, not only because of the stark differences between the two interface engines, but because of the change in server environment from AIX to Windows. We’ve written...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - January 30, 2015 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: jzinger Source Type: blogs

KLAS Research: Corepoint Integration Engine is Again the Top-Ranked Interface Engine in Healthcare
Tue, 1/27/2015 - 10:44amChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; Big news for Corepoint Health was just announced by KLAS Research:   Congrats @CorepointHealth Integration Engine! Interface Engines KLAS Category Leader! #BestinKLAS #HIT pic.twitter.com/SrFQD7dDfb — KLAS (@KLASresearch) January 27, 2015   This is the sixth consecutive year Corepoint Integration Engine has received this prestigious recognition. The full 2014 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report will be released on Thu...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - January 27, 2015 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs

IHE USA Connectathon 2015, Day 1 Recap
Tue, 1/27/2015 - 9:49amChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; The 17th annual IHE North American Connectathon is currently underway at the Cleveland Convention Center at HIMSS Innovation Center. The event will last the full week of Jan. 26-30. The annual IHE Connectathon brings together hundreds of health IT professionals representing the industry’s leading IT vendors who work to demonstrate their applications can work together to effectively exchange health data. Participants choose to qualify,...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - January 27, 2015 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs

DICOM and Web Services Features Used to Achieve Interoperability Success
Thu, 11/20/2014 - 2:15pmJeff Zinger0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; Central Illinois Radiological Associates (CIRA), headquartered in Peoria and serving Illinois communities from Kankakee to Springfield, is one of the top 10 private practice radiology groups in the nation. They serve a variety of hospital locations including numerous outlying tertiary care facilities. With over 100 reporting locations, their expanded service area and disparate reading environments challenge CIRA’s IT team to provid...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - November 20, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: jzinger Source Type: blogs

RSNA 2014: Celebrating 100 Years with a Look Back in Time
Thu, 11/20/2014 - 10:02amChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; Take a time machine back 100 years to 1914. What would the field of radiology look like?  That’s exactly what the RSNA organization is asking participants at this years’ annual conference, Nov. 30 – Dec. 5, in Chicago, as the professional society kicks off their ambitious yearlong centennial anniversary of their annual meeting.  If you have been to the RSNA conference at the sprawling McCormick Place, it’s hard to ...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - November 20, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs

Corepoint Health Customers Among Healthcare IT News’ 2014 Best Hospital IT Departments
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 11:31amChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; We love to celebrate the success of our customers. Their daily work improves access to health data – where and when it is needed – that improves patient care and truly saves lives. I can’t think of IT in any other industry that has such a direct impact on people’s lives as those who work in health IT. Corepoint Health would like to give a round of applause to all organizations listed in the Healthcare IT News 2014 Best ...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - November 10, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs

Building for the Long Term Requires More than Moving the Needle
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 2:29pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; Perhaps in a hint of irony, my Facebook timeline fed me an interesting article from Techonomy titled “How Data Is Failing Marketers,” by Brooks Bell. In the article, Bell examines how in the 1990s the promise of the Internet led many marketing and business leaders to predict that our web habits would provide data that would produce an intensely personalized web experience in the future. This personalization was predicted to provide...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - October 28, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs

Learning to Speak the Language of Health Data Exchange
Tue, 10/14/2014 - 9:23amMcKenzie Pesnell0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; Upon starting the University of Texas Health IT program, I quickly became acquainted with two buzzwords: interoperability and connectivity. The central theme of most discourse was that patient data needs to be transferred to other providers, to labs, to insurance companies, and to essentially anyone involved in a patient’s healthcare experience. Widespread adoption of EHRs and exchanging of patient data (structured, codified data) c...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - October 14, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: mcKenzie.pesnell Source Type: blogs