Intermountain integrates revenue cycle management
Intermountain healthcare, a longtime health IT leader, is consolidating revenue cycle functions -- totaling $5 billion in annual gross patient revenue -- across its 22 hospitals and more than 100 physician clinics.
Todd Craghead, Intermountain's vice president of revenue cycle organization, has been at the forefront of integrating revenue cycle for a large health system.
Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Susan Morse Tags: Online Only Business Intelligence Financial/Revenue Cycle Management ICD-10 & Coding Network Infrastructure Workflow Source Type: news
ECRI releases top 10 list of deadly technology hazards
ECRI Institute has released its 2016 list of worst technology hazards occurring today. The goal of the annual list, say ECRI leaders, is to inform healthcare facilities about important safety issues involving the use of medical devices and systems. Any of the items listed on the top 10 list could be deadly.
In an incident at UCLA Medical Center in February 2015, at least two patients died, and 179 were exposed to superbug CRE, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea.
Quality and Safety
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Clinical Medical Devices Quality and Safety Workflow Source Type: news
Could Apple Store-like digital health retail stores be popular?
Can digital health stores be popular?
Patient Engagement
Could Apple Store-like digital health retail stores be popular?
If patient-driven healthcare spending has arrived does that mean we're ready for digital health or healthcare insurance retail stores?
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Shahid Shah Tags: Mobile Patient Engagement Population Health Source Type: news
Geisinger's bold move: give refunds to dissatisfied patients
In a novel initiative, Geisinger Health System is launching a refund program for patients not met with "kindness and compassion," President and CEO David T. Feinberg, MD, announced this week.
Patient Engagement
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 12, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Mobile Patient Engagement Population Health Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Balancing efficiency and HIPAA compliance across EMRs and paper records
Balancing efficiency & HIPAA compliance
While electronic medical record systems continue to improve efficiency, paper documents are still a vital part of the healthcare information workflow. For many healthcare organizations, it's a challenge to manage digital and paper materials while balancing the need for efficiency and compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Compliance & Legal
Balancing efficiency and HIPAA compliance across EMRs and paper records
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 11, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Stuart Pologe Tags: Compliance & Legal Electronic Health Records Enterprise Content Management Privacy Security Workflow Source Type: news
Signaling IPO ahead, Health Catalyst brings finance guru aboard
A telling sign that Health Catalyst is gearing up for an IPO is the announcement today that Jack Kane (John A. Kane) is joining the board of the data warehousing, analytics and outcomes company.
Analytics
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 11, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Analytics Business Intelligence Population Health Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Q&A: Epic President Carl Dvorak
Epic President Carl Dvorak wrote much of the original code in the system and made some of the enduring architectural decisions empowering its growth. With the company since 1987, he is often referred to as the technology brains of the organization.
Healthcare IT News had an opportunity to speak with Dvorak about Epic's approach to population health. Here's what he had to say.
Population Health
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 11, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Skip Snow Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Interoperability Population Health Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Courting HIPAA risk with message apps
Just 25 percent of healthcare institutions with an official mobile messaging platform use internal, company-authorized tools, a new report shows. The rest make use of consumer apps that don't offer the security needed to comply with regulations, such as HIPAA.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: Online Only Compliance & Legal Mobile Policy and Legislation Privacy Security Workflow Source Type: news
Former ONC Interoperability Manager Erica Galvez joins Aledade
Aledade, the ACO-focused startup launched by Farzad Mostashari, MD, announced Monday that Erica Galvez, former interoperability portfolio manager at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, will become the company's director of
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Accountable Care Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Interoperability Workforce Source Type: news
AHA, HIMSS weigh in on ONC interoperability plans
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's 2016 Interoperability Standards Advisory in its public comment period has drawn some criticism from industry groups, which say the draft needs more detail and clarity.
Interoperability
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jack McCarthy Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Health Information Exchange (HIE) Interoperability Meaningful Use Source Type: news
Google and American Heart Association align to take on heart disease
The American Heart Association (AHA) and Google Life Sciences teamed up to announce a five-year, $50 million joint research project that aims to develop new treatments and ways to prevent coronary heart disease.
The organizations will invest the funds over five years to develop a team of specialists from a variety of fields with the goal of understanding, reversing and preventing the disease.
Cloud Computing
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jack McCarthy Tags: Online Only Clinical Cloud Computing Source Type: news
Boston Children's, IBM Watson take on rare diseases
IBM Watson and Boston Children's Hospital are taking on rare children's diseases that are hard to diagnose and treat. First up is a rare form of kidney disease.
The giant computing firm and the renowned hospital announced the collaboration on Monday at the Global Pediatric Innovation Summit + Awards in Boston.
Analytics
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only Analytics Clinical Population Health Quality and Safety Source Type: news
Geisinger making Epic, Cerner work together for population health
Geisinger Health System, an Epic shop, has chosen to integrate Cerner's HealtheIntent platform. In particular, the Pennsylvania vertically integrated care delivery system, often compared to Kaiser Permanante, uses the Data Syndication, HealtheEDW, HealtheRecord, and HealthRegistries products from the platform.
Population Health
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Skip Snow Tags: Online Only Analytics Business Intelligence Cloud Computing Data Warehousing Population Health Source Type: news
The secret to stopping hackers? Share intelligence
With a spate of high profile attacks penetrating healthcare organizations, including UCLA Health and insurance giant Anthem, many executives worry that they may not be able to create security strategies that can stop ever more inventive bad actors.
Privacy & Security
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 10, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jack McCarthy Tags: Online Only Privacy & Security Source Type: news
The Wright Center lands HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award
The Wright Center in northeastern Pennsylvania has been named a 2015 HIMSS Ambulatory Davies Award recipient.
The graduate medical education consortium and primary-care practice is being recognized for outstanding achievement in health information technology to improve patient outcomes.
Electronic Health Records
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Source: Healthcare IT News - November 9, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jessica Davis Tags: Online Only Electronic Health Records Network Infrastructure Population Health Quality and Safety Workflow Source Type: news
