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For many healthcare practices, having an online portal provides an easy way for patients to access their health information and receive online...
Building upon its commitment to quality and patient safety, KAMMCO released a new Opioid/Controlled Substances dashboard for physicians, hospitals...
In addition to increasing economic costs through redundant data entry, this lack of true interoperability increases...
Early adopters understand the triumphs and trials of health IT implementation, and are willing to take a calculated risk.
New data from CMS shows 93 percent of MIPS eligible clinicians earned positive payment adjustments for their 2017 performance.
Saint Luke’s Health System will now have the ability to engage in health information exchange through KHIN.
Year 3 of the Quality Payment Program requires MIPS eligible clinicians to use 2015 CEHRT in the 2019 performance period.
Seven physician-led health information exchanges now contribute patient EHRs to the Military Health System with help from eHealth Exchange.
On August 30, the Military Health System (MHS) added critical medical information from seven physician-led health...
Open enrollment, which begins November 1, will not be negatively impacted, CMS says.
While the two federal agencies have worked together on vulnerability disclosures in the past, a new memorandum of agreement will improve coordination.
Technology was critical but so, too, were the personal and patient-centric stories shared on Twitter.
Recent storms, including Hurricane Harvey in Texas, Irma in Puerto Rico and Florence in North Carolina, have helped HIEs refine their approach.
Seven state medical societies announced the creation of the Health Equity Network for Change (HENC) which is focused on improving the health status of medically underserved...
In medical facilities throughout the country, physicians, nurses, and staff are placing medical records in a tray, dialing a number...
While CMS Administrator Seema Verma called for the end of fax machine use by 2020, new Check Point research found a hacker could steal data from a flaw in the fax protocol.
Federal health officials announced their goal this week to eliminate fax machines from physician offices by 2020.
Thank you for the difference you make in your patients’ lives. Many of our nation’s best and brightest students go into medicine...
The purpose of quality measurement is to evaluate the care quality delivered to the patient.
What is the return on investment (ROI) for participating in a health information exchange (HIE
A chief medical information officer suggests that giving people easier access to their medical information is one way to improve the patient experience.
The push for nationwide interoperability and improved health data exchange have increased HIE use, which can create advantages and difficulties for providers.
New research found that community HIEs produce better results when it comes to reducing both costs and the use of unnecessary services.
OneHealth New Jersey, in partnership with the Medical Society of New Jersey (MSNJ), is pleased to announce Kiritkumar Pandya, MD, MSNJ Board...
There are many reasons patients need quick, secure online access to their health care records and medical history...
In a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma, the organizations call for the agency to reduce the quality measure reporting period for MIPS...
Regional health information exchanges are not an endangered species. That was the message from a panel of HIE leaders...
Making sure providers have up-to-date and comparative information about drug prices and insurance coverage could help to rein in...
Physicians and clinicians participating in New Jersey’s health information network, OneHealth New Jersey, have a trusted choice when...
From Google to NIH, the message was clear at the annual health IT conference: Hospitals need to make cybersecurity a budget...
As health information exchange (HIE) organizations continue to evolve, HIE leaders are focused on expanding services and providing data analytics and business...
Executives share groundbreaking research on the use of longitudinal patient information to improve quality reporting at HIMSS 2018
The HIMSS18 Conference and Exhibition is set to help healthcare professionals tackle serious challenges related to health data exchange and interoperability
The revenue cycle is changing as hospitals look to adapt financial services, tech-wise, and here are some sessions happening at HIMSS18 to learn best practices.
Until recently, most doctors created their own workflows and utilized only the technology they were comfortable using.
The cloud-based electronic health record vendor will be showing new features and functionalities that CEO Girish Navani says make the software smarter so it helps doctors.
Penn Medicine’s David Asch, MD, believes there are good examples in the retail market that can be applied to healthcare.
Let's take a step back from the minute-by-minute onslaught and take stock more broadly of the big, overarching trends that will animate this year in health policy.
The healthcare IT systems used to collect, store and share confidential patient information are under constant attack.
HIMSS Analytics survey indicates focus on Infrastructure, funding and human capital.
The NCQA eMeasure certification program is designed for companies that develop quality-measure reporting software that calculates quality measures using electronic clinical data.
The Medical Society of New Jersey (MSNJ) announces the launch of OneHealth New Jersey, a statewide health information exchange (HIE) that is now live. OneHealth New Jersey encompasses an interoperable health information exchange...
Physicians and healthcare professionals nationwide are in the midst of unparalleled industry transformation. Successful adoption of the new performance-based delivery and payment models will rely heavily upon electronic health record (EHR)
Marin General has seen a 50 percent reduction in system vulnerabilities and 100 percent participation in staff security awareness efforts -- just by building a system designed for the humans who use it.
The program will distribute Fitbit devices to a representative sample of All of Us participants for a one-year study to determine its use on a larger scale in the program.
Health IT is in a very fluid state and evolving quickly. Hospital executives and technology professionals no doubt have their hands full keeping up with technological advances, security events and much more.