Archives for August 2015
An Epic way to access health records17 Aug 2015
Epic changes are happening at a local health system, making it easier for patients and health care providers to access... Continue Reading
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August 17, 2015-The most misunderstood ICD-10 character17 Aug 2015
Monday August 17, 2015 Home | Subscribe Provider Advisory Weekly Top Stories An Epic way to obtain health records Highmark’s... Continue Reading
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IBM, Merge healthcare plans: giving Watson the gift of sight10 Aug 2015
IBM is continuing its expansion into the healthcare analytics field with the planned acquisition of Chicago-based Merge Healthcare, a medical-imaging software... Continue Reading
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How mobile health apps, portals improve patient engagement10 Aug 2015
Mobile health apps, patient portals, and fitness tracking devices all play a role in ensuring that patients become engaged with... Continue Reading
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Stanford’s ReseachKit study goes globe-trotting10 Aug 2015
Stanford University researchers have announced that their MyHeart Counts app, one of the first to be launched in March through Apple’s ResearchKit platform, is... Continue Reading
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Shh! Quiet fortifies care coordination10 Aug 2015
Noise pollution is rampant in many hospitals. Take the overhead paging system, for instance. It’s enough to make clinicians and... Continue Reading
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Security breaches soar for electronic medical records10 Aug 2015
Security hacks of electronic medical records have more than doubled this year, costing the healthcare system $50 billion, according to... Continue Reading
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4 ways to maximize health IT staff10 Aug 2015
The health care industry is facing a greater IT staff shortage than other industries. Government mandates, such as those for... Continue Reading
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Why health IT hurts more than helps…and how to change it10 Aug 2015
Go antiquing and you’ll find crazy stuff. Sometimes crazy stuff finds you. It’s past…but not gone. Health IT is like... Continue Reading
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For many, ICD-10 readiness testing is on the back burner10 Aug 2015
Last summer when CMS announced yet another delay in implementation of the ICD-10 system, putting it off from October 2014... Continue Reading
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