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ECRI Identifies Strategies to Guide Risk Managers on Health IT Approach
Latest ECRI Institute Report Names Top 10 Health IT Success Strategies to Manage Risks The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research to enable improvement of patient care. The organization is a designated Evidence-Based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and listed as a federal [...]
Digital Health Summer Summit Wraps Up
Digital Health Funding, Big Data, and Reimbursement Hot Topics The worlds of health, technology and business converged at the 2nd annual Digital Health Summer Summit produced by Living in Digital Times. Approximately 175 industry leaders, representing life sciences, venture funds and incubators, mobile app developers, wearable tech, payers and physicians came together to exchange new [...]
OSEHRA Announces 2nd Annual Open Source EHR Summit and Workshop
Conference Accepting Abstracts to Discuss Future of EHR Development The Open Source Electronic Health Records Agent (OSEHRA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating innovation in electronic health record software, announces that registration is open for its 2nd Annual Open Source EHR Summit & Workshop. OSEHRA’s goal is to drive rapid innovation in electronic health records [...]
Health IT News from HHS
Keep Posted on HHS The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is responsible for protecting the health of the US population and provide essential human services. It denotes almost one quarter of the federal government’s expenses and awards more grant money than all other federal agencies combined. HHS’ Medicare program is the nation’s largest health [...]
This Week’s Highlights on HealthcareNOWradio.com
Rediscover Radio this Summer on HealthcareNOWradio.com HealthcareNOWradio.com is an Internet radio station operated by HITECH Answers. Tune in this summer when we will have new programming mixed with the best of our hit shows every weekday from 2 – 5 pm ET. They are replayed at 10pm – 1am ET and again at 6am – 9am. New [...]
July Health IT Conferences and Events
Upcoming Health IT Conferences There are plenty of health IT conferences, conventions, symposiums and forums coming up this summer. You can check out our Health IT Events Calendar for the latest information. Here are some highlighted events, in the month of July, that may be destinations of interest. NACCHO Annual 2013 Date: July 10-11, Dallas [...]
Upcoming Virtual Health IT Events for Providers
Next Week’s Health IT Webinars Take advantage of these upcoming online educational events. The webinars are all intended for eligible professional and their practices. They are free of charge so register today. For other Health IT events, conferences, or summits visit our HIT Event Calendar. Learning Lunch Webinar: EHR: When to upgrade successfully from old [...]
What is a Thinking Informatician to Think of IBM’s Watson?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor One of the computer applications that has received the most attention in healthcare is Watson, the IBM system that achieved fame by beating humans at the television game show, Jeopardy!. Sometimes it seems there is such hype around Watson that people do not realize what the system actually does. Watson is [...]
The Value of Mobile Care Coordination Part 3
Care Team Alignment & Care Coordination Renee S. Bessette, Vice President of Marketing & Operations LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/reneebessette Part 1 of 3 – Part 2 of 3 – The Value of Mobile Care Coordination Now that we’ve established secure methods to connect with and communicate among providers, it is important for us to consider how to [...]
CMS Changes to Stage 1 Meaningful Use
CMS Updates Resources for Changes to Stage 1 Meaningful Use Stage 2 of the EHR Incentive Program begins in 2014. Eligible Professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals will begin stage 2 after successfully attesting to two reporting periods of stage 1 meaningful use. The final rules for stage 2 were issued in August of 2012. Along [...]
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