Interoperability
Now that almost all U.S. hospital are using electronic health records, the industry is ready for the next phase of information sharing, improved outcomes and collecting the digital dividend.
Half of hospitals routinely use patient information received electronically from other providers, which National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD said is an indication of how far the healthcare industry has come for both patients and clinicians.
Mayo Clinic will provide the infrastructure to store, analyze and host data for researchers as part of a program that aims to enroll one million people to boost President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative.
EHRs hinder population health progress while MACRA has potential to ease workflow burden, doctors s…
Simplified regulations around MACRA meaningful use could address the loss of efficiency and usefulness of electronic health records software to enable more flexibility for the doctors using them, said Shawn Griffin, MD, of Memorial Hermann Physician Network.
Chipmaker said that Lumiata will use the money to drive predictive analytics to improve risk and care management for organizations practicing population health.
Allscripts President Rick Poulton: EHR vendors need to move away from regulations, innovate on inte…
With meaningful use winding down, Poulton urged other EHR makers to work on technologies that enable providers to be more effective in the changing world or healthcare.
The new organization will operate under parent company Ascension and sweeping leadership and structural changes will accompany the consolidation.
The network will modernize facilities to embrace a new model of care that is more efficient and strengthen its focus on population health and integrating research about genomics and digital medicine for personalized treatments.
The data science company said it will use the investment money to develop applications for care and quality measurement.
The public platform, DTSec, contains a set of security performance requirements to prevent cyberattacks and data breaches.