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A new MGMA compensation survey shows that CIOs and information systems directors received median pay increases of more than 7 percent since 2011, as demand for health IT services continue to rise.
Richard Averill of 3M Health Information Systems counters the jokes about macaws, lampposts, and subsequent encounters by explaining that even the seemingly senseless codes exist for a reason.
If there's one thing everyone in healthcare can probably agree on right now, it's that there is an awful lot of data being generated each and every day. What to do with that data, however, is another question.
Efforts to analyze identifiable and HIPAA de-identified data for public and population health will rely on ad hoc data warehouse techniques for the time being, unless other standardization is advanced.
A new generation of Medicare beneficiaries, longer lifespans and the wide availability of personal technology are creating new challenges and opportunities for home care.
The future of affordable care depends on advancing big data for bending the cost curve and improving quality of care. Exposing the black box provides insights and visibility that will shape best practices, remove waste, streamline algorithms, all to improve outcomes.
It's often said that our society is one steeped in impatience. We want fast Internet, quick news, overnight deliveries. This culture of instant gratification even pervades healthcare, as can be seen in the outcomes of CMS' Pioneer ACO model, which initially boasted 32 member organizations but recently saw nine jump ship -- with two groups washing their hands of the project altogether.
How the exchange is improving the coordination and quality, speeding the timeliness and accuracy with which providers receive patient health information.
Offering previously unimagined horsepower and speed, quantum computers could soon be making big waves in healthcare -- with "tremendous potential" to unlock advances in DNA sequencing, personalized medicine, machine learning, artificial intelligence and beyond.
Providers are increasingly using electronic health records, both to manage their patients' care and to provide more information to those patients, according to new data published Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.