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The Center for Connected Health and the Center for Technology and Aging have launched a new tool to gauge the return on investment for remote patient monitoring technologies for patients with heart disease.
Previewing his session at the Government Health IT Conference, Tuesday and Wednesday, Siemens Health Services CEO John Glaser discusses IT ramifications in the era of accountability, patient engagement, and what he learned in a clinical trial.
The Fourth Annual Health Datapalooza stayed true to its name. It was, indeed, all about data -- how to liberate data, the need to liberate data, structuring data, promising new data apps, and how data scientists just might have the sexiest career of the 21st century.
A survey of 26 state CIOs being presented at the Government Health IT Conference shows how, post-HITECH, HIEs are being tailored to the needs of states and local communities and markets.
Leading up to next week's Government Health IT Conference, Daniel Newman, MD, CMIO of MEDfx discusses the current state of population health management, how far we have to go, and the need to not lose focus on individual patients.
More than a third of physician practices plan to purchase, replace or upgrade ambulatory EHR systems, according to HIMSS Analytics' newest Ambulatory Electronic Health Record & Practice Management Study. Meanwhile, nearly half of physician groups say they'll join an HIE.
Addressing widespread concern about meeting the ICD-10 mandate, athenahealth said it will not only guarantee compliance but also help customers track progress and "backstop the revenue cycle" if need be.
Healthcare providers are taking telemedicine to new heights, with the market seeing growth of a whopping 237 percent within a five year period, according to a new Kalorama report.
A new KLAS report, its first on ambulatory electronic medical record usability, finds that success in achieving high usability ranges from 85 percent to 55 percent. Of the EMR vendors reviewed, athenahealth ranked No. 1.
Remember when doctors made house calls? It's probably safe not to expect the return of those days any time soon, but some healthcare stakeholders are saying the time has come for providers to take a more active role in their patients' healthcare.