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IT workers hoping to improve their standard of living in 2012 will not likely find relief through annual salary raises, according to a new report from Computer Economics. But, it might be a different story for IT professionals in the healthcare space, where demand is high.
Managing populations – whether an aggregation of patients or a physical community – is a burgeoning field in healthcare as a way to improve care while containing costs. Many of the IT initiatives currently underway are related to population health in one way or another: electronic health records, meaningful use, interoperability, accountable care organizations, disease state management, pay-for-performance and patient-centered medical home all have elements that relate to managing patients in groups.
It's a fact: Remote care monitoring and telehealth "will become much more commonplace going forward," says Barry Burk, vice president, healthcare industry at IBM Canada.
One of the biggest objections to the adoption of an EMR is its usability (or lack thereof), which is no surprise considering the ease of its predecessor: paper. Thankfully, there are a few ways to make your system not only more bearable, but significantly easier to use.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) launched a project not too long ago in which it deployed EMRs to about 300 physician practices throughout eastern Massachusetts, hosting them via a private, cloud-based SaaS model.
A new case study has shown how Mercy healthcare system has reaped the benefits of integrating GS1 Standards, including bar codes, across the medical device supply chain.
Last year, HIMSS became an organizing partner for the mHealth Summit, a three-day event in Washington D.C. that attracted a wide range of academics, providers and entrepreneurs interested in the mobile healthcare landscape. Officials of the Chicago-based organization must have liked what they saw -- they now own the event.
With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services signaling a potential delay for ICD-10 implementation -- and the AMA cheering that prospect -- one physician says the move could adversely impact health reform.
Premier healthcare alliance has partnered with Carmel, Ind.-based Clinical Architecture in an effort to normalize disparate healthcare data and help care providers better understand and use health information.
Wendy Whittington, CMO of Anthelio Healthcare Solutions, explains what impact a delay could have on the broader healthcare industry if CMS ease its stance on the ICD-10 compliance deadline.