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NewsGAO: EHRs improve care coordination, quality at large health systems
EHRs can, in fact, improve the quality of care, at least at large, integrated delivery systems, says a new report from the Government Accountability Office. But even major provider organizations Read more...
EMR-driven disease management reduces mortality, costs
EMRs keep on proving their mettle in the area of care coordination. The latest evidence comes from Kaiser Permanente Colorado, which improved outcomes by mining its EMR and electronic disease Read more...
Deloitte: EMRs pricey, but necessary for patient-centered medical home
Though it may be pricey and encounter cultural resistance, an EMR and related health IT is a necessary investment for organizations wishing to follow the patient-centered medical home model, suggests Read more...
University of Texas, Mayo Clinic apply 'cognitive informatics' to build a smarter EMR system
Here's a new term for many of you: "cognitive informatics." It's an approach to information processing that builds technology around how users--clinicians, in the case of EMRs--think and make Read more...
HHS awards final Beacon Community grants
HHS officials today awarded $30 million in grants to organizations in the Detroit and Cincinnati areas by naming the final two pilot communities in the $250 million Beacon Community Program. HHS Read more...
Report: Broadband could spur PHR adoption by those who most need health info
While we've often talked about how personal health records aren't resonating with the public and mocked some of the unwarranted attention given to early-stage data-aggregation platforms from the Read more...
Indian Health Service beefing up EMR to meet meaningful use
Even federal EMR systems apparently fall short of proposed "meaningful use" requirements. The Indian Health Service is upgrading its Resource and Patient Management System EMR to support health Read more...
EMRs to help NYC doctors keep tabs on high-risk patients
A pharma-funded program in New York City will help more than 1,700 primary-care practices with EMRs coordinate preventive care for patients at high risk for serious conditions like heart attacks and Read more...
EMR helps keep heart patients healthy in Kaiser program
Esteemed members of Congress and other, assorted inside-the-Beltway types, pay attention. There's some rare hard data showing that EMRs truly can reduce deaths from heart disease, keep patients Read more...
MO, AL hospitals complete transition to EMRs
The large-scale shift to electronic medical records is underway as January 2011 fast approaches, but we still consider it newsworthy when a hospital finally ditches its paper records. At least two Read more...
| Press ReleasesMedAssurant Receives NCQA Full Accreditation for Disease Management ProgramsCCS Advantage®, MedAssurant's Care Coordination and Enhancement Solution, Is Recognized for Excellence in Facilitating Good Outcomes and CareBOWIE, Md., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MedAssurant, Read more >> Study: VAP Comprehensive Cholesterol Test Improves Outcomes, Reduces Costs by 35% for Managed CareVAP Test better than standard lipid profile at risk assessment, guiding treatment, improving CV outcomes and reducing costs for adult managed care cardiac patients BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> Health Dialog Receives Renewed NCQA Disease Management (DM) AccreditationRecognition Affirms DM Excellence; Facilitates Client Efforts to Meet Their Own Requirements BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health Dialog today announced that its Disease Management (DM) program has been Read more >> Healthy Transformation to use VitalHealth EHR to Support Advanced Employee Health and Wellness Coaching OfferingsVitalHealth EHR, Designed with Mayo Clinic, to Enable Seamless and Efficient Preventative Health and Wellness Programs MILWAUKEE & TYLER, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- VitalHealth Software, a leading Read more >> GI Monitor, Leading (IBD) Crohn's and Colitis Mobile Disease Management Platform From WellApps INC., Announces Real-Time SocialUPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J., Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- WellApps, INC. announced today the latest release of GI Monitor, the leading (IBD) Crohn's and Colitis mobile disease management Read more >> |
