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• The Patient, The Clinicians, The Payer, And The Hospital Encounter

  5/8/2019

  While efforts continue to be made to improve the quality and efficiency of care provided to patients in a hospital (this includes many of the qualifying payment programs being tested by governmental and private payers), the industry cannot overlook how patients view their financial obligations and how their financial situation impacts their course of care.

• A New Era For IT In Healthcare - Are You Prepared To Achieve The Quadruple Aim?

  5/1/2018

  Information technology professionals have never played a more important role in healthcare or been more responsible for its ultimate success or failure. If information is the new lifeblood of healthcare, data are the platelets that comprise it and IT infrastructure is the circulatory system it moves through. In my 30 years in the industry, I’ve seen technology’s role grow in importance and today I would argue that it is ground zero for each objective of the “Quadruple Aim.”

• CMS's Proposed PI Rule Changes Is A Good Start, But Does It Address Enough?

  6/5/2018

  Federal healthcare organizations such as CMS have spent billions of dollars over the years trying to bridge the gap between medical data and quality patient care with interoperability requirements and data integration, the mesh used to try and bridge the gap. Many government rules have been written to address the type of mesh needed and many EHR companies have claimed to meet these government requirements and claim the throne of the ultimate mesh maker.

• Retained Surgical Sponges: A Black Mark Against Whiteboards

  8/2/2016

  Erasable whiteboards are useful for the classroom, where lessons change and teachers need the ability to erase old notes and write new ones with ease. By Dylan Crotty, vice president and general manager, Stryker Surgical

• A White Paper About EMR Workflow, Usability, And Productivity In Pediatric And Primary Care

  9/30/2009

  “A high-volume, low-margin business like primary care medicine simply cannot support the costs. These include both the very high dollar cost of buying and maintaining a system and the huge drop in productivity that initially accompanies implementation.” By Charles Webster, MD, MSIE, MSIS
• Put Away The Checkbook, It's Time To Pay The Doctor Online

  5/3/2018

  When was the last time you used a check to pay for anything? I can’t remember the last time I used a paper check. Was it five or 10 years ago? I’m not entirely sure. But one place checks are still in use is at your doctor’s office. And it has to stop. Really. What was once a convenient payment method is now antiquated and should be retired as digital payments have become ubiquitous and secure.