HIE Featured Content
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Designing For Better Health Outcomes
11/25/2015
Can a combination of smartphone-enabled diagnostics and digital tools change mental models and empower patients to manage and prevent chronic conditions? It sure can. Recently, Jana Care partnered with Continuum to improve lives using digital tools for patients in India with Type 2 diabetes. Over 66 million people in the country are diagnosed with diabetes, and another 77 million are at risk of acquiring it. The team felt an immediate need to help this population control a widespread chronic condition and also to focus on preventative care. By Mike Dunkley SVP, Advanced Systems, Continuum and Sidhant Jena, co-founder and CEO, Jana Care
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Top 10 Health IT Trends For 2016
11/24/2015
For the past five years, EHR/MU was selected as the top health IT initiative for the coming year. This year, there’s a new top initiative, and what it is should come as no surprise.
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Exploring The High Tech Nature Of Patient-Physician Relationships
11/23/2015
Care coordination utilizing technology can improve care delivery and the patient experience. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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Improving The Doctor/Patient Relationship
11/18/2015
At Health IT Outcomes, we’ve made it our mission to provide the healthcare industry with expert guidance on technology system selection, integration, project management, and change management. To help achieve this goal, we speak with industry leaders on everything from EHRs to HIEs to HIM, and then share these conversations with you. We recently traveled to Chicago to attend HIMSS15 where we had the privilege to speak with Rich Berner, president of Allscripts International and Sunrise. He discussed improving outcomes, engaging patients, and where he sees Meaningful Use headed in the coming year.
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Technology Allows Doctors, Patients To Partner
11/2/2015
A Deloitte survey has uncovered the fact that many patients want to use health technology to learn more about their health, as well as partner with their doctors to make informed decisions. By Katie Wike, contributing writer
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Patients Ready For HIE, Doctors Aren't
10/23/2015
According to a Software Advice survey from, patients are open to HIEs but less than 40 percent say their doctors use the technology. By Katie Wike, contributing writer
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Is Digitized Health Info Risky?
10/16/2015
Experts say privacy and security issues are only multiplied when healthcare companies electronically store and share health data. By Katie Wike, contributing writer
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Technology Operating Costs On The Rise For Physician-Owned Practices
10/15/2015
According to an MGMA survey, medical practices are also seeing increased utilization of non-physician providers. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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GAO: No Fully-Functional State Exchange IT Systems
10/9/2015
Report recommends improvements in CMS oversight of state marketplace IT projects. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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Making Sense Of Unstructured Data In An EMR
10/7/2015
At Health IT Outcomes, we’ve made it our mission to provide the healthcare industry with expert guidance on technology system selection, integration, project management, and change management. To help achieve this goal, we speak with industry leaders on everything from EHRs to HIEs to HIM, and then share these conversations with you.