Health IT Outcomes Magazine Articles

  1. Bedside Bar Coding Puts Patient Safety First 11/21/2014

    Patient safety is one of the main pillars of care at Memorial Hermann. Bedside patient ID, medication administration, and specimen collection are central to this initiative.

  2. The Ongoing Health IT Interoperability Struggle 11/20/2014

    While health providers praise the ONC’s interoperability vision, they’re demanding increased standardization and an accelerated roadmap to achieve the Triple Aim.

  3. Controlling The Risk In The ACO Proposition 11/20/2014

    While the benefits of accountable care organizations (ACOs) look good on paper, many providers find the reimbursement risk too hard to handle. SCL Health System shares its strategies in this area.

  4. Imaging, EHR Integration Improves Clinical Workflow 11/19/2014

    By implementing an enterprise-wide medical imaging platform that integrates with its EHR, Georgia Regents Medical Center now has a more holistic view of patient health across the care continuum.

  5. Is MU Really Doomed? 11/19/2014

    According to our annual health IT trends survey, the predicted shift away from MU won’t be occurring in 2015.

  6. California Hospital Makes Text Messaging More Efficient And Secure 11/18/2014

    Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian provides secure text messaging to 1,500 physicians to streamline communication and discovers added savings after rollout.

  7. RCM Solution Much More Than HIPAA 5010 Fix 11/3/2014

    The University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health implemented a new revenue cycle management (RCM) suite to overcome HIPAA 5010 hurdles and received improved overall claims validation in the process.

  8. Insights Into Implementing A Patient-Centered Medical Home 10/31/2014

    Considering a move to a patient-centered medical home environment? Read what providers making the transition have to say.

  9. Cardiac Device Technology Cuts ER Length Of Stay 10/31/2014

    By leveraging medical device data management technology, UC San Diego Medical Center was able to accelerate diagnoses for its cardiac patients and reduce the overall length of stay in its ER by 92 minutes.

  10. Remote Patient Monitoring: A New Recipe For Success 10/30/2014

    CHRISTUS Health realizes a marked decrease in hospital readmissions and significant cost savings with RPM pilot.