Feature Articles

  1. Making Predictive Analytics A Routine Part Of Patient Care In Hospitals 6/15/2017

    Today, 96% of hospitals have converted to electronic health records (EHR). Since 83% of adults and 92 percent of children visit a doctor every year, health care systems manage an extraordinarily growing amount of data every year. While hospitals are beginning to apply big data techniques to predict individual outcomes like post-operative complications and diabetes risk, big data remains largely a buzzword.

  2. How Better Postsurgical Pain Management Impacts The Hospital Bottom Line 4/24/2017

    On paper, opioids are inexpensive analgesics, so if all we are looking at is the cost of one medication over another, opioids will win nearly every time. But a look at their impact across the episode of care will tell a very different — and very costly — story. There are significant costs associated with treating opioid-related adverse events, such as urinary retention for example, which requires catheterization and often extends length of stay, but all too often, these costs go unnoticed because they do not align to the Pharmacy budget.

  3. Adapt And Thrive With An Integrated Approach 4/20/2017

    Running a physician practice has never been easy, something that isn’t going to change any time soon. Today’s environment requires even more than clinical and business expertise — it demands adaptability. It involves building a long-term strategy to handle change.

  4. The Evolution Of EMR, EHR, And Practice Management 4/18/2017

    Electronic medical records (EMRs) and electronic health records (EHRs) have been getting quite a lot of attention over the past several years. As technological advancements become more widespread, it only makes sense for the healthcare industry to begin embracing solutions that have the potential to make patient—and provider—lives better.

  5. Optimize Pop Health Management For Patients With Serious Illnesses 4/11/2017

    A growing number of healthcare payers are seizing the opportunity to optimize their population health management (PHM) programs for seriously ill patients. By Greer Myers, President, Turn-Key Health

  6. Setting FHIR To The Clipboard At Hackensack University Medical Center 2/8/2017

    We’ve all been there, filling out that pre-visit questionnaire on the clipboard with the borrowed pen, scribbling to get the task over with only to have to repeat it at another location or visit. By Jerry Rankin, Industry Strategy Director for Clinical Interoperability, Infor

  7. The Point Of Care Ecosystem – 4 Benefits Of A Fully Connected Outpatient Experience 2/6/2017

    This white paper from Midmark is the first in a series that defines the outpatient point of care ecosystem and examines how the key components that comprise it – such as interpersonal communication, patient education, patient and family conveyance, vitals acquisition, wait times, patientcaregiver interaction, and even data collection and documentation – have an impact on the patient experience.

  8. Compliant Health Record Data Protection In The Cloud 1/26/2017

    For Bizmatics, Inc., providers of PrognoCIS Electronic Health Records (EHR) products and services, HIPAA compliance is nothing short of critical. So when they recently sought to enhance their data protection in accordance with their HIPAA business continuity policy, including backup and disaster recovery (DR) processes, the company looked to the cloud. By Mike Grossman, CEO, Zetta

  9. Phoenix Children's Hospital Improves Service And Timely Revenue With Verisma's Release Of Information Technology And Expert Support 1/18/2017

    Since the hospital’s founding in 1983, Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH) has provided hope, healing, and the best health care for children across Arizona. Over 80 percent of pediatric subspecialists in the metropolitan area and 50 percent of pediatricians in Maricopa County are associated with PCH’s ambulatory and acute care network.

  10. Nemours Children's Health System Enhances Patient Experience With HID Global EPCS Solution 1/17/2017

    HID Global Solution Enables DEA-compliant Electronic Prescriptions of Controlled Substances (EPCS)