FEATURED ARTICLES: DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT

• 3 Steps To Leveraging Analytics For Revenue Cycle Improvements

  Now more than ever, healthcare organizations are realizing the benefits of implementing a robust BI and data analytics program. To start, with revenue cycle optimization, analytics can increase and accelerate revenue, as well as eliminate revenue cycle inefficiencies. A strong BI program can also contribute to an organization’s quest to prepare for value-based reimbursement; however, before realizing any of these benefits, organizations must develop a plan specific to its needs and positioned to attain near- and long-term results. By Jeff Wood, vice president of product management, Navicure

• Reducing Diagnostic Errors Through Clinical Decision Support

  Physicians have long approached diagnoses as a mixture of art and science. CDS is a means to bolster the science portion by providing a broader clinical view of the patient, including clinical details from ambulatory EMRs and the systems of labs, radiology departments, and more combined with evidence-based best practices. CDS systems operate mainly in the background of an EMR, monitoring clinical documentation as it is being entered, and issue alerts when information, often not available at the point of care, suggests a different course of action. In certain instances, these alerts can mean the difference between a timely and accurate diagnosis and a potentially dangerous diagnostic error. By Nancy Zimmerman RN, BSN, Chief Nursing Officer for medCPU

• Cloud Procurement Saves Healthcare Group $5.5 Million

  Avalon Health Care Group reduced costs and gained budget visibility by deploying an automated procurement solution.

• Medical Moneyball — What Healthcare Stands To Learn From The Oakland A’s

  With all the talk of Big Data, there are still big questions as to how to most effectively leverage information and data to make a positive impact on healthcare delivery, cost, and outcomes. One health system leader thinks an approach developed by a Major League baseball team might be a game changer.

• Saving Time, Cost In The Cloud
• A Road Map To Accelerating Health IT Value And Innovation
• Risky Business: Why Providers Need A (Real) Security Risk Analysis
• $4.3 Billion Invested In Digital HIT In 2015
• How Private Capital Is Accelerating Interoperability
• Top 10 Health IT Trends For 2016

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

• The Problem With Consumerism In Healthcare

  Many industry leaders championed a free market approach to healthcare during the 12^th Annual World Health Care Congress last week. Here are a few key reasons why I don’t think this model is “the fix” our industry so desperately needs.

• Is Technology To Blame For Physician Burnout?
• The ONC’s Olive Branch
• The Future Of Healthcare Depends On Price Transparency
• HIMSS15 Provides Both Clarity & Confusion
• Stirring The Health IT Pot
• The Quest For Evidence At HIMSS14