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• White Paper: What Is A Vendor Neutral Archive, Anyway?

  9/2/2010

  The term Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) is used by many vendors of PACS software to identify the core of their product--the component that is used to reliably manage, store, retrieve, and query medical images and related information. This article proposes a definition of a VNA that identifies different architecture levels and their specific functionalities. By OTech, Inc.
• Sharing Ontologies Globally To Speed Science And Healthcare Solutions

  10/7/2020

  The COVID-19 pandemic is a clear example of how medical practitioners require swift access to enormous amounts of diverse information to efficaciously treat patients. They must synthesize individual data (vital signs, clinical history, demographics, and more) with rapidly evolving knowledge about COVID-19 and make decisions relevant to the conditions from which specific patients suffer.

• Why Leading Hospitals Are Practicing IT Automation

  2/23/2018

  Hospitals and other healthcare organizations are reaping the benefits of IT Automation for a number of business, operational and data management processes. For instance, IT Automation can provide functionality that enables building workflows faster and more reliably, improving coordination of disparate technologies and tools used by various internal departments, third party providers and vendors, and provides a cohesive approach with increased efficiency.

• Leveraging Automated Payment Technology To Improve The Patient Financial Experience

  6/16/2017

  As patients shoulder a larger portion of their healthcare costs due to increasing deductibles and rising co-payments, healthcare organizations are seeing a dramatic surge in the amount of revenue tied to patient payments. In fact, it is estimated around one-third of an organization’s earnings come from patient responsibility. By Jeff Wood, vice president of product management, Navicure

• Quality Management System: Why It Matters And Its Impact On Patient Outcomes

  12/8/2017

  Our industry has begun to initiate another important phase in patient healthcare. The HITECH Act outlined the intended plans for the adoption of electronic health records through meaningful use. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) EHR Incentive programs have evolved into three stages of “Meaningful Use” with their own goals, priorities, and their own final rule. The last stage of the CMS Meaningful Use program, Stage 3, is on track to commence January 1, 2018. During this final phase the Quality Management System (QMS) specification, which was optional in Stage 2, will become a requirement.

• Are Open APIs The Future Of Meaningful Use?

  2/1/2016

  CMS has finally conceded to the weaknesses of their EHR Incentive Program, or Meaningful Use (MU). In recent announcements, Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt admitted the program has lacked the focus on interoperability and usability it should have had and that it is time for a change. The new plan is to find a solution that ties together the incentive programs like MU and PQRS with the move towards value-based reimbursement and a deeper focus on data sharing. By Tom Giannulli, MS, MD, CMIO, Kareo