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• Reimagining The EHR For Improved Physician Well-Being

  6/15/2020

  Electronic health record (EHR) systems were introduced to the healthcare ecosystem to streamline document workflows and make sharing patient information easier. However, it’s no secret that EHR systems have fallen short of their promise—leading to clinician stress and burnout and less time for interaction with patients.

• Financial Services Current State In Healthcare

  11/23/2009

  Financial service organizations are increasingly providing products and services to the healthcare community. While the medical lockbox may have been the first healthcare-specific product that banks1 offered to larger hospital systems, products have expanded to include a number of different services for payers, providers and consumers. By Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI)
• Mobile, Integrated Clinical Communications Delivers Needed Efficiencies Under Value-Based Payment Models

  2/23/2017

  The transition to value-based payment thus far has predominantly focused on preventive care, patient engagement, and other ways to improve care quality to keep patients out of the hospital. By Brad Brooks, Chief Executive Officer, TigerText

• From Value-Based Care Goals To Realities: 4 Steps To Your Desired Destination

  12/9/2015

  It’s one thing to have a destination circled on a map, quite another to actually get there and put your feet on the ground. Case in point: Health and Human Services (HHS) has set a goal of tying 30 percent of traditional, or fee-for-service, Medicare payments to quality or value through alternative payment models, such as Accountable Care Organizations or bundled payment arrangements by the end of 2016. HHS is also aiming to tie 50 percent of payments to these models by the end of 2018. With such a clearly defined landing, the fact that healthcare is moving toward value-based care is indisputable. The big challenge heading into 2016 and beyond, then, lies in figuring out exactly how healthcare organizations will achieve this ambitious goal — and that’s where thinking needs to move outside the box. Following are four innovative steps healthcare organizations can take to succeed under these emerging value-based care models. By Clyde Wesp, Jr., MD, MAOM, Executive Clinical Strategist, Jacobus Consulting

• 5 Mistakes People Make With Analytics

  7/18/2017

  It’s a brave new world of analytics, but what does that mean for healthcare organizations? Healthcare data is crucial to enhancing patient care and outcomes. By Will Israel, SSI Group

• 8 Musts For Community Healthcare Providers' 2015 IT Plan

  1/7/2015

  If you are a community healthcare provider, you have just been through a time where the pace of change and confusion couldn’t be greater. Predicting the future can literally mean trying to understand what is going to be different in just six short months from now. The old notion of a five-year strategic plan has gone out the window in favor of one-year action plans. Simply put, there is a “new normal” that we must accept related to pace of change. In light of that, I’d like to offer a few thoughts on what you might expect to incorporate into your IT Plans for 2015. By Phil Stravers, ICE Technologies, Inc.