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Is Big Data Fueling Breaches?
Data breaches continue to dominate healthcare headlines, leading one to wonder if the unprecedented growth of Big Data is to blame? Health Data Consortium CEO Chris Boone shares his thoughts on this subject and more.
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The Problem With Consumerism In Healthcare
Many industry leaders championed a free market approach to healthcare during the 12th 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.
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![Ken Congdon, Editor In Chief of Health IT Outcomes]( "Is Technology To Blame For Physician Burnout?")
Is Technology To Blame For Physician Burnout?According to a recent Medscape survey, 46% of physicians say they are burned out. How much is the drive towards health IT adoption contributing to this epidemic?
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The ONC's Olive Branch
Just when the Meaningful Use program was on life support, the ONC makes two key announcements that seem to have healthcare leaders rallying around the program (and the organization) once again.
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The Future Of Healthcare Depends On Price Transparency
A new Harris Poll suggests cost fears keep many people from visiting the doctor even if they are insured. This telling data is yet another illustration of the need for price transparency in healthcare.
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HIMSS15 Provides Both Clarity & Confusion
Interoperability and Population Health Management were once again the hottest topics at the health IT industry’s largest conference. The event helped to clarify efforts in one of these areas while muddling the messages delivered in the other.
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Health Providers Need To Get With The Times
As the prevalence of high-deductible health plans continue to rise, patient convenience will become more and more important. Small, independent health providers need to invest in the technologies necessary to cater to the most basic customer demands.
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Why Gamification Is Failing In Healthcare
Healthcare gamification is generating a lot of hype, but little adoption. Why? It turns out most of today’s healthcare gamification apps aren’t games at all. This article provides some tips for improving gamification in healthcare.
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![Ken Congdon, Editor In Chief of Health IT Outcomes]( "Medical Practices Strive To Regain Patient Focus With IT")
Medical Practices Strive To Regain Patient Focus With ITThis year’s MGMA (Medical Group Management Association) conference featured a ton of great technology solutions, but the medical practices in attendance only seemed interested in those that would allow them to return their focus back to patient care.
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The Great HealthKit Betrayal
Editor In Chief Ken Congdon explains why the health IT industry shouldn’t be surprised or disappointed that Apple’s big iPhone and smartwatch launch ignored HealthKit.
Dr. Michael Galang, SVP and CIO, and Shanay Shearer, RN and VP, clinical systems, at Catholic Health.
Sisters Of Charity is part of Catholice Health, a a non-profit healthcare system that provides care to Western New Yorkers across a network of hospitals
If you question whether Meaningful Use is benefitting healthcare, look no further than Catholic Health. This health system credits the program for many of its recent clinical improvements.
“You have to start with some baseline when it comes to widespread EHR adoption. That’s what the stages of MU have provided thus far.”
In recognition of our superior service, Catholic Health has been named as among the top 100 integrated healthcare systems by SDI.
Catholic Health formed a 10-year, $100 million alliance with Siemens Medical Solutions to bring cutting-edge healthcare solutions and medical imaging technology to the entire system and the patients it serves.
“If a patient traveled between different sites in the Catholic Health network, their health record didn’t automatically travel with them. This made it very difficult for clinicians to get a full view of a patient’s history.”
Sisters Of Charity Hospital is Buffalo’s first hospital, with a tradition of superior care dating back to 1848. It is accredited by the Joint Commission, ensuring it meets the highest quality and safety standards.
The health system began its EHR journey back in 2004 when it entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Siemens to implement both Soarian Clinicals and Soarian Financials enterprise-wide throughout Catholic Health.
According to Dr. Galang, “MU provided us with the tools and motivation to speed up our EHR implementation, while ensuring we did so effectively,” he says.
"We were shocked to learn that our patient identification error rate was between 10% and 20%. We made the appropriate changes to our processes and systems to reduce this error rate to less than 2%.”
MEANINGFUL USE, EHRS EVALUATED
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MU Stage 2 Wish List
Galang reveals his Stage 2 wish list to Health IT Outcomes editor-in-chief Ken Congdon in this video, starting with clinical business intelligence and “figuring out a way to make vendors go faster.” Galang also share his priorities from a health IT perspective.
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Manage Physician Adoption, Acceptance Of EHRs
Health IT Outcomes editor-in-chief Ken Congdon talks with Galang and Shearer about how the clinical staff is leveraging and becoming accustomed to using EHR technology, and the impact that has had on day-to-day activity.
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Finding Flaws With Meaningful Use Structure
The daily battles with Meaningful Use and EHR implementations is the focus of this video with Health IT Outcomes editor-in-chief Ken Congdon. Galang touches on best ways to document and interact with patients, as well as the future of EHRs. Shearer looks back at Stage 1 and the unique challenges it presented, as well as the challenges Stage 2 is poses.
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Challenges, Frustrations Of Integrating An EHR
Galang provides his thoughts of what he found most challenging and frustrating with the EHR implementation process in this video with Health IT Outcomes editor-in-chief Ken Congdon. Galang also talks about what still needs to be done to complete the project. Shearer shares her thoughts as well, focusing on mobile solutions.
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BYOD Strategies To Keep PHI Safe
Galang and Shearer talk with Ken Congdon, Health IT Outcomes editor-in-chief, about Sisters of Charity’s BYOD policy in this video. They also discuss how iPhones and iPads are secured within the system, as well as what applications employees can use with their mobile devices, including the EHR.
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Best Practices To Utilize, Secure Mobile Efficiently
In this video, Galang and Shearer tell Health IT Outcomes editor-in-chief Ken Congdon how they are using mobility throughout Sisters of Charity (part of Catholic Health, a non-profit healthcare system that provides care to Western New Yorkers across a network of hospitals, primary care centers, imaging centers, and several other community ministries) and how PHI is being secured on mobile devices.