Following President Trump’s emergency declaration for Florida, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today declared a public health emergency in the state as Hurricane Michael makes landfall. The declaration gives the HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services beneficiaries and their healthcare providers and suppliers greater flexibility in meeting emergency health needs. “Hurricane Michael ...
Part two of our cyber insurance series highlights the need for healthcare organizations to compare prices and find a carrier willing to partner on cybersecurity. Powered by WPeMatico
Seventy-four percent of healthcare provider organizations use clinical decision support technology, according to a new study from Reaction Data relying on CDS to make more informed medication orders (30 percent), lab orders (24 percent), medical imaging orders (20 percent), choosing wisely (13 percent) and other (13 percent). Powered by WPeMatico
Silvia Pfeiffer, CEO and co-founder of Coviu spoke with Healthcare IT News Asia-Pacific about her team’s experience developing technology at the Women in Tech (Asia) conference in Singapore. Powered by WPeMatico
With a proverbial flip of the switch at three locations in Florida and Arizona, Mayo Clinic has completed its $1.5 billion Epic electronic health record implementation, linking all Mayo sites on an integrated EHR and revenue cycle management system. Powered by WPeMatico
For National Health IT Week 2018, HIMSS Analytics delivered new research exploring some key trends, looking closely at established software infrastructure and emerging technologies alike. “What we’re seeing as far as a state of the market is acceleration beyond the EMR,” said Blain Newton, executive vice president of HIMSS Analytics. “We’re seeing it manifest in ...
This case study shows how care coordination software is helping Children’s National Health System disseminate key discharge documents to the right subacute providers. Powered by WPeMatico
What if the challenge to overcome with data sharing was the policies common among hospitals? A new study published in JAMA Network Open found just that: Patients are facing many hurdles when they request to receive their records from hospitals. Powered by WPeMatico
The health system needed to broaden the reach of its telephonic interventions and improve uptake of its Epic patient portal. Data-fueled heat maps, homing in on patients’ “ZNA,” are helping improve outcomes. Powered by WPeMatico
Security experts share insights about crafting lessons learned plans to obtain more resources — and one critical mistake to avoid. Powered by WPeMatico
