The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Dec. 20 unveiled a new final rule it said would offer a simpler path for physicians to join alternative payment models to satisfy the requirements of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. Powered by WPeMatico
The Office of the National Coordinator for IT released its Interoperability Standards Advisory for 2017, collecting essential standards and implementation specifications for technology developers and clinicians to know. Powered by WPeMatico
The companies will apply Watson cognitive computing to data Delos is generating in work with the Mayo Clinic to better understand how indoor environments impact health and wellness. Powered by WPeMatico
Key Resource for Clinicians and Developers to Enhance Flow of Electronic Health Information The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released the 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA). The ISA catalogues key information about standards and implementation specifications – such as whether they are ...
Bundled payments for cardiac and orthopedic care, small-practice Accountable Care Organization opportunities to continue health care system’s shift toward value Today, the Department of Health & Human Services finalized new Medicare alternative payment models that continue the Administration’s progress in reforming how the health care system pays for care. These new approaches will shift Medicare payments from ...
The former HHS Secretary says ‘pretending the law never happened is not an option,’ but that parts of the Affordable Care Act will be repealed – including the individual mandate. Powered by WPeMatico
Precision medicine is promising, but integrating genomics with EHRs and workflow poses challenges. The technology for testing is the easy part. Putting the results into a usable format for clinicians can be more problematic, says Inova’s John Deeken, MD. Powered by WPeMatico
Scripps and Walgreens joined forces to conduct the research. Scripps director Eric Topol said it enables them to better understand how mobile devices and apps can help improve behavior and outcomes. Powered by WPeMatico
While patient engagement is grabbing plenty of headlines, leaders need to know what’s really happening on the frontlines. HIMSS Analytics Patient Engagement Insights, a study based on a quantitative survey of leaders from 114 healthcare organizations as well as a qualitative focus group that involved nine of these executives, sheds some light on the issue. ...
Dave deBronkart beat stage IV kidney cancer in 2007 by taking an active role in his own health. As a result, he realized how powerful and life-saving patient engagement can be. Since then, he has authored the book, Let Patients Help! A Patient Engagement Handbook, and delivered speeches on the topic at conferences around the ...
