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Meditech (Medical Information Technology Inc.)
Meditech (Medical Information Technology Inc.) is an electronic health record vendor that holds a 19% market share in the hospital industry, but faces intense competition. Continue Reading
Data blocking: When health information exchanges don't live up to their name
Data blocking and health information exchanges shouldn't go together. But some HIEs are turning into siloes of data, two experts who discuss the problem say. Continue Reading
SaaS app built on cognitive computing platform helps with medical codes
Data analytics and cognitive computing are helping one hospital ensure the correct medical codes are being assigned for Medicare reimbursement via a SaaS application. Continue Reading
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MACRA rules: Ten things to know about the new healthcare law
An expert's tips for how physicians paid by Medicare can begin to navigate the quickly accelerating transformation into new payment models -- and the related technology -- under MACRA. Continue Reading
To improve hospital data storage, facilities fire up flash technology
As petabytes of data make hospital data storage a struggle for health systems, flash storage technology holds promise -- and in some cases, pulls ahead of the cloud. Continue Reading
Patient population management calls for technological approach
Shaun Sutner, news and features writer for SearchHealthIT, starts this handbook by interviewing a healthcare analytics expert on population health, analytics and patient engagement. The expert shares why he believes technology and data analytics are...Continue Reading
Technology drives precision health by linking hospitals and researchers
A small company in Massachusetts is working to achieve precision health by using their technology to bring hospitals and researchers together.Continue Reading
Remote patient monitoring technology becoming imperative for providers
Major healthcare systems are adopting remote patient monitoring systems and technology for groups of patients with chronic conditions, and RPM vendors are having success.Continue Reading
Smartwatch wearable helps OCR HIPAA audit director stay fit
Deven McGraw, director of OCR's HIPAA audit program, wears her smartwatch during free-time workouts and while getting steps on the job and says the device helps her keep fit.Continue Reading
Health IT (health information technology)
Health IT involves the use of electronic health records systems to improve medical care, coordination and research, patient engagement and safety, and provider reimbursement.Continue Reading
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Storage advice for healthcare CIOs: Tech to support a storage plan
One CIO discusses how his healthcare organization chose a storage vendor and developed a storage plan, and offers advice to healthcare CIOs about how they can do the same.Continue Reading
Robotic process automation can speed payer claims processing
Health insurance payers and healthcare providers can take advantage of robotic process automation to make claims processing more efficient by reducing the human component.Continue Reading
To prep for OCR HIPAA audits, try tech risk assessment
Weighing technology risks can help healthcare organizations stay ahead of 2016 HIPAA audits by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights.Continue Reading
Analytics drives healthcare data storage in the cloud
The need to run data analytics on patient EHRs and other hospital records has created a greater demand for cloud storage options in healthcare facilities.Continue Reading
CMIO: Steps to solve the healthcare interoperability problem
Stanford Health Care CMIO offers tips on what can be done to improve interoperability in healthcare.Continue Reading