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EHR & EMR

In a Top-Heavy EHR Market, Optimization Becomes the Focus

March 28, 2017

Via: Healthcare Informatics

Last summer, a report from market researcher Kalorama Information revealed that Cerner, the Kansas City, Mo.-based electronic health record (EHR) vendor, thanks to its acquisition of Siemens Healthcare’s EHR business the year prior, holds the top spot in the EHR […]


EHR & EMR

For Hospitals, Patient Misidentification Impacts Patient Safety, Productivity and the Bottom Line

December 15, 2016

Via: Healthcare Informatics

Patient misidentification costs the average clinician close to 30 minutes in wasted time per shift and contributes to 35 percent of all medical claims being denied, which is an estimated loss of $17.4 million per year per hospital, according to […]


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Tailoring Healthcare Analytics to a Value-Based Future

November 15, 2016

Via: Healthcare Informatics

In January 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) boldly announced a plan to tie 30 percent of traditional fee-for-service, Medicare payments to quality or value through alternative payment models such as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and […]


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Why Leadership and Alignment are Crucial to Success in the New Healthcare

November 9, 2016

Via: Healthcare Informatics

It was fascinating to be at the CHIME16 CIO Fall Forum in Phoenix last week, where approximately 850 attendees, of which some 460 CIOs/College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) members roamed the conference halls of the JW Marriott Phoenix […]