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Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare IT sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending September 6, 2013.
Much of the challenge nationally for bringing healthcare into the digital age, says outgoing ONC chief Farzad Mostashari, will be "getting to a common base of capabilities around the country, so that these providers...have some common assumption of what the capabilities of the systems will be around interoperability."
As the popular federal health IT leader prepares to leave his post, accountable care is making progress, but the ONC is also facing a challenging balancing act between supporting clinicians and regulating them.
The Southeast Michigan Beacon Community, one of 17 projects nationwide awarded federal money to spur health IT initiatives, has announced that although it didn't hit the bull's eye on every mark, the project has achieved six of seven target quality measures for type 2 diabetes patients.
The NFL team will display advertisements on its Gameday show, Facebook page, and Web site promoting the health insurance marketplace.
Should ACO patients receive better care than those under the fee-for-service model? Even if that expense falls on the provider? CMIO John Frownfelter, MD, discusses the big data approach UnityPoint is taking to answer those questions.
With all the hype surrounding big data, pinning down its ideal usage is important for planning the development and expanding uses. What goal should the healthcare industry have in mind as it explores the possibilities for improved care and lowered costs that big data presents?
Mayo Clinic will be working with Northern Arizona University to test the feasibility of using a telemedicine robot to assess athletes with suspected concussions during football games.
It's only a matter of time until the herd of vendors is culled by federal regulations and market forces. Unless, of course, a garage developer scoops them all by creating the ultimate EHR.
In our ongoing series leading up to the October 1, 2014 health insurance exchange deadline, Pulse8 CEO John Criswell shares 9 things payers can do right now as they prepare provider networks, systems and infrastructure for commercial risk adjustment relative to the HIXs.