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Quality and Safety

Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 03:51 pm | July 27, 2018
The Controlled Substance App for IllumiCare's Smart Ribbon technology helps address a "blind spot" with prescription drug monitoring programs officials say.
Analytics
By Bill Siwicki | 02:58 pm | July 25, 2018
The open source machine learning technology is applied to CT scans and can assist physicians in better analyzing lung cancer, potentially saving lives.
Quality & Safety
By Bernie Monegain | 09:37 am | July 20, 2018
Begin by eliminating the false sense of safety that manual reporting produces and, from there, target these key areas.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 01:43 pm | July 19, 2018
The American Medical Association and MedStar Health examined how physicians used Cerner and Epic electronic health records, and found a lot variability that could impact safety.
07:49 am | July 19, 2018
Our next-gen series dives into what’s coming on the near horizon from the very experts shaping the future of healthcare.
Analytics
By Mike Miliard | 02:12 pm | July 18, 2018
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes a new rule to combat note bloat, improve patient safety, advanced analytics and enable IT innovation.
Analytics
By Mike Miliard | 05:59 pm | July 17, 2018
Health Catalyst announced a new surveillance module for its Patient Safety Monitor suite that aims to help hospitals protect patient safety by deploying predictive analytics to monitor, predict and prevent inpatient risk.
Accountable Care
By Bill Siwicki | 05:51 pm | July 17, 2018
Organization plans to expand beyond MSSP with new commercial contracts, Medicare Advantage contracts, and commercial ACO products with other payers.
Population Health
By Bernie Monegain | 03:35 pm | July 13, 2018
Organizations are each expanding services to address non-medical factors that can have a significant impact on individual and population health.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 12:57 pm | July 13, 2018
Industry groups like easier quality reporting and advance applications of telehealth, but some say docs shouldn't have to make expensive EHR upgrades for 2019.