Quality and Safety
The work that lies ahead for healthcare IT professionals will require more than managing technology. The very culture in which care will be delivered is changing, and the rate of change will not slow down any time soon.
It looks like the stars could at last be aligned for ICD-10. After years of angst and multiple delays, a new government report indicates that CMS has done the necessary testing to move forward.
HIMSS15 briefings will help health IT professionals prepare disaster survival plans.
Increased adoption of electronic health records is helping pharmacists who work for payers and pharmacy benefit management companies improve outcomes, thanks to access to high-quality clinical data.
The American Medical Association has partnered with MATTER, a health technology incubator, setting up a "physical and virtual infrastructure" where physicians and entrepreneurs can innovate new models of care.
By pooling their data and analytics capabilities, supply chain management firm VHA and academic medical center alliance UHC will help drive "unparalleled insight into improving the quality and total cost of care."
Charging ahead on patient engagement projects without a strategic plan, or falling in love with a specific piece of technology? That's almost a surefire recipe for failure.
Each year, medical errors kill 400,000 Americans, more people than any other illness aside from cancer and heart disease. In an effort to recognize hospitals that have successfully worked to reduce these deadly medical errors, patient safety organization The Leapfrog Group has released its list of the 2014 top hospitals in the U.S.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is offering up to $150.7 million to support further development of networks that make up PCORnet, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network.
A $40,000 donation from Leidos, a national security, health and engineering solutions company, will support Georgia Tech's work on interoperability and also the Triple Aim Initiative.