Decision Support


Clinical decision support encompasses a variety of electronic tools at the point of care to facilitate decision-making on the part of clinicians. These include electronic order sets, patient alerts, and evidence-based medicine protocols. Stories here encompass the design, creation and implementation of clinical decision support tools as well as the benefits and pitfalls of using them.


Association for HIT Leaders Comments on ICD-10

Joseph Goedert | May 14
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, in a comment letter, expresses support for the government’s decision to delay ICD-10 implementation to October 2014.
Coding
EHR
Group Practices
Hospitals
Revenue Cycle & Payments
Revenue Cycle Management
Policy & Regulation
Payers

ONC Seeks Input on NwHIN Governance

Joseph Goedert | May 11
The Office of the National Coordinator for HIT has issued a request for information on establishing a governance mechanism for the emerging Nationwide Health Information Network.
Health Info Exchange
Chronic Care
Disease Management
Data Security
EHR
Web Technology
Group Practices
Payers
Hospitals
Policy & Regulation

HIT Vendor Round-up: Numera, NoMoreClipboard & ReadyPoint

Joseph Goedert | May 04
A new home health product, expanded personal health records functionality and an incident management contract win are among recent announcements from health information technology vendors:
Consumer Health
Health Info Exchange
Systems Integration
Web Technology
Disease Management
Hardware
Mobile Technology
Hospitals
Vendor News

Amcom Adds Critical Results to Messaging Suite

Joseph Goedert | May 04
Amcom Software, a vendor of communications products and services for more than 900 hospitals, has acquired the critical test results management software of IMCO Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
Vendor News
Web Technology
Hospitals
Mobile Technology

HHS Innovation Leader Wil Yu to Keynote at HDM Analytics Symposium

Greg Gillespie | May 01
Wil Yu, the special assistant of innovations and research at HHS, will be the keynote speaker July 24 at the Healthcare Analytics Symposium and Expo, sponsored by Health Data Management. The event is scheduled for July 24-25 at the Hyatt McCormick Place in Chicago.
Disease Management
Policy & Regulation
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers

The Virtues of Virtualization

Greg Gillespie | May 01
There are potentially many virtues of data virtualization, but saving money isn't necessarily one of them.
EHR
Payers
Hospitals
Group Practices
Policy & Regulation
Revenue Cycle Management
Revenue Cycle & Payments

New Features for Online Consultation App

Joseph Goedert | Apr 30
Online physician-patient consultation software vendor American Well has introduced an enhanced version of its Online Care product. New features in Version 6.0 include:
Consumer Health
Disease Management
Web Technology
Vendor News

ATA 17th Annual International Meeting & Exposition

Apr 29
Sponsored by the American Telemedicine Association
Disease Management
Group Practices
Health Info Exchange
Hospitals

New York Group Offers $300,000 to New Companies with HIT Ideas

Joseph Goedert | Apr 26
Stakeholders in New York are looking to award up to $300,000 each to 12 early- and growth-stage technology companies to develop products to support the state’s new Medicaid medical home program for improved coordination of patient care, called “Health Homes.”
Vendor News
Consumer Health
Disease Management
Policy & Regulation

AHRQ Wants a Centralized Patient Registry

Joseph Goedert | Apr 26
The HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is seeking industry input on the design and development of a Registry of Patient Registries, which would be modeled after the ClinicalTrials.gov Web site.
Disease Management
Consumer Health
Policy & Regulation
Web Technology

HealthBridge Expands its HIE Outsource Services

Joseph Goedert | Apr 25
Cincinnati-based HealthBridge, a health information exchange, for several years has outsourced use of its platform technology to other HIEs.
Disease Management
EHR
Group Practices
Hospitals

Veritas to Pay $1.25 Billion for Thomson Reuters HIT

Joseph Goedert | Apr 23
Thomson Reuters will sell its health care business line to an affiliate of Veritas Capital for $1.25 billion in cash.
Vendor News
Hospitals
Group Practices
Payers
Revenue Cycle Management
Revenue Cycle & Payments
Policy & Regulation

KLAS: Computer-Assisted Coding Poised for Growth

Joseph Goedert | Apr 23
Spurred by adoption of ICD-10 code sets, nearly half of providers surveyed by vendor research firm KLAS Enterprises for a new report expect to buy computer-assisted coding software within two years.
Coding
Electronic Data Interchange
EHR
Group Practices
Hospitals
Payers
Revenue Cycle Management
Vendor News

Loss of Wisdom Hits Health Care Where it Hurts

John Showalter, M.D. | Apr 20
Twenty-five hundred years ago, Sun Tzu asserted that with sufficient knowledge about yourself, your opponent and the environment, your victory would be assured. In our battles against rising health care costs and medical errors, this wisdom has been lost.
EHR
Policy & Regulation
Medication Management
Hospitals

Medicare Enhances Home Health Comparison Web Site

Joseph Goedert | Apr 20
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has added patient satisfaction rates to its Web site that rates the quality of home health agencies.
Consumer Health
Payers
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