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Health Insurance Exchange Launched Despite Signs Of Serious Problems
Days before the launch of President Obama’s online health insurance marketplace, government officials and contractors tested a key part of the Web site to see whether it could handle tens of thousands of consumers at the same time. It crashed after a simulation in which just a few hundred people tried to log on simultaneously. Read More »
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Health IT As An Ultra Large-Scale System
This week I want to discuss a technical report that was issued in 2003, but that (I think) can help us understand why getting to an interoperable health IT system is so hard, and why we are not advocating for a single health care IT system. Read More »
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Health IT Banks Record VC Cash In 2013
Health IT is where the money's at -- at least in 2013, which saw venture capital funding nearly double from the previous year, according to a new industry report released Monday. Read More »
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Health IT Can Learn From Past Screw-Ups
In healthcare today, we're seeing many clinicians give up paper recordkeeping systems by patching in EHRs. Then they're frustrated because they don't see the productivity spike they'd hoped for. What's really needed is process re-engineering by EHR vendors and clinicians alike.
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Health IT Collaborative Releases Patient Engagement Guide
Healthcare providers wanting a recipe to follow to improve patient engagement within their organizations can start by looking over the Patient Engagement Framework released by the National eHealth Collaborative. Read More »
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Health IT For Consumers Could Transform Health Care
Some of the great innovators in retailing in the past decade emerged as giants because they recognized that consumers prefer the convenience of electronic delivery. Read More »
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Health IT Implementation And The Importance Of Data Liquidity
We’ve all heard the latest buzz words: big data, data visualization, data integrity. The prevalence of these terms in Health IT circles are evidence that Healthcare organizations are faced with immense amounts of data, and their “buzz” status is more than enough warning that facing data challenges is an imminent prospect. [...] Read More »
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Health IT Inefficiencies Hinder Coordination For DOD, VA, Audit Finds
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are facing several barriers -- such as inefficiencies in health IT projects -- that are hindering their efforts to effectively coordinate care, according to a recent audit by the Government Accountability Office, Government Health IT reports (Brino, Government Health IT, 10/1). Read More »
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Health IT Is Driving Healthcare Consolidation
The cost and time involved in adopting electronic health records is playing a key role in physicians deciding to sell their medical practices to hospital systems, says the editor of Healthcare Technology Online.
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Health IT M&A Highly 'Active' Through First Half Of 2013
For the first half of 2013, health information technology saw more action in mergers and acquisitions than segments like healthcare business services, consumer health and pharma IT, according to a new report from New York-based investment bank Berkery Noyes. Read More »
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Health IT M&A Very Active In First Half Of 2013
During the first six months of 2013, health information technology was the "most active market segment" of the healthcare/pharma/IT industry for mergers and acquisitions, according to investment bank Berkery Noyes. Read More »
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Health IT's Next Big Challenge: Comparative Effectiveness Research
Healthcare providers are being pushed to deliver more cost effective medical care and to improve the health of not just individual patients but large populations. One key to carrying out both mandates is finding more clinically effective treatment options. Read More »
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Health IT, At Least On The Big Island, Starts With Fresh Vegetables And Gardening
The first step for gaining patient buy-in for the use of health IT may start with fresh vegetables and gardening, a gateway to start thinking about and owning your health. Read More »
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Health IT: Charting the Course For 2013 To Harness Health IT To Bring Down Costs And Improve Quality In Health Care
Today HHS is announcing critical progress toward building the infrastructure needed for Health Information Technology (IT) systems to communicate seamlessly and securely. This is crucial to our efforts to modernize our health care delivery system and will facilitate our efforts to bring down costs and improve care for patients. Read More »
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Health Law May Strain Mental Health System
The Affordable Care Act will open doors for more patients to get treatment, but resources may not be there to meet the demand in states such as Delaware. Read More »
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