Mike Miliard
Despite ubiquitous information technology, patients and physicians still overwhelmingly rely on "tried-and-true" modes of communications, such as phone calls and in-person consults.
The patient engagement market is at a "standoff," according to a new Chilmark report. Providers are relying on vendors to lead the way with new tools, but those companies "have been reactive, not proactive" in helping them meet their needs.
With a combination of vendor-developed and homegrown apps, Penn Medicine has a varied mobile device landscape -- that poses challenges for security, but offers opportunities for smoother clinical workflow and improved outcomes.
In a letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner this past Friday, a who's-who of healthcare stakeholders laid out their list of desired improvements to the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
Analytics tools are increasingly being deployed across healthcare, but in few places are investments in those technologies more important than at small and rural hospitals.
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.
One meaningful use manager explains how, despite having "providers in every level of every stage" of the process, she's able to keep costs down by keeping tabs on attestations as a team of one.
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."
Electronic Health Records
As he prepares to embark on one of the largest IT implementations in recent memory, Mayo Clinic CIO Cris Ross explains the thinking behind the choice of Epic for EHR and revenue cycle, and lays out his next steps.
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.