Quality & Safety

Accountable Care
First IT-savvy med students graduate under pioneering AMA program
By Mike Miliard | 04:54 pm | May 15, 2018
The American Medical Association's Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium seeks to train new physicians with EHRs, pop health and value-based care in mind.
Accountable Care
Columbia Medical saves $6.5M by tackling ED visits
By Bill Siwicki | 05:34 pm | May 14, 2018
The multi-specialty group practice undertook a large project to use analytics and reduce emergency room utilization – and it worked.
Electronic Health Records
NY offers telemedicine-equipped mobile stroke care vehicles
By Bill Siwicki | 03:10 pm | May 10, 2018
When every second counts, treating stroke patients in an ambulance setting with telemedicine means the median time between vehicle arrival to treatment with the clot-busting drug tPA is 31 minutes.
Analytics
Epic App Orchard adds predictive analytics and patient surveillance technology
By Bill Siwicki | 01:27 pm | May 08, 2018
Excel Medical's Wave platform, now part of its TeleTrend and AlarmView apps, offers predictive algorithms to Epic EHR users.
Mobile Health IT
ED communications badges reduce security response times, foster sense of safety
By Bill Siwicki | 03:35 pm | May 04, 2018
SUNY Upstate Medical emergency department staff dealing with violent patients say the badges allow them to summon hospital public safety staff in just over a minute.
SPONSORED Interoperability
Reducing Medication Errors Through Better Technology Integration
By BD | 01:07 pm | May 04, 2018
According to a HIMSS Analytics survey of 153 physicians, nurses and pharmacists, many healthcare organizations are looking to implement integrated medication management technologies.
Electronic Health Records
Ascension CMO: Focus on these 5 areas to make precision medicine thrive
By Mike Miliard | 10:41 am | May 04, 2018
Douglas Reding, MD, chief medical officer at Ascension Wisconsin, explains the key tactics needed to achieve the value prospect of personalized care.
SPONSORED Quality & Safety
Easing Clinicians' Patient Safety Concerns with Better Medication Management
By BD | 01:02 pm | May 03, 2018
According to a HIMSS Analytics survey of 153 physicians, nurses and pharmacists improvements in the medication management process could support the elimination of medication errors.
Analytics
FDA chief sees big things for AI in healthcare
By Mike Miliard | 09:51 am | April 30, 2018
Scott Gottlieb, MD, is bullish on the opportunities artificial intelligence could bring to EHRs, decision support and more.
Accountable Care
Population health program leverages social determinant data with help of regional HIE
By Bill Siwicki | 02:23 pm | April 25, 2018
Maryland's Prince George County integrated Chesapeake Regional Information System's patient data into a single population health management platform to improve outcomes and lower costs.