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A remote monitoring program implemented by Geisinger Health Plan using interactive voice response (IVR) and other telemonitoring technology to aid case managers has shown a 44 percent reduction in hospital readmissions.
On February 24, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) published its proposed rule for the certification of electronic health records.
The proposed Stage 2 meaningful use rule – a 455-page document – raises the bar on many Stage 1 requirements and introduces several new ones.
After some stops and starts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has at last released the proposed rules for Stage 2 of qualifying for the meaningful use of electronic health records incentives.
Earlier this year, a Washington think tank whose healthcare wing is led by two former Senate Majority Leaders, put its weight behind more widespread use of IT in healthcare organizations nationwide.
The umbrella of informatics is fairly broad. Really it’s applying technology to a particular area. So, in this case, it’s applying it to healthcare. It’s analyzing what components of technology are necessary to improve things.
New York hookers spreading HIV. Killer mosquitos. An anthrax-toting terrorist. An urban-scape rife with the sick and poor. These are just some of the challenges tackled by Farzad Mostashari, a Yale-educated physician, epidemiologist and self-confessed computer nerd. His current mission: moving doctors from the Age of Gutenberg into the 21st century. For starters, he'd like them to use e-mail at the office.
Joyce Sensmeier, HIMSS vice president for informatics, started her career ay Palos Community Hospital in Shaker Heights, Ill. It was not long before she was charged with computer training for the hospital.
What is a chief nursing informatics officer (CNIO), some people ask, and how important is one? In this era of healthcare payment realignment and evidence-based medicine, key stakeholders say the CNIO position is critical.
Officials at Emmi Solutions, a healthcare communication company, announced that its interactive patient engagement programs are now fully functional on smartphones and tablets.