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The National Priorities Partnership (NPP) published five case studies on Jan. 25 that sought to explore “on-the-ground” application and alignment with national priorities for improving healthcare.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected 73 health professionals from 27 states as innovation advisors to help guide healthcare reform.
What can U.S. healthcare IT executives learn from one of the poorest countries in the world? A lot about the spirit of saving lives through the use of data collection.
For the first time ever, healthcare provider groups and other organizations that have been focusing on lowering costs while improving care will be asked to lead the way, in hopes that others in their regions will follow suit.
No one ever suggested that achieving meaningful use of electronic health records would be easy - or quick, or simple. And it hasn't been. Mostly, it's been hard, slow and complex.
Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon, public health researcher and a writer for The New Yorker, advocates a mindset switch from docs as cowboys to docs as pit crews. Gawande also urges the smart use of data and a well-designed checklist for better and safer care.
Physicians have long operated as autonomous problem solvers, but healthcare complexity and costs will drive change to act like systems. Atul Gawande outlines 3 key skills that only exist in limited pockets but are central to the transformation.
The GOP primary candidates head to Nevada on Saturday, a state with poor healthcare and few healthcare resources -- also one that has plunged in and begun implementing what it can of the Affordable Care Act, even though many in the state don't agree with the politics of it.
In the state with our nation's shortest life-expectancy, all the Republican candidates face something of a quandary: How to entice voters with talk of cutting healthcare reform and services in a land ranking low in care quality measures.
With Minnesota's GOP caucus set for Feb. 7, we spoke to the North Star State's health IT honcho about public-private partnerships, electronic health records, health information exchange, telehealth and more. Often billed as the healthiest state in the U.S., Minnesota has long been a healthcare IT leader.