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Philips unveiled an integrated suite of offerings which promises to revolutionize workflow in the radiology department by addressing the most pressing operational challenges across diagnostic and interventional radiology, at the RSNA 2020 virtual event.

To develop the predictive tool, Northwell researchers used EHR data and demographic information to help triage those who need the most interventions to reduce mortality.

"If the benefits of electronic health records are to be fully realized, patients must be confident providers have selected the most effective system – not the one paying the largest kickbacks," said one federal agent.

The health system has achieved nearly 100% uptime, a big increase in concurrent sessions supported – and $1 million in savings from reduced support and operations costs.

While Lebanon’s portal is already live and reportedly already receiving registrations, Egypt’s website is live but has not yet welcomed sign-ups.

The United States needs a unified and timely quality measurement and reporting system, said the organization – noting that the current model is both inconsistent and largely retrospective.

Prior to implementation, the medical center was not attesting for the MIPS CMS 2 measure, but after about 10 months had reached an attestation rate of 67%.

The companies say their program is designed to offer patients direct access to virtual care while reducing administrative costs.

Healthcare IT News asked chief information officers from around the country about which technologies have proved most instrumental in the vaccines' early days – and what improvements might be helpful moving forward.

Social determinants of health can fill gaps in clinical data, leading to improved health outcomes. Identifying which social determinants matter to you, reducing implementation costs and ensuring persistent compliance are critical to success.