Clinical
Patient Engagement
The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center CMIO earned the award by applying IT at the point of care to optimize engagements and improve outcomes, the associations said.
Quality & Safety
John Kennedy, MD, an endocrinologist and longtime innovator in diabetes treatment, will also serve as president of the AMGA Foundation.
Accountable Care
Working with skilled nursing facilities, the ACO also lowered the average length of stay by 27 percent.
Electronic Health Records
With copy and paste rampant, UW Health chief medical information officer Shannon Dean says toolkits and vendors can help, but physicians need to take responsibility for proper clinical documentation.
Analytics
The companies will help healthcare clients improve quality and lower costs by using natural language processing and AI-based systems.
Patient Engagement
At HIMSS18, CMIO and nursing informaticist from UI Health Care show how bedside technology – and the love of a Big 10 football team – have boosted patient experience scores in a big way.
Analytics
GV contributed to a $40 million round of funding to build out the startup’s platform for connecting physical and mental health care services.
Electronic Health Records
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will invest in developing its EHR solution, with a roadmap to be published towards the end of January.
Electronic Health Records
Executives from hospitals achieving early success with Medicare Shared Savings programs share insights about the approach that works for them.
Compliance
With a new administrator at the helm, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took steps toward regulating decision support, software-as-a-medical-device, mobile tech in clinical trials and more.