Health Data Management, Barry P. Chaiken, MD, October 16,
2017
Laws put in place over the past 70 years typically are done so with a delicate balance in mind—a bull in a china shop approach can do much damage in often unforeseen ways. However, it’s apparent that recent events portend myriad challenges for providers throughout the country, and risk...
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HealthcareDIVE, Les Masterson, October 16,
2017
Dive Brief: Mergers and acquisitions reduce expenses for hospitals, but they can also cut revenue and hurt margins in the first two years, according to a new report by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, in collaboration with Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). In a review of 750 hospital acquisitions or mergers between...
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Fierce Healthcare, Evan Sweeney, October 16,
2017
AMA is recruiting providers and IT vendors in a new initiative to reorganize health data. The American Medical Association has launched a new initiative to reorganize fragmented health data, and it has already recruited some notable partners. AMA announced the Integrated Health Model Initiative (IHMI) on Monday, aimed at...
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MedPage Today, Milly Dawson, October 15,
2017
‘Garbage in garbage out’ can pose a risk to patients Over the last as 10 years electronic health records (EHRs) became the required technology of medical practice, but EHR complexity remains an issue so it is not surprising that errors occur with digital records – errors that sometimes cause...
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Amazon, Paul Cerrato, John Halamka, October
2017
Published Date: 28th August 2017 Page Count: 218 The book explains the potential of personalized medicine and the value of those approaches in making that potential a reality. The book helps transform one-size-fits-all healthcare into a system that focuses on individual needs and the unique needs of each family member,...
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Becker's Healthcare, Morgan Haefner, October 13,
2017
The majority of Pioneer ACOs ended the model’s final performance year with at least $1 million in shared savings, according to data CMS released Friday. The Pioneer ACO initiative began in 2012 and ended Dec. 31, 2016. The program started with 32 ACOs and eight remained at the program’s sunset. Six...
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Health IT Analytics, Jennifer Bresnick, October 13,
2017
Healthcare organizations from across the care continuum have expressed support for the PCPCC’s primary care transformation principles. More than 200 healthcare organizations have signed on to a joint vision for primary care transformation that prioritizes coordinated, data-driven, and team-based services, says the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC). With an emphasis...
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healthcare.digital, Dr Michelle Tempest, October 13,
2017
Artificial Intelligence (AI) was consigned to big screen science fiction movies. But now the it can be used to make healthcare personalised. Artificial intelligence (AI) is an umbrella term for technologies no longer restricted to following precise codified instructions given by human programmers; instead AI can learn to solve...
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Modern Healthcare, Virgil Dickson, October 13,
2017
Agency will ask providers for ideas to measure outcomes. A top CMS official agrees with a congressional advisory panel that MACRA’s payment model should focus more on outcomes and less on performance and says the agency will seek input from providers on changing the measurements. The Medicare Payment Advisory...
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Managed Health Care Connect, Dean Celia, October 13,
2017
How much longer will it be before Amazon inserts itself into the drug distribution supply chain? When will apps from Apple and its competitors do more than simply track how many steps we take in a day—and actually change health outcomes? Will Verily Life Sciences (a sister company to...
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