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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, July 25, 2012
A major update to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare website refreshes data for 30-day readmission and mortality rates.
By: Michael Zeis, for HealthLeaders Media, July 25, 2012
Within a year, the number of EHR users who are also using analytics will double. "It is a critical next step that organizations are moving to analytics, not just technology," says one health system CEO. "The value added from data is going to drive quality," says the CMO of another.
By: Alexandra Wilson Pecci, for HealthLeaders Media, July 24, 2012
The continuous quest for improvement is part of the culture at Boston Children's Hospital, and it's part of the reason that the hospital's ED was one of eight winners of the Emergency Nurses Association's second annual Lantern Awards.
By: Scott Mace, for HealthLeaders Media, July 24, 2012
"EMR 2.0" needs to know how to adapt to clinical workflows without an IT army making changes to the code. At the current pace of development, it will take a miracle for electronic medical records software to meet health systems' meaningful use deadlines.
By: July 6, 2012
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By: July 12, 2012
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