As Google-spawned Baseline Study enrollment begins, it seeks to enroll a healthy population, a high-risk population, and a population of the already-sick. A Stanford executive hopes to also enroll a pediatric cohort.
Healthcare leaders at Boston Children's Hospital, DukeHealth, and Intermountain Health find that Fast Health Interoperability Resources aids in the flow of discrete data and clinician workflow.
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The growth of teledermatology services is causing concerns about quality of service and clinician qualifications among some researchers. One says direct-to-patient models are "proliferating with international and unlicensed doctors."
A new breed of population health solutions enabled an eight-clinic network in Indiana to implement a quality improvement program and determine how to reach at-risk patients sooner.
At first glance, the terms "population health" and "Federally Qualified Health...
A fight over whose health information exchange will prevail is roiling in the nation's heartland. Kansas City is Cerner's town, and St. Louis is dominated by Epic EHR installations. But something in this Missouri HIE controversy doesn't add up.
Healthcare leaders are not just spending money on technology but using the tools to help control costs.
All areas of healthcare are being challenged to control or reduce costs, but providers are starting to think creatively not only to reduce technology...
Under proposed rules, the Meaningful Use incentive payment and penalty program would be replaced by the new, "less burdensome" Advancing Care Information program for physicians being paid by Medicare.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants to...
As the volume of patient-generated data expands, one provider is finding a way to connect to that data, pair it with its EHR system, derive insights, and communicate back to the patient in a meaningful way.
Due to the number of data breaches of late, the term...
