Apple Watch reviews: Is it for everyone? Reviewers have plenty to say about the Apple Watch. The hype around the release date of April 24, 2015 is huge, but don’t go so fast. There is also plenty of speculation around Apple’s newest product. The fact of the matter is that the Apple Watch is a…
HIMSS survey highlights IT trends The 26th annual Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) leadership survey involved 330 participants and asked about issues impacting the business side of healthcare. Patient engagement, quality of care, and patient satisfactions were major focal points found in the results of the survey. The HIMSS vice president of strategic…
3 patient care trends to see at HIMSS15 It is intriguing to see what trends will come out of the HIMSS15 event. Improving patient care is always the goal for healthcare providers, but the key is, how are they going to go about doing so? Ron Emerson from Government Health IT News reveals the three…
$1.8 billion dollar market for connected fitness devices by 2019 As of right now, the current market for connected fitness devices is at $320 million. It is tough to imagine immense growth from such a staggering number, but a new study from Juniper Research shows the market is expected to rise six times to around…
ICD-10, collections top revenue cycle concerns Revenue cycle management (RCM) leaders have plenty on their plates, but the number one concern seems to be the transition to ICD-10 in October. A key to this transition will be the clinical documentation initiative program, said Lori Szymonowicz who is the senior director of patient financial services at…
HIEs still lack an evidence base Based on research by Nir Menachemi, chair at the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Indiana University in Indianapolis, and his colleagues at Health Affairs there is little evidence that shows benefits directly correlated to HIE. Nir and the Health Affairs team gathered info from 27 studies…
Latest CMS proposed rules aims for more MU flexibility The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new rule in hopes of streamlining reporting requirements. The rule proposes the reduction of the overall number of objectives to focus on advanced use of EHRs, the removal of some measures that have been redundant,…
Skills for physician and nurse leaders The way organizations and providers are being reimbursed, certain roles within healthcare organizations are having to take on more leadership. Based off of a Harvard Business Review column, it is believed that success at the leadership level requires three major skills. If your leaders can prioritize operations, establish strategy,…
15% of providers using predictive analytics Recently a survey was produced by Jvion, a Suwanee, GA based company who specializes in solutions for predictive analytics and big data in healthcare. The survey found some interesting data that said 15 percent of healthcare providers are using some sort of predictive modeling. To do even deeper into…
CommonWell members: Epic’s point-to-point interoperability doesn’t cut it An obvious goal of health IT companies is to continue developing electronic health record (EHR) systems to become more interoperable and enable them to communicate with one another. A struggle between and EHR vendor and CommonWell Health Alliance is not helping the cause. A representative from Epic…
