Dossia Adds Medical Term Translator To E-Health RecordsInformationWeekFor instance, Dossia is focused on making it more convenient for parents to manage the health records for their children and themselves "without having to sign in for each family member," Critelli said. Also, Dossia is looking to incorporate into its ...  Read more...

Dossia Adds Medical Term Translator To E-Health RecordsInformationWeekFor instance, Dossia is focused on making it more convenient for parents to manage the health records for their children and themselves "without having to sign in for each family member," Critelli said. Also, Dossia is looking to incorporate into its ...

Innovation in healthcare is now pervasive. To continue the wave of innovation, hospitals can now earn new incentives based on competitions. These are government-sponsored, industry-sponsored challenges, and even have the potential for becoming business ventures. Here are some competitions hospitals can enter to help expand industry innovation: Health Challenges at Challenge.gov – [...]  Read more...

Innovation in healthcare is now pervasive. To continue the wave of innovation, hospitals can now earn new incentives based on competitions. These are government-sponsored, industry-sponsored challenges, and even have the potential for becoming business ventures. Here are some competitions hospitals can enter to help expand industry innovation: Health Challenges at Challenge.gov – [...]

Practices that exceed patient satisfaction metrics will be rewarded at bonus time, explains Bruce Nash, MD, MBA, senior VP of medical affairs and CMO for Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan Inc. (CDPHP). Our bonus model is $50,000, and we based it on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Triple Aim. We are looking for improved [...]  Read more...

Practices that exceed patient satisfaction metrics will be rewarded at bonus time, explains Bruce Nash, MD, MBA, senior VP of medical affairs and CMO for Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan Inc. (CDPHP). Our bonus model is $50,000, and we based it on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Triple Aim. We are looking for improved [...]

HHS Inspector General: Security Concerns Abound in Rush to Make Patient ...Becker's Hospital ReviewThe Department of Health & Human Services' Office of Inspector General has released two reports that found security gaps abound as hospitals and other healthcare providers rush to deploy electronic health records and qualify for meaningful use ...and more »  Read more...

HHS Inspector General: Security Concerns Abound in Rush to Make Patient ...Becker's Hospital ReviewThe Department of Health & Human Services' Office of Inspector General has released two reports that found security gaps abound as hospitals and other healthcare providers rush to deploy electronic health records and qualify for meaningful use ...and more »

Publix pulls plug on five-year run of in-store Little ClinicsTampabay.com"We see great opportunity in consumer-focused health care in and beyond retail clinics." While less expensive options to the traditional family doctor's office continue to proliferate, miniclinics keep spreading in drugstore chains like Walgreens and ...  Read more...

Publix pulls plug on five-year run of in-store Little ClinicsTampabay.com"We see great opportunity in consumer-focused health care in and beyond retail clinics." While less expensive options to the traditional family doctor's office continue to proliferate, miniclinics keep spreading in drugstore chains like Walgreens and ...

CVS Caremark to Pilot Electronic Prior Authorization to Help Speed Patient ...PR Newswire (press release)"The prior authorization process is currently evolving to keep pace as prescribers transition towards electronic prescribing and electronic patient records to better manage their patients' pharmacy care. This pilot is an important step toward ...and more »  Read more...

CVS Caremark to Pilot Electronic Prior Authorization to Help Speed Patient ...PR Newswire (press release)"The prior authorization process is currently evolving to keep pace as prescribers transition towards electronic prescribing and electronic patient records to better manage their patients' pharmacy care. This pilot is an important step toward ...and more »

7% of U.S. Physicians Use Video Chat to Communicate with Patients  Read more...

7% of U.S. Physicians Use Video Chat to Communicate with Patients

Late last week, 10 healthcare heavy hitters rejected CMS’s proposal for ACOs on the grounds that it would prove too costly for many providers to implement. One pricy example cited by Geisinger Health System, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and the eight other co-signers: the investment required to report on the 65 quality measures specified in the ACO rule. [...]  Read more...

Late last week, 10 healthcare heavy hitters rejected CMS’s proposal for ACOs on the grounds that it would prove too costly for many providers to implement. One pricy example cited by Geisinger Health System, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and the eight other co-signers: the investment required to report on the 65 quality measures specified in the ACO rule. [...]

Patient info is just a click awayRochester Democrat and ChronicleIt's just one of a variety of patient portals expected to launch over the next several months in area hospital systems as electronic records, once exclusive to health care providers, open up to consumers. A patient portal is an electronic tool that ...and more »  Read more...

Patient info is just a click awayRochester Democrat and ChronicleIt's just one of a variety of patient portals expected to launch over the next several months in area hospital systems as electronic records, once exclusive to health care providers, open up to consumers. A patient portal is an electronic tool that ...and more »

Primary care needs new ideasAlbany Times UnionThese include expanding the presence of equally compelling new models of primary care delivery such as retail clinics that provide conveniently accessed primary care services at low cost and good quality, and allowing nurse practitioners and physician ...and more »  Read more...

Primary care needs new ideasAlbany Times UnionThese include expanding the presence of equally compelling new models of primary care delivery such as retail clinics that provide conveniently accessed primary care services at low cost and good quality, and allowing nurse practitioners and physician ...and more »