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Medicare Proffers $1 Billion For Healthcare Innovation Projects

May 22, 2013 10:19 AM

Federal health agency offers funding for new models of nonhospital care that cut federal health expenditures, improve health of specific patient populations.

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Healthcare Reform Too Focused On Doctors: Telemedicine Pioneer

May 17, 2013 10:19 AM

Hopkins physician Jay Sanders, known as the father of telemedicine, says emphasis should be on changing patient behavior.

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Kolodner Joins Telehealth Firm ViTel Net

May 09, 2013 11:05 AM

Former national health IT coordinator moves to the vendor side, aims to use high-speed mobile data infrastructure to give patients more care options.

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University of Kentucky HealthCare Revamps Order Sets

May 07, 2013 11:18 AM

Kentucky health system beta-tests Elsevier authoring tool as it streamlines a decade of CPOE history.

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Rx Abuse Data Tools Sought By Healthcare

May 01, 2013 11:44 AM

Doctors, pharmacies could more easily join fight against drug diversion if states followed uniform data rules, says standards organization NCPDP.

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Healthcare Patient Engagement Remains Elusive

April 24, 2013 12:17 PM

Processes, attitudes, poor design, even fear of too much data stand in the way of true care partnerships. Is greater patient autonomy the answer?

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Will Doctors 'C' The Way To Accountable Care?

April 22, 2013 09:50 AM

Health IT vendor Lumeris develops "Nine C's" framework to help primary care physicians achieve healthcare reform goals.

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Navy To Digitize Shipboard Medical Imaging

April 17, 2013 04:20 PM

Agfa to supply digital radiography, PACS, speech recognition technology for 42 U.S. ships to connect to Walter Reed radiologists. New tech replaces metal plates.

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NCQA Tests New Healthcare Quality Measure

April 12, 2013 12:38 PM

Unified, risk-based model of assessing healthcare performance expected to be more clinically relevant to physicians than current measures.

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Hospital Cuts Readmissions With Focus On Primary Care

April 08, 2013 10:19 AM

Software links emergency department patients with follow-up care to cut nonessential return trips to the hospital.

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Supercomputer Apps Tackle Cancer, Autism, Heart Attacks

April 04, 2013 03:45 PM

Healthcare and life sciences apps sweep top three spots in contest from YarcData, a unit of supercomputing pioneer Cray, showcasing the power of graph analytics.

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National Patient ID System: Debate Stoked

March 29, 2013 10:44 AM

Hoping to spark a national conversation on information exchange, a prominent health IT advocate has started a WhiteHouse.gov petition to have Congress lift ban on HHS national patient identification system.

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Topol Gives Colbert a Dose of 'Destruction'

March 27, 2013 03:51 PM

Scripps cardiologist and noted proponent of wireless health technologies Eric Topol shows off gadgets to comedian's audience.

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Allscripts Drops Suit Against NYC Public Health System

March 26, 2013 11:50 AM

N.Y. health system disputed the claim that it will overpay for rival Epic Systems' electronic health record system.

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Could Clinical Decision Support Empower Patients?

March 22, 2013 01:36 PM

It's time the medical establishment heeded the longstanding advice of informatics pioneer Larry Weed and used "participatory" diagnostic methods, says editorial.

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Big Data Use In Healthcare Needs Governance, Education

March 21, 2013 11:44 AM

Using big data effectively requires everything from setting up a basic management framework to teaching analytics in medical school, says one consultant.

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Pathology Network Offers Global Remote Diagnostic Services

March 19, 2013 12:00 PM

New PathCentral Pathology Network enables remote consultation and image sharing via cloud, with hopes to address specialist shortages in developing regions.

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Informatics Pioneer Says Healthcare Needs Better Systems

March 11, 2013 03:18 PM

Dr. Lawrence Weed continues his longstanding advocacy for computer-aided healthcare and revamping medical education.

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Bill Clinton Stumps For Health IT At HIMSS

March 08, 2013 11:10 AM

Former president touts IT's potential to empower small players in a massive system, as HIMSS pledges $2.5 million to further Clinton Global Initiative goals.

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Big Data Helps Kaiser Close Healthcare Gaps

March 07, 2013 12:11 PM

Analytics from massive clinical data repository are central to closing gaps in care, HIMSS attendees told.

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Neil Versel

By The Numbers

Base: 417 respondents at organizations using or planning to deploy data analytics, BI or statistical analysis software
Data: InformationWeek 2013 Analytics, Business Intelligence and Information Management Survey of 541 business technology professionals, October 2012

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Research: The Big Data Management Challenge

The challenge of big data is real, but most organizations don't differentiate 'big data' from traditional data, and nearly 90% of respondents to our survey use conventional databases as the primary means of handling data. We'll help you understand what constitutes big data (it's not just size) and the numerous management challenges it poses.

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Neil Versel

Articles

Medicare Proffers $1 Billion For Healthcare Innovation Projects

Healthcare Reform Too Focused On Doctors: Telemedicine Pioneer

Kolodner Joins Telehealth Firm ViTel Net

University of Kentucky HealthCare Revamps Order Sets

Rx Abuse Data Tools Sought By Healthcare

Healthcare Patient Engagement Remains Elusive

Will Doctors 'C' The Way To Accountable Care?

Navy To Digitize Shipboard Medical Imaging

NCQA Tests New Healthcare Quality Measure

Hospital Cuts Readmissions With Focus On Primary Care

Supercomputer Apps Tackle Cancer, Autism, Heart Attacks

National Patient ID System: Debate Stoked

Topol Gives Colbert a Dose of 'Destruction'

Allscripts Drops Suit Against NYC Public Health System

Could Clinical Decision Support Empower Patients?

Big Data Use In Healthcare Needs Governance, Education

Pathology Network Offers Global Remote Diagnostic Services

Informatics Pioneer Says Healthcare Needs Better Systems

Bill Clinton Stumps For Health IT At HIMSS

Big Data Helps Kaiser Close Healthcare Gaps

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