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Quality & Outcomes
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New pediatric EHR model will help vendors customize products
The American Academy of Pediatrics has weighed in on its involvement in a new model electronic health record system for pediatrics, outlining the steps it took to help the government create a format better suited to meet the needs of children.
What's your strategy for big data deployment?
Big data optimism is at a fever pitch in the healthcare industry, and with good reason. According to a recent analysis by consulting firm McKinsey & company, use of such tools and processes could help to save U.S. citizens as much as $450 billion in healthcare costs; as in, close to half a trillion dollars. However, not everyone is convinced that big data is a silver bullet for solving the healthcare cost conundrum.
Big data use could save $450 billion in healthcare costs
Big data could help U.S. citizens save as much as $450 billion in healthcare costs, but fundamental change is necessary to meeting such goals, according to a new analysis published this month by consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
American Academy of Pediatrics recommends electronic prescribing
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a policy statement recommending that pediatric healthcare providers use e-prescribing to improve quality and reduce costs.
Mortality rates rise at critical access hospitals
Mortality rates at critical access hospitals have been increasing 0.1 percent annually in recent years.
Access to EHR data 'overwhelmingly' positive for patients
Providing patients with access to the information in their electronic health records "overwhelmingly" yielded positive benefits, according to a new study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research .
CMS dashboard aims to boost care for chronic condition sufferers
Looking to improve care for patients suffering from multiple chronic diseases, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week launched an online dashboard that gives researchers easy access to data on Medicare patients with more than one chronic condition. More than two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries fall into that category, according to CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner
Cancer group plans massive database for real-time feedback
A massive database that will provide "second opinions times multiples" is in the works from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
EHRs can ID phenotypes for genetic research
Electronic health records can be helpful tools for identifying phenotypes for genetic and other research, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Informatics Association .
IOM: Integrated records, evidence-based treatment vital to veteran care
The U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have done too little to smooth the way for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom have returned with multiple health conditions, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine. The report stresses the need to integrate the two agencies' electronic health record systems, and calls each agency out for using unproven diagnostic and therapy tools.
