Interoperability & EHRs

The federal watchdog points to problems in migrating data and the need to get more feedback from stakeholders. The Department of Veterans Affairs has been struggling to modernize its patient records for years.

Providers are still spending more money than they should in submitting claims and prior authorization, according to the new CAQH Index. The industry could save billions by moving toward more automation, the group says.

With more information available on phones and watches, most data is now health data, Penn researchers say. But a new study shows many have privacy concerns.

Women are seeing fewer patients and putting in more hours on documenting health records, a report from athenahealth says. As a result, female clinicians could end up earning less.

The typical breach costs several million dollars. Attackers have realized hospitals are prime targets, so healthcare leaders need to make protecting their systems a top priority.

Black patients were more likely to have negative descriptions. The authors suggest bias in records could exacerbate inequities in healthcare.

As more care is shifted to the home, payers must support better reimbursements for providers, Greenstein said.

Several problems exist with current programs that address social determinants of health (SDOH); however, a new social model aims to combat these issues and improve the programs’ effectiveness.

Issuing phone calls to marginalized patients increases COVID-19 vaccination likelihood.

Investigators compare ICD and CPT codes for estimating the incidence of skin cancer.

Tom Knight, founder and CEO of Invistics, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for better solutions for drug diversion, where healthcare employees commit medication theft, within their healthcare organizations and how technology can help resolve the issue.

In an interview recorded earlier this year, Chief Healthcare Executive Associate Editorial Director Mary Caffrey spoke with 2 leaders of Citius Tech about meeting healthcare challenges with digital solutions.

Kate Cordell and Ken Knecht, cofounders of Opeeka, discuss their company’s Person-Centered Intelligence Solution and how it can help children and their families manage and coordinate their mental health concerns as well as the benefits the tool can have on health systems.

Tara Vail, chief growth officer of HST Pathways, discusses the lack of EHRs at ambulatory surgery centers and the challenges to adoption.

Joint replacement is a major cost concern for health systems and Medicare.

The algorithm can be adopted by other hospitals and health systems to identify incident stroke.

The vice president and chief data officer at Parkland Hospital in Dallas discusses how the health system leverages data.

The total cost is approximately $39 per enrolled patient compared to $239 per patient for a traditional cohort study.

An overwhelming volume of patients and lack of interoperability highlight challenges to accessing patient health data during COVID-19.

Interoperability has been discussed for years, but a partnership between a specialty pharmacy solutions company and UVA Health shows how the ability to "talk to" electronic health records is finally happening.

A pioneer in the Health IT world discusses how different segments of healthcare will use telemedicine after the pandemic, and why navigators are a good idea across the board--not just for telemedicine.

Dr. Shereef Elnahal had a full agenda when he took the helm at University Hospital Newark. Months later, he faced a new crisis: COVID-19. This week, Elnahal shares lessons from the pandemic at Academy Health's policy conference.

How healthcare organizations and providers can better use data.

The president of Redox discusses the new HHS interoperability rules, how health systems will implement them, and challenges that might present.

A deeper look at the new interoperability rules.