Plan on attending this year’s National Association of Healthcare Access Management (NAHAM) show in Hollywood, Florida? My, how time flies. Seems like only last week we were chatting and networking with all of our NAHAM friends at the 2013 annual trade show and 2014’s conference is already upon us. This is an exciting time to […]
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Navigating the patient identification highway in healthcare has never been more complex or more important for the industry. Widely regarded as a critical portal for successful implementation and use of additional health IT tools and platforms, the conundrum of how to achieve accurate patient identification has received renewed attention with the ONC releasing a research […]
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The ACA as a Reality Whether you support or oppose the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – the 2010 law that was designed to: — increase the quality and affordability of health insurance — lower the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage — reduce the costs of healthcare for individuals and the government the fact of the matter is, […]
Read moreBig data is a buzzword in the healthcare industry that can cause shivers down the spines of anyone who understands it’s potential to help advance the dual goal of improving population and individual health. Although big data is a not a relatively new term to the healthcare industry, many are just beginning to understand the […]
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Ask any healthcare professional who is in synch with some of the major issues that the healthcare industry faces about the persistent problem of establishing accurate patient identification and chances are they will agree that it continues to be a top priority. Current patient identification and data matching initiaves underway by the Office of the […]
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Being Proactive vs. Reactive It’s often said that the true distinction between being proactive versus reactive is the difference between responding and reacting. Response is rooted in choice. Reaction is ruled by habit. Proactive thinking looks to the future and is generally considered the anticipation of an event that is known to happen whereas reactive thinking […]
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On the heels of the recent announcement by HIMSS and the Department of Health and Human Services to hire an “Innovator in Residence” and make progress on the establishment of a nationwide patient data matching strategy, we thought it would be pertinent to outline some of the issues this person will face that require careful consideration. If […]
Read moreAs part of our continuing podcast series on the top issues and challenges facing health IT and the healthcare industry, last week we released the recording of our recent discussion with Mac McMillan, Chair of the HIMSS Privacy & Security Task Force and CEO of Cynergist Tek – a firm specializing in the areas of information […]
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If you don’t know who Dr. Gabriella Nanci is, you may want to stop and take a moment to read about her mission to make healthcare more accessible for rural Ghanians through The Yonkofa Project. Established in 2010, The Yonkofa Project was conceived to help bring sustainable healthcare to the remote areas of Ghana through two important elements: […]
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If you work in the healthcare industry, it should come as no surprise that we are in the throes of a massive sea change in care delivery models. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 set the wheels in motion for titanic changes in the expansion and adoption of health information […]
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