FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

ECRI Institute has officially launched its database of clinical practice guidelines following the closure of the National Guideline Clearinghouse. But getting the database up and running wasn’t an easy task.

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GlobalMed

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Many states do cover live, real-time clinical telemedicine visits. A final consideration is that telemedicine can help manage capacity, allowing hospitals and clinics to see an increasing volume of patients without an increase in costs, staff or supplies. Insurance and Health Plan Policies.

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Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Dr. Toby Cosgrove, the longtime president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, joined Google earlier this year. Google just hired David Feinberg, the forward-thinking CEO of the Geisinger health system, the Pennsylvania health plan and hospital system confirmed last week. It’s not designed by us. It doesn’t work in ways that make sense.”

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Health Intersections

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Quoting from the story Sue Dunlevy wrote about John Halamk a after his visit to Australia for Wild Health this week ( paywalled ): The My Health record is a noble idea but the standard they chose is from 1995, it uses PDFs, it’s not computable, it is just digitised paper,” he told News Corp Australia.

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A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done.

KB Dental Consulting

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Another important tip is that a higher slice count decreases the scan time and at the same time produces a picture with higher resolution which can be used for some clinical studies. But, for many medical centers and hospitals, a lower slice count is completely sufficient. Manufacturers define the number of slices the scanners offer.

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The institute compiles and distributes comparative clinical effectiveness research findings. The institute assists, through research, patients, clinicians, purchasers and policy-makers, in making informed health decisions by advancing the quality and relevance of evidence-based medicine.

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