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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

Digital health is unquestionably becoming part of healthcare lexicon and fabric. Electronic health records (EHRs) and personal fitness trackers have helped create awareness through use. According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015.

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All my HIMSS coverage in one place

Meaningful HIT News

It’s a nice mix of news, features, analysis and commentary. Tavenner: 2014 is your last chance for a hardship exemption for Meaningful Use 2 (Feb. Google Glass startup expecting third healthcare client in less than 6 months (Feb. DeSalvo: True EHR interoperability – and a national HIE – is possible by 2017 (Feb.

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Who will regulate mHealth? Patient Engagement at Crossroads; New Alliance Takes On Interoperability

Chilmark Research

Time and again in our discussions with healthcare institutions of all sizes we find the same scenario being played out – engagement today is focused on building patient/customer loyalty to the institution – they are simply no more than marketing efforts. CommonWell founders know this and have plans to address it.

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Healthcare CIOs Face New Pressures and Novel Opportunities

David Chou

Hospital CEOs Look to Forge Digital Innovation, Automation What do CIOs think of Brown’s analysis? Besides focusing on EHR optimization, organizations see automation as a way to become more efficient and cut costs, Chou adds. For several years, CIOs focused on implementing EHRs and meeting Meaningful Use requirements, she says.

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What Duplicate Patient Notes Reveal About Health Care and Its Records

Healthcare IT Today

This seems to me a reasonable way to identify duplicates, although one can question what happens when an EHR automatically generates text. Inconsistencies also interfere with automated analysis by clinicians and researchers, who are seeking patterns in big data in order to lower costs or improve care. Follow the money.

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