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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

There are hospitals within the same healthcare system in many places with disparate EHRs which do not talk to each other or exchange information. An early observational study of synergistic impacts of healthcare and social media demonstrated that personal experiences and not data drive social media healthcare discussions.

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HIStalk Interviews Luis Castillo, CEO, Ensocare

HIStalk Interviews

I’ve been in healthcare IT for a long time. What are the benefits and challenges for hospitals in getting discharged patients placed and coordinating their care afterward? The big EMR push, Meaningful Use, and even ICD-10 took people’s attention away from the post-acute care side.

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Video: Farzad Mostashari on patient engagement, ‘physician ACOs’

Meaningful HIT News

As I alluded to earlier, I was leaving the press room one afternoon at HIMSS14, and there I see former national health IT coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari hanging around Gregg Masters and Dr. Pat Salber of Health Innovation Media.