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Embracing and Prioritizing Cloud-Based Care in Rural Communities

Healthcare IT Today

While it’s an understandable position for many decision-makers, they can’t let worry hinder their ability to deploy modern tools and services their organizations — and, by extension, their patients — demand. The healthcare industry has an amazing opportunity to revolutionize the tools it uses in delivering next-level healthcare.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. on Tuesday, touting "small AI and big AI" tools that can help revamp IT systems to improve the experience of clinicians and patients alike.

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EHR Incentive Programs: Moving into the Next Stage

CMS.gov

Growing EHR Adoption and Meaningful Use. In January, we passed the 210,000 mark for the total number of providers, including nearly 200,000 eligible professionals, who received a Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment for successfully adopting, implementing, or upgrading or meeting meaningful use of EHR technology.

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Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce issue joint statement for healthcare interoperability

Lloyd Price

Open standards, open specifications, and open source tools are essential to facilitate frictionless data exchange. In the context of US healthcare, many health record systems have focused on consistent representation for a key set of data elements defined by the Meaningful Use Common Clinical Data Set.

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

I agree that traditional trials are neither practical nor necessary for most tools. Thus, the opportunity for trials utilizing digital registries, mobile clinical trial platforms, quality communications and analytics tools is significant. This should not however translate to “take my word for it” is all you need. Bring it!

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Now, as Michael said, the EHR is taking in data, analyzing it, and enabling its use back in the practice as an adjunct to the physician decisionmaking process, using data to diagnose and treat. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Now, as Michael said, the EHR is taking in data, analyzing it, and enabling its use back in the practice as an adjunct to the physician decisionmaking process, using data to diagnose and treat. The Harlow Group LLC. Health Care Law and Consulting.

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