Quality & Governance News

AMIA Seeks Further Clarity on FDA Clinical Decision Support Guidance

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The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has expressed its support for the FDA’s updated guidance for regulating clinical decision support (CDS) software, but experts are also calling...

FDA Makes Real-World Data Available on Google Cloud Platform

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The FDA’s MyStudies platform, a tool that aims to collect real-world data to improve clinical trials and advance medical research, is now available on Google Cloud Platform. Launched in November...

How Teamwork Fuels Award Winning Health Information Management

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At the core of any meaningful healthcare intervention is medical data. A patient’s health history, prescription information, and demographic data are the building blocks of quality care delivery,...

Chronic Conditions Account for $8.3B in Avoidable ED Visits

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Emergency department (ED) visits for people with at least one chronic condition contributed to nearly 60 percent of all annual visits in 2017 and $8.3 billion in spending, says a report from...

Hard Stops in EHRs, Clinical Decision Support Can Improve Care

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Clinical decision support systems that use hard stops, in which a response is required before a user can move forward with a task, are associated with higher performance on both process and outcomes...

Nurses Play a Critical Role in EHR Optimization, Data Governance

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Most healthcare organizations have now celebrated at least a handful of anniversaries with their electronic health records, and are now coming to the realization that implementation was only the start...

CMS Renames Meaningful Use to Highlight Interoperability Goals

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CMS has announced a rebrand of the familiar EHR Incentive Programs, commonly known as meaningful use, to reflect its ongoing commitment to interoperability, patient data access, and system-wide health...

Understanding the Many V’s of Healthcare Big Data Analytics

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Extracting actionable insights from big data analytics – and perhaps especially healthcare big data analytics – is one of the most complex challenges that organizations can face in the...

Using Business Intelligence, KPIs for Revenue Cycle Management

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The healthcare industry’s transition to value-based care does not end with clinical patient care. The shift also extends into healthcare providers’ revenue cycle management processes. For...

Don’t Publish Stage 3 Meaningful Use Rule, Urge AMA and Others

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The American Medical Association and forty other professional societies are strongly urging HHS and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) not to publish the finalized rule for Stage 3 Meaningful...