By Abhinav Shashank, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Innovaccer Twitter: @abhinavshashank Twitter: @innovaccer Rising healthcare promises have been tied to cloud technology in the most recent tech-talks of the town. While the majority of care providers are not holding their breath due to previous disappointments, we wanted to translate the often vague statements made into discrete simplified processes for healthcare. Healthcare is riding a…

Journal of AHIMA examines the problems related to value-based care requirements and the role of EHRs in solving them Electronic health records (EHRs) play a critical role in providing the required data for some value-based care programs. But variations in EHR systems, vendors, and healthcare organizations make it increasingly difficult to access reporting and compliance information mandated by some value-based…

The alphabet soup of acronyms in the world Artificial Intelligence. What are they? What do they mean? What is the difference between them? This is our ongoing reporting on AI and how it is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward using artificial intelligence. Read more posts…

By Keith Boone, Healthcare Standards Twitter: @motorcycle_guy A very long time ago (at the beginning of my career in HealthIT), I got to do some really cool work on the front end and processing infrastructure for a set of machine learning and linguistic services that would automatically extract problems, medications, allergies and procedures and for problems, even code the diseases into a subset…

By Abhinav Shashank, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Innovaccer Twitter: @abhinavshashank Twitter: @innovaccer Can we ensure the well-being of a sapling that was not watered for weeks after being planted? Consistency in care matters just as much for patients seeking to improve their wellness and to achieve healthier outcomes. In today’s increasingly patient-centric world, post-episodic patient engagement has become crucial for care delivery. Not…

The alphabet soup of acronyms in the world Artificial Intelligence. What are they? What do they mean? What is the difference between them? This is our ongoing reporting on AI and how it is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward using artificial intelligence. Read more posts…

By Arlene Bierman MD, MS, Director of AHRQ’s Center for Evidence & Practice Improvement, Cindy Brach, MPP, Senior Healthcare Researcher in CEPI & Brent Sandmeyer, MPH, Social Science Analyst in CE Twitter: @AHRQNews Health systems built on a strong foundation of primary care achieve better health outcomes. Healthcare delivery, however, accounts for only 20 percent of population health. It has long…

By Maureen O’Hagan, Kaiser Health News Twitter: @KHNews On Kimberly Repp’s office wall is a sign in Latin: Hic locus est ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae. This is a place where the dead delight in helping the living. For medical examiners, it’s a mission. Their job is to investigate deaths and learn from them, for the benefit of us all. Repp,…

The alphabet soup of acronyms in the world Artificial Intelligence. What are they? What do they mean? What is the difference between them? This is our ongoing reporting on AI and how it is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward using artificial intelligence. Read more posts…