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Interoperability Hurdles Impede ACOs
For accountable care organizations, a lack of interoperability between their health information technology systems and those of providers outside their ACO is the No. 1 challenge they face, cited by 79% of respondents to a survey of 68 ACOs by group purchaser and performance-improvement company Premier and health IT collaborative eHealth Initiative...
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InterSystems Zen Mojo Simplifies Development of Web-Based Enterprise Applications for Mobile and Desktop
InterSystems...today announced InterSystems Zen Mojo, a new technology for faster and easier development of Web-based applications for mobile and desktop environments. InterSystems Zen Mojo simplifies the development of data-rich, enterprise-class Web applications that leverage the innate functionality and highly responsive user interfaces of mobile devices. The open source plugin framework allows rapid adoption of new and rapidly evolving client libraries. Read More »
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Introducing OpenClinica Participate
I’d like to introduce our upcoming product, OpenClinica Participate, a tool tightly integrated with OpenClinica for engaging patients and collecting data directly from study participants. If you took OpenClinica's recent survey, you got a glimpse of what your forms for patient-reported outcomes could look like in OpenClinica Participate. Driven by a powerful forms engine based on proven open-source technology, the participant forms are simple, dynamic, mobile-focused, and platform-independent. But it’s about a lot more than mobile-friendly forms.
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Is The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Really More Industry-Centered?
One of the biggest reasons our health care system seems so dysfunctional is that clinicians and patients have great difficulty determining what might be the appropriate management of particular clinical problems... Read More »
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John Wilbanks to Keynote OpenClinica 2015 Conference (OC15)
Noted advocate of open access in clinical research and Chief Commons Officer at Sage Bionetworks, John Wilbanks, will deliver the keynote presentation at the 2015 OpenClinica Global Conference (OC15), to be held May 31 - June 1 in Amsterdam. OpenClinica is the largest open source community in the clinical research field, and OC15 will bring together both clinical research and IT professionals to share cutting-edge information and ideas around how open source is being used to transform the clinical research landscape.
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Kaiser Permanente Launches Open API For Health App Development
Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit health plans, has released an open application programming interface (API) that will allow developers to collaborate with the healthcare system on apps, according to an eWeek article. Read More »
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Limited EHR Access To Lead Patients To Switch Providers?
As eligible hospitals and professionals in the EHR Incentive Programs already know, Stage 2 Meaningful Use ups the ante on patient engagement by requiring these providers to exceed certain thresholds for patient access to health information. But why should providers care about EHR patient access?
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Limited EHR Access To Lead Patients To Switch Providers?
As eligible hospitals and professionals in the EHR Incentive Programs already know, Stage 2 Meaningful Use ups the ante on patient engagement by requiring these providers to exceed certain thresholds for patient access to health information. But why should providers care about EHR patient access? Read More »
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Logging On For Life
Digital access to medical records empowers patients through better communication, smarter decisions, and continuous health tracking online. Read More »
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Making Patients The 'Hub' Of Their Own Healthcare
National Health IT Week is officially underway in Washington, DC, and it's only fitting that interoperability and patient engagement are the primary themes being discussed...
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Managing Kidney Disease With mHealth
More than 20 million people living in the United States have kidney disease. It's the 8th leading cause of death. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is any condition that causes reduced kidney function over a period of time. End-stage kidney disease (ESRD) is the final stage of chronic kidney disease. It basically means that your kidneys don't work any more... Read More »
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Many Healthcare Technologies Are Married to the Fee-for-Service Model
Monday’s 5 p.m. digital health panel at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference happened to coincide with a presentation given by the popular U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Some attendees were torn. For those that did make it, panel moderator Bob Kocher promised some topical debates far more interesting than that “moon-thing” Biden has been up to. It was all of the fun, without the metal detectors. A partner at Venrock Ventures, Bob Kocher set the stage with some fundamental observations about how technology can help enhance healthcare for all stakeholders...
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McMaster Gets $5.8 Million To Improve Electronic Health Records
McMaster University is getting $5.8 million from the federal government to create a personal health record that will let patients take control of their information and communicate with doctors online — including making appointments. Read More »
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Medical Center Integrates Patient Care With Entertainment
In Miami, Fla., one medical center has taken patient care to a new level -- one with the ultimate goal creating improved interactive patient care. Read More »
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mHealth And The Closing Window For Patient Engagement
80% of physicians are using mobile technology to provide patient care. Meanwhile, more than 25% of commercially-insured patients use mobile apps to manage their health. mHealth adoption is also being fueled by the 30 million wearable health devices that were shipped last year, a 37% increase over 2011. [...] Read More »
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