Patient-physician emails improve care quality, Kaiser Permanente study says
One-third of chronic condition patients who exchanged emails with their care providers said the communication improved their care, a recent Kaiser Permanente study published in The American Journal of...
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Patient engagement and population health: 2015 in review
Topic: MobileQuality and SafetyAccountable CarePatient EngagementPopulation HealthAuthor: Healthcare IT NewsContent Directory: Accountable CareMobile/WirelessPatient EngagementPopulation HealthQuality...
View ArticleEvariant lands $42.3M in new funding
Evariant, which offers a CRM platform for healthcare providers, raised $42.3million in a Series C round of financing. Goldman Sachs led the funding, with participation from Series A and B financing...
View ArticleTwenty years in the making
MobileCloud ComputingPatient EngagementHealthcare delivery needs to change, becoming more efficient and more patient-centric.Joseph C. KvedarRecently, when I Googled the term "connected health," I was...
View ArticleMeridian taps Teladoc for telehealth consults
Meridian Health, the New Jersey health system, will launch telehealth services in early 2016 and has enlisted Lewisville, Texas-based Teladoc for round-the-clock access to its network of licensed...
View ArticleCommonwealth Fund: Many states improve in 2015 health system scorecard
The Commonwealth Fund has released its 2015 scorecard measuring the performance of health systems state by state, showing many regions are improving on key metrics. Forty-two indicators are examined to...
View ArticleTop 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2015
In 2015, heath IT got BIG.Big data. Big breaches. Big EHR contracts. Big M&A deals. Big anticipation about ICD-10. Big plans for (and frustrations with) meaningful use. Big fears about...
View ArticleLancaster Regional says referral management driving better population health
Lancaster Regional Medical Center said it has seen big drops in readmissions and emergency room returns, with the Pennsylvania hospital giving much of the credit to a referral management platform from...
View Article7 tips from HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors
Leading up to HIMSS16 the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society is once again credentialing individuals to cover the conference as Social Media Ambassadors.Chosen for their influence on...
View ArticleConnected Health at HIMSS16
Tom Martin, PhD, Director at HIMSS and PCHA, provides a sneak peak at what’s in store for attendees interested in learning about connected health technologies at HIMSS16.Watch more video coverage of...
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