ORLANDO, Fla. – Healthcare has undergone a number of policy and technology shifts in recent years, and at the intersection of these changes is Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, or FHIR. It’s a standard that describes data formats and an API for exchanging electronic health records, and while many in the data business consider it the […]
To get staff on board with digital transformation, everyone who will be using the system must be included in decision-making, according to Dr. John Chessare, president and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center Healthcare System. How it usually works, he said during HIMSS22, is that “you get a group of people to decide something […]
ORLANDO, Fla. – Even before COVID-19 made the business of healthcare a nightmare for countless physicians and clinicians, burnout was a prevalent issue. And even the slow, still-ongoing emergence into normalcy hasn’t been enough to ease this trend: Clerical burdens, including clinical documentation, are a major contributor.
ORLANDO – More than 1.5 million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in hospice care for at least one day during 2018, a 17% jump in about four years. While hospice care is useful and compassionate, especially when focusing on quality of life for terminally ill patients, there’s a problem that looms: At least 14% of Medicare […]
ORLANDO, Fla. – A panel of provider, payer and tech experts speaking at HIMSS22 went beyond the issue of health equity to address ways their organizations are tracking and helping to solve gaps.
ORLANDO – 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley asked a panel of healthcare workforce professionals during HIMSS22 on Tuesday about what needs to be done to turn around resignations and burnout. Eight percent of healthcare jobs are vacant, Pelley said, his strong and familiar baritone instantly recognizable. Sixty-six percent of nurses have said they felt like quitting.
ORLANDO – It’s been less than a year since the Department of Health and Human Services implemented a new measure to the Protect Patient Health Information objective requiring eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals to complete an annual assessment of SAFER (Safety Assurance Factor
ORLANDO, Fla. – Government health officials tied the importance of interoperability to health equity Tuesday during the HIMSS22 session “View From the Top: HIMSS Foundation Working Towards Health Equity.”
A jury has found Sutter Health not guilty of using its market power to force health insurance companies into using its hospitals and physicians. Insurers were forced into higher-cost contracts even when less expensive options were available, according to the class action lawsuit filed in 2012. In Djeneba Sidibe v. Sutter Health, the jury found […]