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Tag: Healthcare Policy

Multimedia, Analytics

When Bean Counters Manage Patient Care

February 18, 2023
Jelly beans in a jar

My nurse colleague with more than 20 years of experience in patient care started working at an ambulatory care clinic about two years ago. Soon after she joined, a large for-profit healthcare company purchased the …

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Multimedia, Healthcare Policy

Medications Are a National Security Issue

January 27, 2023
Medications in blister packs

Over the past several years, patients experienced medication shortages that included cancer drugs, antibiotics for sepsis, and, most recently, over-the-counter pediatric analgesics. Worried parents with children suffering from RSV or the flu are purchasing $4 …

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Multimedia, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics

Why AI Needs a Reality Check

March 20, 2021
Silver wood screws

Visionary Elon Musk fears it. Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking worried about it. Microsoft’s Bill Gates embraces it. Science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick wrote about androids having the capacity to dream because of it. At HIMSS …

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Healthcare Policy

How Tinkering with the ACA Puts Health IT Investments at Risk

October 16, 2017
White House

On February 27, 2017, President Trump said, ”Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.” Well, Mr. President it is complicated and yes, we all knew.

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Healthcare Policy

It’s Time to Stop and Refocus EHR Efforts

June 12, 2017

Healthcare’s uniqueness stems from its personal and emotional characteristics, and deep ties to our sense of humanity.

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Healthcare Policy

Repeal and Replace: It’s Complicated

April 7, 2017

This past February, the President announced that the delivery of healthcare to America’s 300 million residents embraced more complexity than he previously realized. Only a few days before, at the annual HIMSS conference in Orlando, …

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Outcomes, Healthcare IT

3 Ways to Improve Return on IT Investment

March 22, 2017

he ACA evolved from tough negotiations among all healthcare stakeholders.

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Healthcare Policy

Show Me the Money

February 22, 2017

At the close of 2017, some version of “x-care” will exist. Whether it be Obamacare, Trumpcare or Ryancare, no one’s mantra will be “I don’t care”.

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Healthcare IT

Why the Pressure’s Rising for EMRs to Make and Impact

February 10, 2017

To understand our struggle to obtain value from EMRs, it is important to “show you the money.”

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Healthcare Policy

MACRA Targets Meaningful in Meaningful Use

August 23, 2016
3D bar graph without labels

While some consider the Meaningful Use program a failure, this viewpoint contains overtones of “Monday morning quarterbacking.”

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