The (Healthcare) Social Network

Social media – Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to name but a few – have been impacting healthcare for as long as they have been around. Now, instead of simply using existing social media, healthcare entrepreneurs are developing platforms designed specifically for the industry. By John Oncea, editor, Healthcare Technology Online

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  Why Physicians Prefer Apple Over Android
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  The Great ACO Experiment
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  Speech Impacts ICD-10 Compliance

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  Doctors Mobile EHR Apps Preferences Revealed

  Surveys show overwhelming support of mobile EHR apps and indicate physicians think tablets and smartphones are the future of EHR access. EHR programs with applications for tablets and smartphones give doctors the ability to access and update them even when they are out of the office. By Katie Wike, contributing writer

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  The Invasion Of The Health Apps

  Health Datapalooza IV featured several entrepreneurs developing new health apps and computer programs for both consumers and providers. Here’s a look at some of the most intriguing.

HTO MAGAZINE CONTENT

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  The Great ACO Experiment

  Are ACOs the answer? Five Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs share their perspectives on the positives, negatives, progress, and long-term sustainability of the program.

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  Speech Impacts ICD-10 Compliance

  One healthcare organization describes how it is getting ready for the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 and how speech recognition will improve documentation productivity with EMRs.

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  Fighting For Provider Revenue

  Healthcare reform, reimbursement cuts, sequestration, and RAC and Meaningful Use audits are new financial challenges cutting into provider revenue. How can you cope?

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  Are Your EMR’s Document Management Features Enough?

  Aurora Health Care decides to use a separate document management program to handle the 50,000 pages per day the organization generates.

FROM THE EDITOR

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  The Invasion Of The Health Apps

  Health Datapalooza IV featured several entrepreneurs developing new health apps and computer programs for both consumers and providers. Here’s a look at some of the most intriguing.

GUEST CONTRIBUTORS

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  Gaming Console Or Health Care Control Panel?

  Does a new gaming console launch get your heart racing? The new machine from Microsoft can even tell you how fast your heart is pumping. By Jamar Ramos

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  Choose Your EHR Partners Carefully

  Not all EHR vendors are created equal. It’s up to you to determine which vendor has the experience and expertise to protect your patient data.

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  Purple Button Technology – A Means to Overcome the Patient Safety Epidemic

  Securely sharing patient safety information is critical to preventing adverse events. Purple Button technology helps hospitals do just that — from the patient bedside to the boardroom.

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  The BYOD Rx

  5 Tips For Addressing Risk, Security and Privacy Considerations for BYOD in Healthcare

FEATURE ARTICLES

FEATURED SUPPLIERS

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  Datalogic ADC, Inc.

  Fast-paced and dynamic, the Automatic Identification and Data Collection industry requires commitment, innovation and adaptability to constant change. Only state of the art solutions can satisfy the ever-demanding expectations of customers. Datalogic ADC (Automatic Data Capture) always goes one step beyond.

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  Covisint

  For over a decade, Covisint has been recognized as a pioneer in cloud computing, driving the digital shift in how industries and enterprises connect, engage, and collaborate to achieve optimum performance.

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  MaaS360 by Fiberlink

  With 20 years of experience in delivering enterprise mobility management solutions, Fiberlink has the in-depth functional and technical expertise necessary to accelerate deployment, reduce risk, increase employee productivity, and simplify mobile device management.

   

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  dbtech

  A leading provider of solutions to manage, share and protect mission-critical content since 1983, dbtech Ras is currently installed in over 150 community hospitals.

  Our Interactive eForms and Ras document management platforms provide a central repository for a wide range of essential data – from legal documents and billing paperwork to clinical records And, all dbtech solutions from interactive eForms and patient folders to document management and workflow automation solutions work seamlessly with your existing HIT system to drive administrative costs out of the hospital and optimize your revenue cycle.

FEATURED PRODUCTS

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  JACO Customer Service

  JACO Inc, a leader in providing electronic medical record (EMR) mobility carts to the healthcare industry, has announced an initiative to offer its products direct to hospitals, group purchasing organizations (GPO’s) and healthcare buying groups across the United States and Canada.

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  Enovate Mobile & Wall Emagination Stations

  Staying in an unknown environment with big medical equipment can be scary for little ones. That’s why Enovate created the Emagination Stations product line – products designed to give children a friendly face during recovery.

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  ZirMed Electronic Remittance Advices

  Physician practices have long known that the manual processes supporting paper-based remittance systems are fragmented, inefficient and error-prone. 

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  QLn 320™ Mobile Label Printer Zebra’s QL™ family of direct thermal mobile printers has built a highly satisfied following through its proven drop-resistant durability; user-friendly, productivity-boosting features; and easy integration.

HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY NEWS

• Ingenious Med Integrates Health Language To Enhance ICD-9 And ICD-10 Search
• McKesson’s Clear Coverage Helps Payers And Providers Partner To Meet New Healthcare Demands
• OnePartner HIE Leverages Allscripts dbMotion To Forge Collaboration And Population Health Informatics
• CHRISTUS Health Chooses McKesson For Comprehensive Document Management
• Vitera Healthcare Solutions Releases Vitera Medical Manager EHR For Current Medical Manager Customers

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• Managing The HIPAA & PCI DSS Compliance Burden

  All healthcare organizations in the US are subject to HIPAA and HITECH regulations, and most organizations take credit and debit cards, and are therefore subject to Payment Card Industry or PCI compliance rules as well. Today, we're going to talk about how to develop a security strategy that addresses both of these standards and strengthens your overall security posture in the process.

• Protecting Your Patients From Medical Identity Theft Podcast

  Medical identity theft is becoming a concern of epidemic proportions for patients, healthcare providers and healthcare plans. Not only is the Federal Government cracking down on fraud, but healthcare providers are striving to implement policies, procedures and technologies that will help them minimize the risk of data exposure.

• The Value Of A Perioperative EHR In this podcast, Kermit Randa, senior VP of sales and marketing for Surgical Information Systems provides Healthcare Technology Online's editor in chief Ken Congdon with his insights on why specialty EHR platforms, such as perioperative systems, are vital to the health information management efforts of today's hospitals. The podcast addresses key differences between perioperative EHRs and enterprise EHRs and key HIT challenges that require specialization. In response to the question of why are operating room and perioperative services so important to hospitals today, Randa says "The OR, according to HFMA, is about 70% of the revenue of the average hospital, 60% of the margin, and 40% to 60% of the supply costs. Additionally, about half the errors caused in the hospital are done in the operating room. So, when you start to look at what’s happening today, the hospitals are in need of radical change."