Analytics

Medications
By Rick Cook 07:56 am March 17, 2015
At HIMSS15, Mitre will be making presentations on a range of topics including analytics, preventing fraud, improving patient safety and increasing the accuracy of medication ordering.
Docs and execs
By Stephanie Bouchard 12:51 pm March 13, 2015
(SPONSORED) Wayne Fellmeth, MD, the chief medical information officer at Hunterdon Healthcare Systems, discusses his organization's transition from fee-for-service to risk-based revenue and how their IT strategy supports this shift.
Waterbury
By Mike Miliard 10:10 am March 11, 2015
With an eye toward improving the agility of its workforce management programs -- and enabling its IT department to spend time on other projects -- Saint Mary's Hospital is migrating to a cloud-based platform.
Lightbulbs
By Bernie Monegain 09:06 am March 11, 2015
Chronic disease could be a thing of the past, if National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, MD, has it right. Testifying Tuesday before the Senate, he said NIH is poised to launch a massive data-driven initiative to combat chronic conditions.
People with tech
By McKesson 03:13 pm March 10, 2015
(SPONSORED) Jonathan Niloff, MD, vice president and CMO for McKesson Connected Care & Analytics, details the top foundational strategies for managing population health.
NorthShore University HealthSystem
By Neil Versel 10:40 am March 10, 2015
Underpinning the newly established pharmacogenomics clinic at NorthShore University HealthSystem is a strong analytics infrastructure -- positioning it for a future where every patient has pharmacogenomic data in their EMRs.
Climbing
By Amanda Burkey 11:14 am March 09, 2015
The elite group of Stage 7 organizations have overcome many challenges in achieving a paperless environment. Here's a chance to take advantage of their experiences and some lessons to keep in mind as your organization works toward EMR optimization.
Digital data
By Bernie Monegain 09:10 am March 06, 2015
A new survey published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association wanted to gauge medical students' attitudes regarding clinical informatics training and careers. Instead, researchers found a surprising lack of awareness about the field.
Busy hospital hallway
By Chris Nerney 04:59 pm March 04, 2015
If a health system is given a choice of 50 quality measures and has to choose 10, how do they choose the best 10?
By Healthcare IT News 08:15 pm March 03, 2015
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