Healthcare

21 Oct Should Patients Have Immediate Access to Cancer Test Results?

By: Kara Grant Source: Medscape.com In the second installation of the Medscape Masters series, Aaron Goodman, MD, a hematologist at UC San Diego, and Mark Lewis, MD, director of gastrointestinal oncology at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, came together to debate the topic of patients’ immediate access to cancer test...

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11 May VA Narrowing Options for Modernizing its Legacy EHR

Source: HealthDataManagement.com By: Greg Sladobkin The Department of Veterans Affairs is weighing all options as the agency decides the future of its legacy electronic health record system, including the possibility of replacing the decades-old Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) with a commercial EHR. “We need...

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07 Feb What Health Care Leaders Need to Do to Improve Value for Patients

Source: Harvard Business Review More and more health care organizations are beginning to track their performance on outcomes – and they’re finding that getting started isn’t easy.  The change that’s needed can be overwhelming. Measuring outcomes requires redesigned workflows, enhanced coordination across departments, and investment in...

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