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Category Archives: Research
To Avoid Readmissions, Hospitals Trying Post-Discharge Clinics
In recent years, hospitals have been under increasing pressure to keep their readmission rates low. The next bump in the road comes in October 2012, when Medicare will begin cutting back on reimbursement for facilities whose readmit rates are too … Continue reading
Posted in health information exchange, hospital administration, hospital operations, managed care, Medicare, primary care, Research, Telemedicine
Tagged Hospital Admissions, Hospital Discharge, Medicare, Post-Discharge Clinic, primary care, Primary Care Practice, Remote Monitoring, Transitional Clinic
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EMRs and the Human Genome
Did you know that the National Institutes of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is now funding grants to study how genomic information can be used along with electronic medical records? The idea is to make it possible to have … Continue reading
Posted in EHR, Electronic Health Record, Electronic Medical Record, EMR, EMR Doctor's Blog, Personal Musings, Research
Tagged EHR, eMERGE, EMR, Eric Green, genetic disease, genetic disorders, genome-wide association studies, genomics, GWAS, human genome, National Human Genome Research Institute, NHGRI
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Do EMR and EHR Registries Equal Better Care?
Meaningful Use includes the creation and transmission of patient registries for reporting various medical data such as vaccinations, medications, lab results and vital signs including weight, body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure. To be honest, I don’t know any … Continue reading
Posted in EHR, Electronic Health Record, Electronic Medical Record, EMR, EMR Doctor's Blog, Meaningful Use, Outcomes, Pay for Performance, Personal Musings, Research
Tagged Blue Cross Blue Shield, eHealth, EHR registry, EMR registry, Massachusetts eHealth collaborative, Meaningful Use, patient registry, Pay for Performance, registry generation, report card
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News nuggets: Provocative news briefs from around the Web
Here’s the first of my occasional posts sharing news briefs of interest (directly or indirectly) to the hospital world. For future issues, please free to pass along interesting items if you see fit. Just drop me an note and I’ll take … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare news, hospital administration, hospital finance, hospital operations, politics, Research
Tagged health news, healthcare, hospital
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