Researchers recommend EHR certification for pediatric care By Sam Peirce Just as women and men are different, physically, so are adults and children. Many researchers have found that those differences also require differences in the electronic health record ... October 31st Share
What is shared-decision making? By Greg Miller Part of the challenge in providing value-based, quality healthcare to patients is having those patients follow care instructions, fill their prescriptions, and properly follow the primary ... October 31st Share
Preventative care v. preventive care By Greg Miller When physicians discuss immunizations and screenings with patients, they may refer to them as preventative care or as preventive care. In reality, there is no difference in the two terms ... October 29th Share
How lack of interoperability affects value-based care By Sam Peirce Healthcare providers transitioning to value-based care face many challenges. The shift from the traditional fee-for-service emphasis on quantity of patient visits to the value-based ... October 29th Share
How to approach population health as a small, independent practice By Tyler Comstock The concept of population health was first defined in 2003 by David Kindig and Greg Stoddart who proposed the definition: “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the ... October 16th Share
How adopting health data standards could enable interoperability By Sam Peirce Electronic health record (EHR) interoperability is a key piece in the sharing of patient information between different EHR systems and healthcare providers, improving the ease with which ... October 16th Share