Tag Archive for ‘Health Information Exchange’

Transforming Healthcare through Analytics

Healthcare analytics are incredibly powerful for offering patient-centric decision support. IBM’s Global Healthcare Ambassador, Lorraine Fernandes, and Dr. Bill Rollow, Solutions Leader for Healthcare Value and Transformation, talk about the goals of healthcare transformation and how IBM Watson shows the promise of analytics.

3 Best Practices in Identity Management

As part of the HIMSS Virtual Briefing series, Lorraine Fernandes presented three best practices in identity management. Learn which practices are essential to proper, efficient identity management.

Addressing U.K. Health IT Post-NPfIT: 4 Key Components

Now that the UK’s National Health Service has announced it is dismantling its Programme for IT, how can healthcare and government organizations collaborate to successfully treat patients? John Crawford recaps four key components from a recent King’s Fund conference.

Engaging Health Providers for Exchange

Health systems must engage providers to ensure they have the right information about patients. But how can they overcome numerous barriers to exchange? Chad Cosper looks at the infrastructure for managing provider identities to enable better sharing.

Join Us: Sharing Data for Smarter Healthcare

Chad Cosper previews our fantastic Sept 14-15 summit, IBM Exchange 2011: Initiate Information Sharing. Hear how IBM is transforming healthcare, the growing role of analytics and how to prepare to support ACOs and meaningful use.

Can a Provider Index Save You from Embarrassment?

Not only is bad provider identification embarrassing, but it can also risk patient safety and violate privacy regulations. Chad Cosper examines the keys to a successful provider index.

More Big Changes Ahead in Healthcare – Is Your House in Order?

Are you getting your healthcare house in order to prepare for Meaningful Use, payment reform and other changes? Michelle Blackmer identifies three key steps that can help you on your journey, and poses several questions for consideration.

eHealth Adoption Around the World

Lorraine takes a quick trip around the world to see how different countries are progressing on their eHealth adoptions. What similar challenges do they face – and what can we learn from other countries?

Connected Medicine: Your Questions Answered

Michelle recaps last week’s Transforming Healthcare with Truly Connected Medicine webinar, in which UPMC’s Dr. Rasu Shrestha discussed how UPMC is integrating health plan and health system data to deliver analytics at the point of care. She also addresses some of the audience’s questions.

Support Information Sharing with Accurate, Accessible Health Information

How can you support accurate, accessible information sharing to make critical healthcare decisions? Deanna describes how IBM Initiate Provider Direct does exactly that, while enabling organizations to meet the latest standards, rules and protocols.