Morning Headlines 1/21/13
EDs with HIE more likely to avoid repeat imaging
One of the first large-scale studies on the links between HIE participation and imaging in hospital emergency departments finds that redundant CT scans, x-rays, and ultrasounds decreased significantly, with savings in the millions of dollars, at hospitals connected to an HIE.
How Data Analytics Helped Spark a $36.5M Turnaround at Boston Medical Center
Boston Medical Center President and CEO Kathleen Walsh attributes a data analytics project to the hospital’s financial turnaround in which it went from a $32 million loss to a $4 million surplus in two years.
Survey says: EHR incentive program is on track
National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD outlines the progress made thus far under the EHR incentive program.
St. John embraces digital records
A local paper covers St. Johns Medical Center’s (WA) Epic go-live. St John’s is Part of PeaceHealth’s system-wide Epic install.
Sounds reasonable, until you look at the Silicon Valley experience. Silicon Valley grew like a weed precisely because employees could…