Author Archives: jfrenchhimss

How Might Vendors Engage End-Users to Mitigate Risks to Patient Safety?

Posted on June 14, 2013

By Larry Ozeran MD, President, Clinical Informatics Inc. HIMSS core objective as an organization is to improve healthcare quality and patient safety through the best use of IT and management systems. As hospitals and providers work to implement electronic health … Continue reading →

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Preventing Risk to Patient Safety when Implementing Health IT

Posted on May 28, 2013

By Larry Ozeran MD, President, Clinical Informatics Inc. HIMSS’ core objective as an organization is to improve healthcare quality and patient safety through the best use of IT and management systems. As hospitals and providers work to implement electronic health … Continue reading →

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Goal Setting for Safe Use of Health IT

Posted on May 22, 2013

By Larry Ozeran MD, President, Clinical Informatics Inc. HIMSS is launching a blog series on health IT and patient safety to help providers and hospitals identify potential risks to patient safety that have resulted from problems with EHR implementations and mitigate those … Continue reading →

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Why Should Your Organization Apply for the HIMSS Davies Award?

Posted on April 30, 2013

Is your hospital, practice, or community health clinic using an electronic health record to improve measurable quality outcomes for your patients? Has your organization’s electronic health record resulted in hard return on investment, including efficiencies from going paperless, reducing cost to … Continue reading →

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Collaboration Improves Quality Measurement

Posted on April 25, 2013

By Zahid Butt, MD, FACG, Chair, HIMSS Quality Measurement Task Force, and CEO, Medisolv, Inc. The ultimate goal of advocates for health IT adoption is to improve the quality of healthcare for patients in all care settings. EHR-enabled quality measurement allows … Continue reading →

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National Quality Forum Quality Data Model

Posted on April 5, 2013

By Cynthia Barton, QFMQ, Senior Measures Informatics Specialist; Laurel Borowski, Clinical Policy American College of Physicians, Associate; Felicia Owens, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Coordinator; Keri Christensen, Performance Improvement at American Medical Association, Project Manager  - HIMSS Quality Measurement Task Force … Continue reading →

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National Quality Forum Quality Data Model (QDM)

Posted on April 4, 2013

By Cynthia Barton, QFMQ, Senior Measures Informatics Specialist; Laurel Borowski, Clinical Policy American College of Physicians, Associate; Felicia Owens, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Coordinator; Keri Christensen, Performance Improvement, American Medical Association, Project Manager  - HIMSS Quality Measurement Task Force Is … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Improve What You Don’t Measure

Posted on March 22, 2013

National Quality Forum Collaborative Tools – the Quality Positioning System By Cecilia Backman, Member, HIMSS NQF Task Force, and Consulting Manager,  Accenture; Laurel Borokowski, Member, HIMSS Quality Measurement Task Force, and Epidemiologist  The increasing use of value-based purchasing and focus on accountable care has many … Continue reading →

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The Value of HIT- Improving Quality through Point of Care Alerts

Posted on March 19, 2013

As HIMSS13 buzzed with talk about delivering higher quality healthcare in the face of significant cuts in reimbursement by payers and the federal government, Hawaii Pacific Health (HPH) System created a stir with their presentation at “Leading From The Future: The Handshake Between Cost … Continue reading →

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Deriving Value from Health IT: Mount Sinai’s Story

Posted on January 17, 2013

By Jonathan French, Director, Healthcare Information Systems, HIMSS HIMSS Davies Award Winner Mount Sinai Medical Center (MSMC) in New York has always been regarded as one of the top learning hospitals in the country; however, its use of paper charting … Continue reading →

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