Articles by Suzanna Hoppszallern

With federal quality reporting requirements converging, there are things health systems can do to prepare, says Deborah Gash, vice president and chief information officer for St. Luke's Health System, Kansas City, Mo., in an interview at HIMSS 2016 Conference & Exposition.

John Halamka, chief information officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, gave the health information technology effort a "B-," in a talk at the AMDIS/HIMSS Physicians' IT Symposium. Part of the reason an "A" was not given was because of quality measurement and reporting gaps.

Marc Probst, the chairman of CHIME and Intermountain's CIO, makes a case for more cooperation among providers in the name of better data security.

Hospitals & Health Networks' Most Wired survey will feature a number of additions in 2016 to reflect the changes taking place in health care.

Hospitals across the country continue to chart new green territory by embracing tried-and-true sustainability methods and launching new initiatives that often are tailored to suit their individual budgets and staffing requirements.
 

Providers are skilled at caring for patients in the clinical setting, but when the patient returns to his or her home, often a disconnect occurs. To improve outcomes, patient engagement efforts seek to close that gap by having providers develop an ongoing partnership with the patient and his or her family and by having them participate fully in care decisions. More than two-thirds of Most Wired organizations and half of all hospitals surveyed engage with patients and their families through the Internet outside of the clinical setting: exchanging emails with the care team, introducing the patient and the family to the care environment and reviewing educational materials provided during a visit.