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CareFirst, ACP boost provider access to online medical home tool
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has joined with the American College of Physicians (ACP) to make the latter's Medical Home Builder 2.0 available for free to 3,000 primary care providers who
Joint Commission: Doc texting unacceptable for clinical care
The Joint Commission just issued a small item that flew under the radars of most hospitals--a message to not allow physicians to use text messaging for patient health information. The statement
Patient-centeredness evalutated for medical home recognition
Up to this point, patient-centered medical homes have been recognized and rewarded mostly by measuring practice capabilities, rather than by assessing whether care is actually patient-centered. In
Should EMRs include Joint Commission safety goals?
The Joint Commission's annual National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) for hospitals should be incorporated into the electronic medical record (EMR) certification process, a commentary proposes in the
AHA endorsement of AT&T HIE services recalls ill-fated AMA-Sunbeam deal
The following item came across the newswires last week: "The American Hospital Association [AHA] today announced that it has exclusively endorsed AT&T's Healthcare Information Exchange [HIE]
Joint Commission looks to IT in drive to improve patient hand-offs
A test to help reduce high miscommunication rates on patient hand-offs will help the Joint Commission's Center for Transforming Healthcare develop an electronic application that all Joint
ONC contract could lead to another seminal IOM report
I've lost count as to the number of contracts the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has handed out in its efforts to promote and advance the field of health IT, but
GE, Joint Commission unveil technology to improve clinician handwashing
You may have seen the story in FierceHealthcare on Friday about the sorry state of hand hygiene in America's hospitals. At least two new, tech-focused projects are attempting to address this serious
Joint Commission to offer medical home accreditation
Beginning in July 2011, practices pursuing the Joint Commission's Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program will be able to also become accredited as a primary medical home. The accreditor will join
CMS delays Joint Commission telemedicine rules until 2011
CMS has pushed back a deadline for Joint Commission-accredited hospitals to implement telemedicine performance and credentialing standards, less than two months before the planned compliance date.
