Legislation & Health Policy

Healthcare and The Atlantic Herring Fisherman Case

The potential overturning of the Chevron deference by the Supreme Court in a case related to Atlantic Herring Fisherman could have significant implications for healthcare.

Education and Support

Click to Connect: Healthcare Communication on Social Media

Social media in healthcare is like a double-edged sword – it's super useful but needs to be handled with care. Its role in enhancing patient engagement and education cannot be overstated, offering a platform for healthcare professionals to connect with and educate a diverse audience.

Operations and Optimization

Why IT Governance is Important

The collection of rules, guiding principles, processes, roles, and responsibilities that are put in place to support an organization's IT efforts should encompass strategy, business value, risk management, resources, and performance.

Legislation & Health Policy

Bundled Payment Models

With a bundled payment model the payer reimburses the provider or health system for all services, procedures, tests, medications, etc. within a set of defined parameters for each individual patient.

Legislation & Health Policy

What is Capitation?

Capitation-based reimbursement is a population-based model that involves paying a predetermined per-patient amount to cover all services over a period of time. The patients/persons that are covered under a capitated model are sometimes referred to as 'covered lives'.

Legislation & Health Policy

What's Wrong with Fee-for-Service?

Do you think that a restaurant would survive if there was a 'market price' label beside the entree and your final bill was broken down into dozens of items? Why is that ok in healthcare?

Legislation & Health Policy

The 5 Core SDOH Domains

With an increased focus on social determinants of health (SDOH) around the world, it should come as no surprise that the topic is making its way into U.S. government-led initiatives. The Healthy People 2030 initiative outlines 5 core areas as areas of focus that should be considered for SDOH work.

Operations and Optimization

Social Determinants of Health

Health and wellbeing for individuals involves more than just physiological factors. With increases in electronic records and interoperability, efforts to address SDOH are being prioritized for many organizations.

Operations and Optimization

Leveraging Synthetic Data

Synthetic data is data that's generated from computer simulations or algorithms to create AI (artificial intelligence) models. One of the biggest benefits to using synthetic data is the time and the cost it takes to generate usable data.

Operations and Optimization

Cloud Computing in a Nutshell

As more organizations shifts towards a cloud-first approach it is important to understand what the various cloud computing terms mean.

What is a HISP?

There are a ton of acronyms and terms used in healthcare IT when talking about interoperability. In this video I will provide a basic overview of what a Health Information Service Provider (HISP) is and how it relates to the DirectTrust [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&

Interoperability

Clinical Data Exchange Models

A closer look at the most common architectural models and data exchange forms for Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Legislation & Health Policy

21st Century Cures - Information Blocking Exceptions

A high-level overview video to review the 8 exceptions providers, health IT developers of certified IT, HINs, and HIEs have available with the new Information Blocking rule. (Transcript included.)

Legislation & Health Policy

21st Century Cures - Information Blocking Overview

In the 21st Century Cures Act, section 4004 indicates that an entity cannot information block. The rule applies to health care providers, health IT developers of Certified Health IT (so system developers), as well as health information networks (HINs) and health information exchanges (HIEs).

Project Execution

Involving Patients in IT Application Design

Involving clinicians and administrative staff in IT system design is common practice. For patient-facing apps, should we include patient reps in design sessions?

Operations and Optimization

What is a Digital Front Door?

The term digital front door is something that we are starting to see more and more in the healthcare space. So what it is? ... It's the landing page or the “lobby space” that an individual will go to for a health system or health organization.

Education and Support

Is Dr. Google Improving Health Literacy?

Making sure patients have a basic understanding of the health information they need to make decisions needs to be done with the realization that people are going to Google.

Education and Support Featured

The Draegan Network is Live!

Introducing a private, virtual community where health IT professionals share ideas, discuss experiences and collaborate with one another.

Operations and Optimization

The Future of Telehealth

As COVID-19 lock downs ease up, some are starting to see a decrease in the use of Telehealth. Is now the time to focus on optimizing these services?

Planning and Opportunities

The Draegan Network

An online member-based community for healthcare technology professionals - LAUNCHING SOON!

Change Management

Communicating an Urgent Change

There are times that require an IT change be put in place rapidly. Providing notice to end-users must have both brevity and clarity. Here are the 6 elements to include.

Planning and Opportunities

Attending HIMSS 2020

There are less than two weeks to go before the health care technology world descends on Orlando, FL for the HIMSS 2020 Global Conference. Whether you are a first time attendee or a seasoned veteran, I’ve got a few tips to help you survive the week.

Operations and Optimization

What is the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)?

ONC is working to develop a framework and corresponding agreement to improve electronic health information interoperability. What does it look like and will it work?

Workflow / Process Design

Documenting Process Flows

Documenting clinical workflow and business process can serve as a foundational element for many organizational activities. Here are 10 key benefits.

Operations and Optimization

2020 EHR Reporting Requirements (EH/CAH)

An overview of the US Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program EHR reporting requirements for CY 2020.