Today, hospitals depend on key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure performance outcomes. Yet application implementation projects continue to follow tradition and focus solely on the installation of needed system features.

We are in a new world awash with data, which is starting to change the way we think and act. By looking back and detecting patterns, one can theoretically predict the future is driving a whole series of initiatives within health and care. This is being played out in a series of dimensions.

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The Implementation Guide for Electronic Health Records was created to help a healthcare organization's information technology department efficiently and effectively operationalize the CDC's guidelines within the EHR to improve opioid stewardship in clinical practice. EHRA proposes insights and solutions, noting that they should be tailored to each provider organization's practice, protocols, and state laws. Learn more.

HIMSS, a global advisor and thought leader in health information and technology, announced today that Denise W. Hines, DHA, PMP, FHIMSS will join its Executive Leadership Team as Chief Americas Officer (CAO) in January. With nearly 25 years of experience, Dr. Hines is an award-winning, nationally recognized expert in healthcare technology, particularly the role of state government in health information exchanges (HIE). Read full press release.

The health ecosystem continues to undergo massive transformation and innovative technology like blockchain are a big part of what’s driving it. Despite the endless innovations illustrating the digital health landscape, at times it can feel like we’re always stuck in traffic. The hype factor, like smog blanketing the air on a crowded road, can make it difficult to see what’s ahead and navigate the impending terrain. Read more.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the draft Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs and asked the community to provide its ideas and recommendations on how best to address burden issues and position clinicians to provide effective care to their patients while maintaining an appropriate work-life balance. Read full details.

Enterprise Agility in Healthcare explains why agility is vital to organizational survival. It details the critical variables that only executive leaders can address in a way that ensures success. It uses the experiences of two major healthcare organizations in order to frame the situational context surrounding the variables and then explains why and how the leaders in those organizations made choices that proved to be extraordinarily successful. To learn more, click here.