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Sentara CIO Discusses Why to Bridge Epic to E/Point

A recent interview with Bert Reese, CIO of Sentara Healthcare, describes why they developed an interface between Picis LYNX E/Point and Epic Corporation’s Software to preserve the financial returns and benefits to clinicians. According to Reese, “One of the issues that you have is that nurses and caregivers don’t see coding as value-added to the care process; it’s more an administrative function. So when you want them to do something like that, if you can make it a byproduct of how you treat the patient. Then it’s a lot more convenient and they’ll do it. That’s what we did. It’s pretty straightforward; that’s the real secret sauce is in the Picis LYNX software.”
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Tommy Thompson and Key Hospital Execs Debate Nation’s First ED-Focused Best Practice Study

Hear what key leaders from some of the country’s largest health systems had to say about the challenges facing our nation’s EDs and opportunities for improvement identified in the first national benchmarking study, “Profiling Success: Managing Emergency Services in the Largest Health Systems,”
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Stimulus May Lift High-Tech in N.E.

According to a recent Boston Globe article, firms, such as Picis are well placed to benefit from the $825 billion in federal spending proposed by the House of Representatives where at least $37 billion will go to projects aimed at upgrading the nation's digital infrastructure. Lawmakers want to spend $20 billion to digitize Americans' medical records, another $11 million for "smart grid" projects to computerize the nation's electrical grid, and $6 billion to deliver broadband Internet access to every citizen.
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Poll of over 4,000 consumers from 4 International regions reveals patient perceptions of public vs private healthcare  Find out how consumers view healthcare efficiency, quality and challenges in systems using private vs. public funding. These polling results demonstrate the varied healthcare-related perspectives across the United States, United Kingdom, Spain and France. Read below to learn more about the various sentiments towards national healthcare services. Polling results Complete patient perception polling results View results Press release: Patient satisfaction with healthcare systems: Do different funding models lead to different results? Read more   Figure 1: Ratings of quality of healthcare over the past 10 years View results Figure 2: Ratings of hospital efficiency over the past 10 years View results Figure 3: Ratings whether technology can improve the delivery of healthcare services View results Figure 4: Ratings for confidence in healthcare service to protect private health information in electronic format View results

Poll of physicians, nurses and hospital administrators reveal major concerns today Learn how hospitals and health centers, including Mount Sinai Hospital, George Washington University, Inova Health System and other prestigious medical centers are facing escalating challenges of staff recruitment and retention, regulatory pressures, and funding, and hear their predictions of when a universal EHR will be reality. These results of a recent Picis poll provide insight into the most critical factors affecting today’s healthcare climate. Polling results Complete polling results View results Staff polling results View results   Electronic health record polling results View results Press release: Top List of Major Concerns for U.S. Hospitals and Health Centers Read more Poll: Top concerns hospitals face in next 12 months Read more   Electronic Health Records- views and predictions Kevin Baumlin, M.D. Mount Sinai Hospital Watch Video Geoffrey Brown Inova Health System Watch Video   Janet Burke Lahey Clinic Medical Center Watch Video Justin Chang, M.D. Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital Watch Video   Mark Crockett, M.D., F.A.C.E.P. Morris Hospital Watch Video Todd C. Cozzens Picis CEO Watch Video   Dan Goulson, M.D. University of Kentucky Hospital Watch Video Lorna Prutzman, R.N. University of Colorado Hospital Watch Video   Neal Sikka, M.D. George Washington University Watch Video     Staff recruiting and retention challenges Mark Crockett, M.D., F.A.C.E.P. Morris Hospital Watch Video Todd C. Cozzens Picis CEO Watch Video   Lorna Prutzman, R.N. University of Colorado Hospital Watch Video   Industry reports U.S. Health Resources and Administration projected a shortfall of 55,100 physicians by 2020 in a 2006 survey. Physician Supply and Demand: Projections to 2020 Read More A 2008 survey by physician recruiting firm LocumTenens.com indicates that nearly 20 percent of physicians would leave the field with the potential implementation of universal health coverage. Physician Survey Reveals that Universal Health Will Intensify the U.S. Doctor Shortage Read More

Forward-Thinking CIOs Debate Hot Issues Facing Hospitals in 2008

Hear what some of the leading CIOs in the industry had to say about today’s most pressing challenges facing healthcare organizations and their plans for leveraging technology.
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The Health Care Blog Features Todd C. Cozzens, Picis CEO

Matthew Holt of The Health Care Blog, one of the most respected independent voices in the healthcare industry, interviewed Todd C. Cozzens recently about the state of the healthcare industry, predictions on whether public money should buy IT for health care, and Picis as a business.
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Staying a Step Ahead of Disaster

“It is the insidious nature of threats that can sneak up on you, such as influenza or small pox, that place a strain on hospital resources,” said Mark D. Crockett, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., an emergency physician at Morris Hospital in Morris, Ill. “It is in these types of situations where a biosurveillance monitoring system is particularly valuable.”
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